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  • 61 press forward/on

    (to continue (in spite of difficulties): She pressed on with her work.) συνεχίζω ακάθεκτος

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  • 62 promise

    ['promis] 1. verb
    1) (to say, or give one's word (that one will, or will not, do something etc): I promise (that) I won't be late; I promise not to be late; I won't be late, I promise (you)!) υπόσχομαι
    2) (to say or give one's assurance that one will give: He promised me a new dress.) τάζω
    3) (to show signs of future events or developments: This situation promises well for the future.) υπόσχομαι,παρέχω ελπίδες
    2. noun
    1) (something promised: He made a promise; I'll go with you - that's a promise!) υπόσχεση
    2) (a sign of future success: She shows great promise in her work.) προοπτική επιτυχίας
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  • 63 promising

    adjective (showing promise; likely to be good: She's a promising pianist; Her work is promising.) φέρελπις,πολλά υποσχόμενος

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  • 64 proportionate

    [-nət]
    adjective (being in correct proportion: Are her wages really proportionate to the amount of work she does?) ανάλογος

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  • 65 run

    1. present participle - running; verb
    1) ((of a person or animal) to move quickly, faster than walking: He ran down the road.) τρέχω
    2) (to move smoothly: Trains run on rails.) κυλώ
    3) ((of water etc) to flow: Rivers run to the sea; The tap is running.) κυλώ, ρέω, τρέχω
    4) ((of a machine etc) to work or operate: The engine is running; He ran the motor to see if it was working.) δουλεύω
    5) (to organize or manage: He runs the business very efficiently.) διευθύνω, διαχειρίζομαι, κουμαντάρω
    6) (to race: Is your horse running this afternoon?) τρέχω σε αγώνα
    7) ((of buses, trains etc) to travel regularly: The buses run every half hour; The train is running late.) κάνω δρομολόγιο
    8) (to last or continue; to go on: The play ran for six weeks.) διαρκώ
    9) (to own and use, especially of cars: He runs a Rolls Royce.) οδηγώ
    10) ((of colour) to spread: When I washed my new dress the colour ran.) ξεβάφω
    11) (to drive (someone); to give (someone) a lift: He ran me to the station.) πηγαίνω με το αυτοκίνητο
    12) (to move (something): She ran her fingers through his hair; He ran his eyes over the letter.) περνώ
    13) ((in certain phrases) to be or become: The river ran dry; My blood ran cold (= I was afraid).) γίνομαι
    2. noun
    1) (the act of running: He went for a run before breakfast.)
    2) (a trip or drive: We went for a run in the country.)
    3) (a length of time (for which something continues): He's had a run of bad luck.)
    4) (a ladder (in a stocking etc): I've got a run in my tights.)
    5) (the free use (of a place): He gave me the run of his house.)
    6) (in cricket, a batsman's act of running from one end of the wicket to the other, representing a single score: He scored/made 50 runs for his team.)
    7) (an enclosure or pen: a chicken-run.)
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    - running 3. adverb
    (one after another; continuously: We travelled for four days running.) συνεχώς
    - runaway
    - rundown
    - runner-up
    - runway
    - in
    - out of the running
    - on the run
    - run across
    - run after
    - run aground
    - run along
    - run away
    - run down
    - run for
    - run for it
    - run in
    - run into
    - run its course
    - run off
    - run out
    - run over
    - run a temperature
    - run through
    - run to
    - run up
    - run wild

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  • 66 second-best

    noun, adjective (next after the best; not the best: She wore her second-best hat; I want your best work - your second-best is not good enough.) δεύτερης κατηγορίας/δεύτερης ποιότητας

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  • 67 serve

    [sə:v] 1. verb
    1) (to work for a person etc eg as a servant: He served his master for forty years.) υπηρετώ
    2) (to distribute food etc or supply goods: She served the soup to the guests; Which shop assistant served you (with these goods)?) σερβίρω/εξυπηρετώ
    3) (to be suitable for a purpose: This upturned bucket will serve as a seat.) χρησιμευώ/ικανοποιώ(ανάγκη)
    4) (to perform duties, eg as a member of the armed forces: He served (his country) as a soldier for twenty years; I served on the committee for five years.) υπηρετώ/θητεύω
    5) (to undergo (a prison sentence): He served (a sentence of) six years for armed robbery.) εκτίω(ποινή)
    6) (in tennis and similar games, to start the play by throwing up the ball etc and hitting it: He served the ball into the net; Is it your turn to serve?) κανω σερβίς
    2. noun
    (act of serving (a ball).)
    - serving
    - it serves you right
    - serve an apprenticeship
    - serve out
    - serve up

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  • 68 sewing

    1) (the activity of sewing: I was taught sewing at school.) ραπτική
    2) (work to be sewn: She picked up a pile of sewing.) ράψιμο,ραψίδια

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  • 69 sigh

    1. verb
    1) (to take a long, deep-sounding breath showing tiredness, sadness, longing etc: She sighed with exasperation.) αναστενάζω
    2) (to say, or express, with sighs: `I've still got several hours' work to do,' he sighed.) λέω αναστενάζοντας
    2. noun
    (an act of sighing.) αναστεναγμός

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  • 70 skimp

    [skimp]
    1) ((with on) to take, spend, use, give etc too little or only just enough: She skimped on meals in order to send her son to college.) είμαι φειδωλός, κάνω οικονομίες
    2) (to do (a job) imperfectly: He's inclined to skimp his work.) κάνω μισές δουλειές
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    - skimpily
    - skimpiness

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  • 71 station

    ['steiʃən] 1. noun
    1) (a place with a ticket office, waiting rooms etc, where trains, buses or coaches stop to allow passengers to get on or off: a bus station; She arrived at the station in good time for her train.) σταθμός
    2) (a local headquarters or centre of work of some kind: How many fire-engines are kept at the fire station?; a radio station; Where is the police station?; military/naval stations.) σταθμός/(αστυνομικό)τμήμα
    3) (a post or position (eg of a guard or other person on duty): The watchman remained at his station all night.) θέση
    2. verb
    (to put (a person, oneself, troops etc in a place or position to perform some duty): He stationed himself at the corner of the road to keep watch; The regiment is stationed abroad.) τοποθετώ/(αυτοπ.)στήνομαι/(παθητ.)σταθμεύω

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  • 72 stop

    [stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb
    1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) σταματώ
    2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) σταματώ,εμποδίζω
    3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) (αυτοπ.)σταματώ
    4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) κλείνω,βουλώνω
    5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) παίζω νότα πνευστού οργάνου(με τρύπες)
    6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) μένω
    2. noun
    1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) στάση,σταμάτημα
    2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) στάση
    3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) τελεία
    4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) σαν τρύπα(φλάουτου),κλειδί(κλαρίνου)
    5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) πώμα,τάπα,τακάκι
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    - stopper
    - stopping
    - stopcock
    - stopgap
    - stopwatch
    - put a stop to
    - stop at nothing
    - stop dead
    - stop off
    - stop over
    - stop up

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  • 73 straighten out/up

    Their house is where the lane straightens out; He was bending over his work, but straightened up when he saw me; She straightened the room up; He's trying to straighten out the facts.) ισιώνω/ισιώνω το κορμί μου/τακτοποιώ/βγάζω άκρη

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  • 74 strain

    I 1. [strein] verb
    1) (to exert oneself or a part of the body to the greatest possible extent: They strained at the door, trying to pull it open; He strained to reach the rope.) τεντώνω/-ομαι,τσιτώνω
    2) (to injure (a muscle etc) through too much use, exertion etc: He has strained a muscle in his leg; You'll strain your eyes by reading in such a poor light.) ζορίζω,κουράζω
    3) (to force or stretch (too far): The constant interruptions were straining his patience.) ζορίζω,δοκιμάζω
    4) (to put (eg a mixture) through a sieve etc in order to separate solid matter from liquid: She strained the coffee.) σουρώνω, φιλτράρω
    2. noun
    1) (force exerted; Can nylon ropes take more strain than the old kind of rope?) ζόρισμα
    2) ((something, eg too much work etc, that causes) a state of anxiety and fatigue: The strain of nursing her dying husband was too much for her; to suffer from strain.) ένταση,τέντωμα,ζόρι
    3) ((an) injury especially to a muscle caused by too much exertion: muscular strain.) (υπερ)ένταση
    4) (too great a demand: These constant delays are a strain on our patience.) ζόρισμα,τράβηγμα/δοκιμασία
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    - strain off     II [strein] noun
    1) (a kind or breed (of animals, plants etc): a new strain of cattle.) διασταύρωση,ποικιλία,παραλλαγή
    2) (a tendency in a person's character: I'm sure there's a strain of madness in her.) τάση
    3) ((often in plural) (the sound of) a tune: I heard the strains of a hymn coming from the church.) μελωδία

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  • 75 strike

    1. past tense - struck; verb
    1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) χτυπώ
    2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) επιτίθεμαι,πλήττω
    3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) χτυπώ κι ανάβω
    4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) απεργώ
    5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) ανακαλύπτω
    6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) βγάζω ήχο,σημαίνω(την ώρα),χτυπώ
    7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) δίνω την εντύπωση,φαίνομαι
    8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) κόβω(νόμισμα,μετάλλιο)
    9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) κατευθύνομαι
    10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) κατεβάζω
    2. noun
    1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) απεργία
    2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) ανακάλυψη
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    - striking
    - strikingly
    - be out on strike
    - be on strike
    - call a strike
    - come out on strike
    - come
    - be within striking distance of
    - strike at
    - strike an attitude/pose
    - strike a balance
    - strike a bargain/agreement
    - strike a blow for
    - strike down
    - strike dumb
    - strike fear/terror into
    - strike home
    - strike it rich
    - strike lucky
    - strike out
    - strike up

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  • 76 stroke

    [strəuk] I noun
    1) (an act of hitting, or the blow given: He felled the tree with one stroke of the axe; the stroke of a whip.) χτύπημα
    2) (a sudden occurrence of something: a stroke of lightning; an unfortunate stroke of fate; What a stroke of luck to find that money!) χτύπημα,πλήγμα/εύνοια(της τύχης)
    3) (the sound made by a clock striking the hour: She arrived on the stroke of (= punctually at) ten.) χτύπος ρολογιού
    4) (a movement or mark made in one direction by a pen, pencil, paintbrush etc: short, even pencil strokes.) κονδυλιά,μολυβιά,πινελιά
    5) (a single pull of an oar in rowing, or a hit with the bat in playing cricket.) κίνηση,χτύπημα
    6) (a movement of the arms and legs in swimming, or a particular method of swimming: He swam with slow, strong strokes; Can you do breaststroke/backstroke?) κολυμβητική κίνηση
    7) (an effort or action: I haven't done a stroke (of work) all day.) στάλα(δουλειά)
    8) (a sudden attack of illness which damages the brain, causing paralysis, loss of feeling in the body etc.) εγκεφαλική συμφόρηση, εγκεφαλικό
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    II 1. verb
    (to rub (eg a furry animal) gently and repeatedly in one direction, especially as a sign of affection: He stroked the cat / her hair; The dog loves being stroked.) χαϊδεύω
    2. noun
    (an act of stroking: He gave the dog a stroke.) χάδι

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  • 77 suffer

    1) (to undergo, endure or bear pain, misery etc: He suffered terrible pain from his injuries; The crash killed him instantly - he didn't suffer at all; I'll make you suffer for this insolence.) υποφέρω
    2) (to undergo or experience: The army suffered enormous losses.) υφίσταμαι
    3) (to be neglected: I like to see you enjoying yourself, but you mustn't let your work suffer.) πάσχω
    4) ((with from) to have or to have often (a particular illness etc): She suffers from stomach-aches.) υποφέρω,πάσχω
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  • 78 supervise

    (to direct, control or be in charge of (work, workers etc): She supervises the typists.) επιβλέπω
    - supervisor

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  • 79 tackle

    ['tækl] 1. noun
    1) (an act of tackling: a rugby tackle.) μαρκάρισμα
    2) (equipment, especially for fishing: fishing tackle.) σύνεργα (ψαρικής κλπ)
    3) (ropes, pulleys etc for lifting heavy weights: lifting tackle.) παλάγκο, τροχαλία
    4) (in sailing, the ropes, rigging etc of a boat.) ξάρτια ιστιοφόρου
    2. verb
    1) (to try to grasp or seize (someone): The policeman tackled the thief.) αρπάζω, κάνω να αρπάξω/ τα βάζω με
    2) (to deal with or try to solve (a problem); to ask (someone) about a problem: He tackled the problem; She tackled the teacher about her child's work.) επιλαμβάνομαι, αντιμετωπίζω (πρόβλημα: πλευρίζω (κάποιον) για να του θίξω κάποιο λεπτό θέμα
    3) (in football, hockey etc, to (try to) take the ball etc from (a player in the other team): He tackled his opponent.) μαρκάρω

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  • 80 take a/the hint

    (to understand a hint and act on it: I keep making jokes to my secretary about her coming to work late every day, but she never takes the hint.) μπαίνω στο νόημα

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