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strike home

  • 1 strike home

    ((of a blow, insult etc) to reach the place where it will hurt most.) χτυπώ εκεί που πονάει

    English-Greek dictionary > strike home

  • 2 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
    •
    - 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

    English-Greek dictionary > strike

  • 3 Note

    v. trans.
    P. and V. νοῦν ἔχειν πρός (acc. or dat.), ἐπισκοπεῖν, ἐννοεῖν (or mid.), νοεῖν (or mid.), Ar. and P. προσέχειν (dat.), προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν (dat.), absol., P. and V. ἐνδέχεσθαι; see notice, look at.
    Note down: Ar. and P. συγγράφειν.
    ——————
    subs.
    Reputation: P. and V. δόξα, ἡ, ἀξίωμα, τό.
    Of note: use noted, adj.
    Worthy of note: see Noteworthy.
    Attention: P. and V. ἐπιστροφή, ἡ.
    Take note of: see note, v.
    Letter: P. and V. ἐπιστολή, ἡ, or pl., γράμματα, τά, γραφή, ἡ, or pl.
    Memorandum: P. ὑπόμνημα, τό.
    I had notes taken ( of the words) as soon as ever I reached home: P. ἐγραψάμην μὲν τότʼ εὐθὺς οἴκαδʼ ἐλθὼν ὑπομνήματα (Plat., Theaet. 142D).
    In music: Ar. and P. τόνος, ὁ.
    Strike a jarring note, v., met.: P. πλημμελεῖν.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Note

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