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  • 1 awkward

    ['o:kwəd]
    1) (not graceful or elegant: an awkward movement.) αδέξιος, άγαρμπος
    2) (difficult or causing difficulty, embarrassment etc: an awkward question; an awkward silence; His cut is in an awkward place.) που προκαλεί αμηχανία ή δυσκολία, `ενοχλητικός`
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    - awkwardness

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  • 2 Awkward

    adj.
    Clumsy: P. and V. σκαιός, Ar. and P. ἄγροικος, V. ἀμήχανος.
    Uneducated: P. and V. ἄμουσος, ἀμαθής, Ar. and P. ἀπαίδευτος.
    Embarrassing: P. and V. ἄπορος ἀμήχανος (rare P.), Ar. and P. χαλεπός.

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

  • 3 awkward

    1) αδέξιος
    2) ατζαμής

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  • 4 Situation

    subs.
    P. θέσις, ἡ.
    met., see Plight, State.
    State of affairs: P. and V. κατάστασις, ἡ.
    Post: P. and V. τάξις, ἡ.
    Place: P. and V. τόπος, ὁ, χώρα, ἡ, Ar. and P. χωρίον, τό, Ar. and V. χῶρος, ὁ.
    An exposed situation: P. χωρίον χειμερινόν (Thuc. 2, 70).
    Place in an awkward situation: P. ἀπόρως διατιθέναι (τινά).
    Be placed in an awkward situation: P. ἀπόρως διακεῖσθαι.

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

  • 5 be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs

    (to be very awkward or clumsy in handling or holding things: He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the cup.) είμαι άγαρμπος

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  • 6 bridge

    [bri‹] 1. noun
    1) (a structure carrying a road or railway over a river etc.) γέφυρα
    2) (the narrow raised platform for the captain of a ship.) γέφυρα πλοίου
    3) (the bony part (of the nose).) ράχη της μύτης
    4) (the support of the strings of a violin etc.) καβαλάρης μουσικού οργάνου
    2. verb
    1) (to build a bridge over: They bridged the stream.) χτίζω γέφυρα πάνω από
    2) (to close a gap, pause etc: He bridged the awkward silence with a funny remark.) γεφυρώνω

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  • 7 bulky

    adjective (large in size, awkward to carry etc: a bulky parcel; This is too bulky to send by post.) ογκώδης

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  • 8 clumsy

    (awkward in movement etc: He's very clumsy - he's always dropping things.) αδέξιος
    - clumsiness

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  • 9 ease

    [i:z] 1. noun
    1) (freedom from pain or from worry or hard work: a lifetime of ease.) άνεση
    2) (freedom from difficulty: He passed his exam with ease.) ευκολία
    3) (naturalness: ease of manner.) φυσικότητα
    2. verb
    1) (to free from pain, trouble or anxiety: A hot bath eased his tired limbs.) ξαλαφρώνω
    2) ((often with off) to make or become less strong, less severe, less fast etc: The pain has eased (off); The driver eased off as he approached the town.) χαλαρώνω
    3) (to move (something heavy or awkward) gently or gradually in or out of position: They eased the wardrobe carefully up the narrow staircase.) μετακινώ σιγά-σιγά
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    - easiness
    - easy     3. interjection
    (a command to go or act gently: Easy! You'll fall if you run too fast.) με το μαλακό!
    - easy-going
    - at ease
    - easier said than done
    - go easy on
    - stand at ease
    - take it easy
    - take one's ease

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  • 10 gangling

    ['ɡæŋɡliŋ]
    (tall, very thin and usually awkward.) ψηλόλιγνος, ψηλός και άχαρος

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  • 11 gauche

    [ɡəuʃ]
    (awkward and clumsy: a gauche young woman.) αδέξιος

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  • 12 gawky

    ['ɡo:ki]
    ((of a person) looking clumsy or awkward: She is tall and gawky.) κρεμανταλάς

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  • 13 inconvenient

    [inkən'vi:njənt] 1. adjective
    (causing trouble or difficulty; awkward: He has come at a very inconvenient time.) άβολος
    2. verb
    (to cause trouble or difficulty to: I hope I haven't inconvenienced you.) ξεβολεύω

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  • 14 nasty

    1) (unpleasant to the senses: a nasty smell.) δυσάρεστος,απαίσιος
    2) (unfriendly or unpleasant in manner: The man was very nasty to me.) εχθρικός
    3) (wicked; evil: He has a nasty temper.) κακός
    4) ((of weather) very poor, cold, rainy etc.) άσχημος
    5) ((of a wound, cut etc) serious: That dog gave her a nasty bite.) σοβαρός,άσχημος
    6) (awkward or very difficult: a nasty situation.) δύσκολος
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    - nastiness

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  • 15 situation

    [sitju'eiʃən]
    1) (circumstances; a state of affairs: an awkward situation.) κατάσταση
    2) (the place where anything stands or lies: The house has a beautiful situation beside a lake.) θέση,τοποθεσία
    3) (a job: the situations-vacant columns of the newspaper.) θέση,δουλειά
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  • 16 sticky

    1) (able, or likely, to stick or adhere to other surfaces: He mended the torn book with sticky tape; sticky sweets.) κολλώδης,κολλητικός
    2) ((of a situation or person) difficult; awkward.) δύσκολος

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  • 17 ungainly

    (awkward, clumsy or ungraceful: She is rather large and ungainly.) άγαρμπος, άτσαλος, άχαρος

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  • 18 unwieldy

    (large and awkward to carry or manage: A piano is an unwieldy thing to move.) δυσκίνητος, ανοικονόμητος

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  • 19 wriggle

    ['riɡl] 1. verb
    (to twist to and fro: The child kept wriggling in his seat; How are you going to wriggle out of this awkward situation?) συστρέφομαι, στριφογυρίζω, σπαρταρώ, ξεγλιστρώ
    2. noun
    (a wriggling movement.) στριφογύρισμα

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  • 20 Gauche

    adj.
    P. and V. σκαιός; see Awkward.

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

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