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  • 1 failure

    [-jə]
    1) (the state or act of failing: She was upset by her failure in the exam; failure of the electricity supply.) αποτυχία,βλάβη,χρεωκοπία
    2) (an unsuccessful person or thing: He felt he was a failure.) αποτυχημένος
    3) (inability, refusal etc to do something: his failure to reply.) παράλειψη

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  • 2 power

    1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) ικανότητα
    2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) ισχύς,ενέργεια
    3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) δύναμη,ισχύς,εξουσία
    4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) εξουσία
    5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) ισχυρό πρόσωπο
    6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) δύναμη
    7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) δύναμη
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    - powerful
    - powerfully
    - powerfulness
    - powerless
    - powerlessness
    - power cut
    - failure
    - power-driven
    - power point
    - power station
    - be in power

    English-Greek dictionary > power

  • 3 risk

    [risk] 1. noun
    ((a person, thing etc which causes or could cause) danger or possible loss or injury: He thinks we shouldn't go ahead with the plan because of the risks involved / because of the risk of failure.) κίνδυνος
    2. verb
    1) (to expose to danger; to lay open to the possibility of loss: He would risk his life for his friend; He risked all his money on betting on that horse.) διακινδυνεύω, ρισκάρω
    2) (to take the chance of (something bad happening): He was willing to risk death to save his friend; I'd better leave early as I don't want to risk being late for the play.) (δια)κινδυνεύω
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    - at a person's own risk
    - at own risk
    - at risk
    - at the risk of
    - run/take the risk of
    - run/take the risk
    - take risks / take a risk

    English-Greek dictionary > risk

  • 4 arrest

    [ə'rest] 1. verb
    1) (to capture or take hold of (a person) because he or she has broken the law: The police arrested the thief.) συλλαμβάνω
    2) (to stop: Economic difficulties arrested the growth of industry.) σταματώ
    2. noun
    1) (the act of arresting; being arrested: The police made several arrests; He was questioned after his arrest.) σύλληψη
    2) (a stopping of action: Cardiac arrest is another term for heart failure.) ανακοπή
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  • 5 deflate

    [di'fleit]
    1) (to let gas out of (a tyre etc).) ξεφουσκώνω
    2) (to reduce (a person's) importance, self-confidence etc: He was completely deflated by his failure.) κόβω τα φτερά/τη φόρα κάποιου
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  • 6 heart

    1. noun
    1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) καρδιά
    2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) καρδιά,κέντρο
    3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) καρδιά
    4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) ηθικό, κουράγιο
    5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) σχήμα καρδιάς
    6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) κούπα
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    - hearten
    - heartless
    - heartlessly
    - heartlessness
    - hearts
    - hearty
    - heartily
    - heartiness
    - heartache
    - heart attack
    - heartbeat
    - heartbreak
    - heartbroken
    - heartburn
    - heart failure
    - heartfelt
    - heart-to-heart     2. noun
    (an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.) ειλικρινής συζήτηση
    - at heart
    - break someone's heart
    - by heart
    - from the bottom of one's heart
    - have a change of heart
    - have a heart!
    - have at heart
    - heart and soul
    - lose heart
    - not have the heart to
    - set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
    - take heart
    - take to heart
    - to one's heart's content
    - with all one's heart

    English-Greek dictionary > heart

  • 7 scapegoat

    ['skeipɡəut]
    (a person who is blamed or punished for the mistakes of others: The manager of the football team was made a scapegoat for the team's failure, and was forced to resign.) εξιλαστήριο θύμα

    English-Greek dictionary > scapegoat

  • 8 washout

    noun ((an idea, project, person etc which is) a complete failure: She was a complete washout as a secretary.) αποτυχία, φιάσκο

    English-Greek dictionary > washout

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