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  • 1 avoid

    [ə'void]
    (to keep away from (a place, person or thing): He drove carefully to avoid the holes in the road; Avoid the subject of money.) αποφεύγω

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  • 2 Avoid

    v. trans.
    P. and V. φεύγειν, ἐκφεύγειν, διαφεύγειν, ἀποφεύγειν, εὐλαβεῖσθαι, ἀφίστασθαι (gen.), ἐξίστασθαι (acc. or gen.). Ar. and V. ἀποστρέφεσθαι (also Xen.), V. φυγγάνειν, ἐκφυγγάνειν, ἀλύσκειν, ἐξαλύσκειν.
    Shirk: Ar. and P. διαδύεσθαι; see Shirk.
    Not to be avoided, use adj.: P. and V. ἄφυκτος (Plat.).
    Avoid meeting ( a person): Ar. and P. ἐκτρέπεσθαι (acc.).
    Desire to avoid: V. φευξείειν (acc.).

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  • 3 avoid

    αποφεύγω

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  • 4 spare

    [speə] 1. verb
    1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) κάνω χωρίς
    2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) διαθέτω,δίνω
    3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) λυπούμαι, δείχνω οίκτο
    4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) αποφεύγω να πληγώσω
    5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) φείδομαι
    6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) απαλάσσω,γλιτώνω
    2. adjective
    1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) εφεδρικός,περίσσιος
    2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) διαθέσιμος,ελεύθερος
    3. noun
    1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) ανταλλακτικό
    2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) ρεζέρβα
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    - sparingly
    - spare part
    - spare rib
    - and to spare
    - to spare

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  • 5 escape

    [i'skeip] 1. verb
    1) (to gain freedom: He escaped from prison.) δραπετεύω
    2) (to manage to avoid (punishment, disease etc): She escaped the infection.) ξεφεύγω,γλιτώνω
    3) (to avoid being noticed or remembered by; to avoid (the observation of): The fact escaped me / my notice; His name escapes me / my memory.) διαφεύγω
    4) ((of a gas, liquid etc) to leak; to find a way out: Gas was escaping from a hole in the pipe.) διαρρέω
    2. noun
    ((act of) escaping; state of having escaped: Make your escape while the guard is away; There have been several escapes from that prison; Escape was impossible; The explosion was caused by an escape of gas.) απόδραση,διαφυγή,διαρροή
    - escapist

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  • 6 Decline

    v. trans.
    P. and V. ἀπωθεῖν (or mid.), παρωθεῖν (or mid.), διωθεῖσθαι, οὐ δέχεσθαι, ἀναίνεσθαι (Dem. but rare P.), ἀρνεῖσθαι (Dem. 319), ἀπαρνεῖσθαι (Thuc. 6, 56), Ar. and P. οὐκ ἀποδέχεσθαι.
    Avoid: P. and V. ἀφίστασθαι (gen.), εὐλαβεῖσθαι; see Avoid.
    Decline ( an invitation): P. ἐπαινεῖν (acc.) (Xen.; cf. Ar., Ran. 508).
    V. intrans. Not to be willing: Ar. and P. οὐκ ἐθέλειν, Ar. and V. οὐ θέλειν, V. ἀναίνεσθαι.
    Sink, set: P. and V. δύνειν, δύεσθαι, V. φθίνειν.
    Degenerate: P. ἐκπίπτειν, ἀποκλίνειν, ἐξίστασθαι.
    Decay: P. and V. διαρρεῖν, ἀπορρεῖν, V. φθίνειν.
    ——————
    subs.
    Consumption: P. φθόη, ἡ.

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  • 7 Refuse

    v. trans.
    Decline: P. and V. οὐ δέχεσθαι, ἀπωθεῖν (or mid.), παρωθεῖν (or mid.), διωθεῖσθαι, ἀναίνεσθαι (Dem. and Plat. but rare P.), ἀρνεῖσθαι (Dem. 319), ἀπαρνεῖσθαι (Thuc. 6, 56), Ar. and P. οὐκ ἀποδέχεσθαι; see also Reject.
    Avoid: P. and V. ἀφίστασθαι (gen.), εὐλαβεῖσθαι; see Avoid.
    Refuse an invitation: P. ἐπαινεῖν (acc.) (Xen.). cf. Ar., Ran. 508).
    Refuse to give: P. and V. φθονεῖν (gen. V. also acc.).
    Lo I stretch forth my hand and nothing shall be refused: V. ἰδοὺ προτείνω, κουδὲν ἀντειρήσεται (Soph., Trach. 1184).
    The ship shall take you and shall not be refused: V. ἡ ναῦς γὰρ ἄξει κοὐκ ἀπαρνηθήσεται (Soph., Phil. 527).
    Do not refuse when we are begging our first favour: P. μὴ... ἡμῶν τήν γε πρώτην αἰτησάντων χάριν ἀπαρνηθεὶς γένῃ (Plat., Soph. 217C).
    Refuse to (with infin.); Ar. and P. οὐκ ἐθέλειν, Ar. and V. οὐ θέλειν, V. ἀναίνεσθαι.
    Do not refuse to answer me this: P. μὴ φθόνει μοι ἀποκρίνασθαι τοῦτο (Plat., Gorg. 489A).
    Come to my house early to-morrow and don't refuse: P. αὔριον ἕωθεν ἀφίκου οἴκαδε καὶ μὴ ἄλλως ποιήσῃς (Plat., Lach. 201B; cf. Ar., Av. 133).
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    subs.
    P. and V. χλῆδος, ὁ (Dem. 1278, Æsch., frag.). V. καθάρματα, τά.
    Used met., of persons: Ar. and P. κάθαρμα, τό, περίτριμμα, τό.

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  • 8 -proof

    (able to withstand or avoid something: waterproof covering.) -στεγής,στεγανός,αδιαπέραστος

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  • 9 be on the safe side

    (to avoid risk or danger: I'll lock the door just to be on the safe side.) έχω το κεφάλι μου ήσυχο

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  • 10 by

    1. preposition
    1) (next to; near; at the side of: by the door; He sat by his sister.) δίπλα σε
    2) (past: going by the house.) μπροστά από
    3) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.) μέσω, διαμέσου
    4) (used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action: struck by a stone.) από (ποιητικό αίτιο)
    5) (using: He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.) με (μεταφορικό μέσο)
    6) (from; through the means of: I met her by chance; by post.) από, μέσω
    7) ((of time) not later than: by 6 o'clock.) έως, μέχρι
    8) (during the time of.) κατά τη διάρκεια
    9) (to the extent of: taller by ten centimetres.) κατά
    10) (used to give measurements etc: 4 metres by 2 metres.) επί
    11) (in quantities of: fruit sold by the kilo.) με
    12) (in respect of: a teacher by profession.) όσον αφορά
    2. adverb
    1) (near: They stood by and watched.) κοντά, παραδίπλα
    2) (past: A dog ran by.) από μπροστά
    3) (aside; away: money put by for an emergency.) κατά μέρος
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    - bypass 3. verb
    (to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.) αποφεύγω, παρακάμπτω
    - bystander
    - by and by
    - by and large
    - by oneself
    - by the way

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  • 11 chicken out

    (to avoid doing something because of cowardice: He chickened out at the last minute.) δειλιάζω

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  • 12 conservative

    [-tiv]
    1) (disliking change: Older people tend to be conservative in their attitudes; conservative opinions.) συντηρητικός
    2) (in politics, wanting to avoid major changes and to keep business and industry in private hands.) συντηρητικός

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  • 13 do

    [du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb
    1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?) εκδήλωση
    2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down])
    3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)
    4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)
    5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) κάνω
    6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) ολοκληρώνω
    7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) ασχολούμαι με
    8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) είμαι κατάλληλος/ εξυπηρετώ/ κάνω/ αρκώ
    9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) ασχολούμαι με
    10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) τα πηγαίνω
    11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) τακτοποιώ
    12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) συμπεριφέρομαι
    13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) αποδίδω
    14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) προξενώ
    15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) καλύπτω
    2. noun
    (an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.)
    - doings
    - done
    - do-it-yourself
    - to-do
    - I
    - he could be doing with / could do with
    - do away with
    - do for
    - done for
    - done in
    - do out
    - do out of
    - do's and don'ts
    - do without
    - to do with
    - what are you doing with

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  • 14 dodge

    [do‹] 1. verb
    (to avoid (something) by a sudden and/or clever movement: She dodged the blow; He dodged round the corner out of sight; Politicians are very good at dodging difficult questions.) αποφεύγω,ξεγλιστρώ
    2. noun
    1) (an act of dodging.) ελιγμός
    2) (a trick: You'll never catch him - he knows every dodge there is.) κόλπο
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  • 15 draft

    1. noun
    1) (a rough sketch or outline of something, especially written: a rough draft of my speech.) (προ)σχέδιο
    2) (a group (of soldiers etc) taken from a larger group.) απόσπασμα
    3) (an order (to a bank etc) for the payment of money: a draft for $80.) τραπεζική εντολή
    4) ((American) conscription: He emigrated to avoid the draft.) στρατολογία,στράτευση
    2. verb
    1) (to make in the form of a rough plan: Could you draft a report on this?) προχειρογράφω,κάνω ένα προσχέδιο
    2) ((American) to conscript into the army etc: He was drafted into the Navy.) στρατολογώ
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    - draft dodger
    - draft evasion
    - draftsman

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  • 16 duck

    I verb
    1) (to push briefly under water: They splashed about, ducking each other in the pool.) βούτω
    2) (to lower the head suddenly as if to avoid a blow: He ducked as the ball came at him.) σκύβω
    II plurals - ducks, duck; noun
    1) (a kind of wild or domesticated water-bird with short legs and a broad flat beak.) πάπια
    2) (a female duck. See also drake.) θηλυκή πάπια
    3) (in cricket, a score of nil by a batsman: He was out for a duck.) (κρίκετ)μηδενικό σκορ
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  • 17 economy

    [i'konəmi]
    1) (the thrifty, careful management of money etc to avoid waste: Please use the water with economy; We must make economies in household spending.) οικονομία
    2) (organization of money and resources: the country's economy; household economy.) οικονομία
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    - economical
    - economically
    - economics
    - economist
    - economize
    - economise

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  • 18 efface

    [i'feis]
    1) (to rub out; to remove: You must try to efface the event from your memory.) εξαλείφω,σβήνω
    2) (to avoid drawing attention to (oneself): She did her best to efface herself at parties.) μένω στο περιθώριο

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  • 19 elude

    [i'lu:d]
    1) (to escape or avoid by quickness or cleverness: He eluded his pursuers.) ξεφεύγω, ξεγλιστρώ
    2) (to be too difficult etc for (a person) to understand or remember: The meaning of this poem eludes me.) διαφεύγω (μνήμης ή προσοχής)
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  • 20 err on the side of

    (to be guilty of what might be seen as a fault in order to avoid an opposite and greater fault: It is better to err on the side of leniency when punishing a child.) προτιμώ(το μικρότερο κακό)

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