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  • 1 strike a balance

    (to reach a satisfactory middle level of compromise between two undesirable extremes.) πετυχαίνω ισορροπία

    English-Greek dictionary > strike a balance

  • 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
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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

    English-Greek dictionary > strike

  • 3 Balance

    subs.
    Pair of scales: Ar. and V. τάλαντον, τό, σταθμός, ὁ, P. ζυγός τό, Ar. and P. τρυτάνη, ἡ; see Scale.
    Tongue of the balance: Ar. and P. τρυτάνη, ἡ.
    Lie in the balance: met., V. ἐν ῥοπῇ κεῖσθαι, P. κινδυνεύεσθαι.
    Equilibrium: P. ἰσορροπία, ἡ, τὸ ἀντίπαλον.
    Surplus: P. τὸ περιόν, περιουσία, ἡ.
    Is the balance of trade so much in our favour? τοσοῦτον αὐτῶν πλεονεκτοῦμεν κατὰ τὴν ἐμπορίαν; (Plat., Euth. 15A).
    Come, strike a balance: V. φέρʼ ἀντίθες γάρ (Eur., Heracl. 153).
    Weigh in the balance: P. ἐν ζυγῷ ἱστάναι.
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    v. trans.
    Weigh: Ar. and P. ἱστάναι.
    met., put one thing as a set off against another: P. and V. ἀντιτιθέναι (acc. and gen.), V. ἀντισηκοῦν (dat. or gen.), P. ἀντιτάσσεσθαι (mid.) (acc. and πρὸς, acc.); see Counterbalance.
    Balance in the mind, examine: P. and V. σκοπεῖν; see Examine.
    Balance accounts: P. διαλογίζεσθαι.
    Make equal: P. ἀντίπαλον καθιστάναι; see Counterbalance.
    V. intrans. P. εἰς ἀντίπαλα καθίστασθαι.
    If the accounts balance: P. ἂν καθαραὶ ὦσιν αἱ ψῆφοι (Dem. 303).

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

  • 4 stumble

    1) (to strike the foot against something and lose one's balance, or nearly fall: He stumbled over the edge of the carpet.) σκοντάφτω
    2) (to walk unsteadily: He stumbled along the track in the dark.) σκουντουφλώ
    3) (to make mistakes, or hesitate in speaking, reading aloud etc: He stumbles over his words when speaking in public.) κομπιάζω, μπλέκει η γλώσσα μου
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    - stumble across/on

    English-Greek dictionary > stumble

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  • strike a balance — (between sth and sth) ► [T] to find a way to satisfy two opposing demands or needs: »We have recruited younger members to the board in an effort to strike a balance between popular appeal and innovative experimentation. Main Entry: ↑strike …   Financial and business terms

  • strike a balance — index adjust (regulate), compensate (counterbalance), compromise (settle by mutual agreement), discharge (pay a debt) …   Law dictionary

  • strike a balance — verb To find a compromise between two conflicting things. You should try to strike a balance between your social life and work life …   Wiktionary

  • strike a balance between sth and sth — strike a balance (between sth and sth) ► [T] to find a way to satisfy two opposing demands or needs: »We have recruited younger members to the board in an effort to strike a balance between popular appeal and innovative experimentation. Main… …   Financial and business terms

  • strike a balance (between something and something) — phrase to accept neither of two extreme positions or things but find a solution that is reasonable and fair A balance must be struck between meeting housing needs and preserving the environment. Thesaurus: to successfully deal with a problem or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • strike a balance (between A and B) — strike a ˈbalance (between A and B) idiom to manage to find a way of being fair to two opposing things; to find an acceptable position which is between two things Main entry: ↑strikeidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • strike a balance — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, adjust, amortize, average, average out, avoid extremes, balance, balance the books, be conservative, be heavy, be moderate, be pacifistic, book, cancel, capitalize, carry, carry over, carry weight, cast up …   Moby Thesaurus

  • To strike a balance — Strike Strike, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck}, {Stricken}({Stroock}, {Strucken}, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Striking}. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS. str[=i]can to go,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To strike a balance — Balance Bal ance (b[a^]l ans), n. [OE. balaunce, F. balance, fr. L. bilanx, bilancis, having two scales; bis twice (akin to E. two) + lanx plate, scale.] 1. An apparatus for weighing. [1913 Webster] Note: In its simplest form, a balance consists… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • strike a balance — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. compromise, make mutual concessions, make an adjustment, give and take, meet halfway; see also adjust 1 , arbitrate , negotiate 1 …   English dictionary for students

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