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  • 1 bend/fall over backwards

    (to try very hard: He bent over backwards to get us tickets for the concert.) κάνω τ' αδύνατα δυνατά

    English-Greek dictionary > bend/fall over backwards

  • 2 backward

    ['bækwəd]
    1) (aimed or directed backwards: He left without a backward glance.) προς τα πίσω
    2) (less advanced in mind or body than is normal for one's age: a backward child.) καθυστερημένος
    3) (late in developing a modern culture, mechanization etc: That part of Britain is still very backward; the backward peoples of the world.) υπανάπτυκτος
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    - backwards
    - backwards and forwards
    - bend/fall over backwards

    English-Greek dictionary > backward

  • 3 Sink

    v. trans.
    Sink ( a ship): Ar. and P. καταδύνειν.
    Put an end to: Ar. and P. διαλύειν, καταλύειν; see End.
    Let down: P. and V. καθιέναι.
    Dig: P. and V. ὀρύσσειν, σκάπτειν.
    Make to incline: V. καταρρέπειν, P. and V. κλίνειν.
    V. intrans.
    Subside, settle down: P. ἱζάνειν.
    Sink under the earth: P. δύεσθαι κατὰ τῆς γῆς (Plat., Phaedo, 112C).
    Of the sun: P. and V. δύεσθαι, δύνειν; see Set.
    Of a ship: Ar. and P. καταδύεσθαι, V. βάπτειν (Eur., Or. 707).
    Incline downwards: P. and V. ῥέπειν.
    met., be weighed down: P. and V. πιέζεσθαι, βαρύνεσθαι.
    Fall: P. and V. πίπτειν, καταπίπτειν (Eur., Cycl.), V. πίτνειν.
    Fail in strength: V. προλείπειν; see Fail.
    Already she is sinking and like to die: V. ἤδη προνωπής ἐστι καὶ ψυχορραγεῖ (Eur., Alc. 143).
    His head sinks back: V. ὑπτιάζεται κάρα (Soph., Phil. 822).
    I sink backwards into the arms of my maidens and swoon away: V. ὑπτία δε κλίνομαι... πρὸς δμωαῖσι κἀποπλήσσομαι (Soph., Ant. 1188).
    She sinks back with trembling limbs: V. λεχρία πάλιν χωρεῖ τρέμουσα κῶλα (Eur., Med. 1168).
    Of ground dipping: see under Dip.
    Fall away: P. and V. διαρρεῖν, ἀπορρεῖν; see Fade.
    Deteriorate: P. ἀποκλίνειν, ἐκπίπτειν; see Degenerate.
    Sink into inaction: P. ἐπὶ τὸ ῥᾳθυμεῖν ἀποκλίνειν (Dem. 13).
    Sunk in (met.): use P. and V. μεστός (gen.); see Full of (Full).
    Be sunk in love: V. ἐντήκεσθαι τῷ φιλεῖν (Soph. Trach. 463); see absorbed in.
    Be sunk in ignorance P. ἐν ἀμαθίᾳ μολύνεσθαι (Plat., Rep. 535E).
    Sink into, be instilled into, met.: P. καταδύεσθαι εἰς (acc.), V. ἐντήκεσθαι (dat.).
    Sink into insignificance: P. ἐν οὐδενὶ λόγῳ εἶναι.

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

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  • fall back — verb 1. fall backwards and down (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑lean back, ↑recline • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s 2. hang (back) or fall ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • fall\ over\ backwards — • fall over backwards • fall over oneself v. phr. To do everything you can to please someone; try very hard to satisfy someone. The hotel manager fell over backwards to give the movie star everything she wanted. The boys fell over themselves… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • fall\ over\ oneself — • fall over backwards • fall over oneself v. phr. To do everything you can to please someone; try very hard to satisfy someone. The hotel manager fell over backwards to give the movie star everything she wanted. The boys fell over themselves… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • fall all over yourself to do something — fall all over (yourself) (to (do something)) to put too much energy into something in order to get attention or approval. Janice fell all over herself trying to impress my parents. Usage notes: usually used in a negative way, as in the example… …   New idioms dictionary

  • fall all over to do something — fall all over (yourself) (to (do something)) to put too much energy into something in order to get attention or approval. Janice fell all over herself trying to impress my parents. Usage notes: usually used in a negative way, as in the example… …   New idioms dictionary

  • fall all over yourself to — fall all over (yourself) (to (do something)) to put too much energy into something in order to get attention or approval. Janice fell all over herself trying to impress my parents. Usage notes: usually used in a negative way, as in the example… …   New idioms dictionary

  • fall all over to — fall all over (yourself) (to (do something)) to put too much energy into something in order to get attention or approval. Janice fell all over herself trying to impress my parents. Usage notes: usually used in a negative way, as in the example… …   New idioms dictionary

  • fall all over (yourself) — (to (do something)) to put too much energy into something in order to get attention or approval. Janice fell all over herself trying to impress my parents. Usage notes: usually used in a negative way, as in the example Related vocabulary: bend… …   New idioms dictionary

  • fall over backwards — verb try very hard to please someone She falls over backwards when she sees her mother in law • Syn: ↑bend over backwards • Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑behave, ↑do • Verb Frames …   Useful english dictionary

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