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  • 1 poor

    [puə] 1. adjective
    1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) φτωχός
    2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) κατώτερος,κακής ποιότητας
    3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) κακόμοιρος,καημένος
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    - poorly 2. adjective
    (ill: He is very poorly.) άρρωστος

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  • 2 Poor

    adj.
    P. and V. πένης, ἄπορος, ἀσθενής (rare), V. ἀχρήματος, ἄπλουτος (Soph., frag.), χρεῖος, ἀχρήμων.
    The poor: use also V. οἱ οὐκ ἔχοντες.
    Poor in: P. and V. ἐνδεής (gen.), P. ἐλλιπής (gen.), ἐπιδεής (gen.) (Plat.), V. χρεῖος (gen.).
    Be poor, v.: P. also V. πένεσθαι.
    Be poor in: V. πένεσθαι (gen.); see be deficient in, under Deficient.
    Indifferent: P. also V. φαῦλος, μέτριος, φλαῦρος, εὐτελής.
    Mean, shabby: P. and V. κακός, φαῦλος, Ar. also P. μοχθηρός.
    Having poor soil: P. λεπτόγεως.
    Incapable: P. also V. φαῦλος, ἀφυής.
    Miserable: P. and V. ἄθλιος, ταλαίπωρος, δυστυχής. δυσδαίμων, Ar. also V. τάλας, τλήμων, V. δυστάλας; see Miserable.

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  • 3 Poor-spirited

    adj.
    P. μικρόψυχος.

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  • 4 poor

    1) καημένος
    2) πενιχρός
    3) φτωχός

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  • 5 well off

    (poor, rich: The family was quite well off.) σε καλή/κακή οικονομική κατάσταση

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  • 6 beg

    [beɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - begged; verb
    1) (to ask (someone) for (money, food etc): The old man was so poor that he had to beg in the street; He begged (me) for money.) ζητιανεύω
    2) (to ask (someone) desperately or earnestly: I beg you not to do it.) ικετεύω
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    2. verb
    (to make very poor: He was beggared by the collapse of his firm.) καταστρέφω οικονομικά
    - beg to differ

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  • 7 Mean

    adj.
    Low of degree: P. and V. ταπεινός, φαῦλος, κακός, πονηρός, Ar. and P. ἀγεννής, V. ἀγέννητος, Ar. and V. δυσγενής.
    Obscure: P. and V. ἀδόκιμος. ἀφανής, ἀνώνυμος, P. ἄδοξος. V. βραχύς, βαιός, ἄσημος, ἀμαυρός.
    Dishonourable: P. and V. αἰσχρός, κακός, πονηρός, φαῦλος, μοχθηρός, κακοῦργος, ἀνάξιος, Ar. and P. ἀγεννής.
    Poor, humble: P. and V. ταπεινός, φαῦλος, μικρός, σμικρός; see Poor.
    Shabby, worthless: P. and V. κακός, φαῦλος, εὐτελής.
    Stingy: P. and V. αἰσχροκερδής, φιλάργυρος, Ar. and P. φιλοκερδής, φειδωλός.
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    subs.
    Middle point: use P. and V. μέσον, τό.
    Strike the mean between the largest also smallest number of ships given: P. πρὸς τὰς μεγίστας καὶ ἐλαχίστας ναῦς τὸ μέσον σκοπεῖν (Thuc. 1, 10).
    The golden mean: P. and V. τὸ μέτριον, τὰ μέτρια.
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    v. trans.
    Signify, with personal subject: P. and V. λέγειν, φράζειν, εἰπεῖν, V. ἐννέπειν, Ar. and P. διανοεῖσθαι; with non-personal subject: Ar. and P. νοεῖν, δύνασθαι, P. βούλεσθαι, σημαίνειν, φρονεῖν (Thuc. 5, 85), V. θέλειν (Eur., Hipp. 865 and Supp. 1055).
    absol. with infin., intend: P. and V. βουλεύειν, νοεῖν, ἐννοεῖν, Ar. and P. διανοεῖσθαι, ἐπινοεῖν.
    Be about to: P. and V. μέλλειν.
    Mean to do ( a thing): Ar. and V. δρασείειν (τι), V. ἐργασείειν (τι).
    To whom their survival also success meant most: P. ᾧ ἐκείνους σωθῆναι καὶ κατορθῶσαι μάλιστα διέφερεν (Dem. 321).

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  • 8 Unpromising

    adj.
    Without talent: P. and V. ἀφυής.
    Poor in quality: P. and V. φαῦλος; see Poor.

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  • 9 alms

    (money etc given to the poor.) ελεημοσύνη

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  • 10 at a low ebb

    (in a poor or depressed state: She was at a low ebb after the operation.) πεσμένος

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  • 11 attendance

    noun His attendance (= the number of times he attends) at school is poor; Attendances (= the number of people attending) at the concerts went down after the price of tickets increased.) παρουσία

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  • 12 be/feel sorry for

    (to pity: I'm / I feel really sorry for that poor woman.) λυπάμαι

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  • 13 broadly

    adverb (generally: Broadly speaking, I'd say your chances are poor.) γενικάευρέως

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  • 14 brute

    [bru:t]
    1) (an animal other than man: My dog died yesterday, the poor brute; ( also adjective) brute force.) ζώο, κτήνοςκτηνώδης
    2) (a cruel person.) κτήνος, βάναυσος άνθρωπος
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    - brutality
    - brutish

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  • 15 charity

    [' ærəti]
    plural - charities; noun
    1) (kindness (especially in giving money to poor people): She gave clothes to the gypsies out of charity.) φιλανθρωπία, ελεημοσύνη
    2) (an organization set up to collect money for the needy, for medical research etc: Many charities sent money to help the victims of the disaster.) φιλανθρωπική οργάνωση
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    - charitably

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  • 16 cheap

    [ i:p]
    1) (low in price: Eggs are cheap just now.) φτηνός
    2) (of poor quality; vulgar; contemptible: cheap jewellery; a cheap trick.) φτηνιάρικος, κακής ποιότητας
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    - cheapness

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  • 17 consent

    [kən'sent] 1. verb
    (to give permission or agree (to): I had no choice but to consent to the plan; Her father consented to her marrying me although I was just a poor student.) συγκατατίθεμαι
    2. noun
    (agreement; permission: You have my consent to leave.) συγκατάθεση

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  • 18 creature

    ['kri: ə]
    1) (an animal or human being: all God's creatures.) πλάσμα
    2) (a term of contempt or pity: The poor creature could hardly stand.) (άμοιρο) πλάσμα

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  • 19 devil

    ['devl]
    1) (the spirit of evil; Satan: He does not worship God - he worships the Devil.) διάβολος
    2) (any evil or wicked spirit or person: That woman is a devil!) δαίμονας
    3) (a person who is bad or disapproved of: She's a lazy devil.) αφιλότιμος
    4) (an unfortunate person for whom one feels pity: Poor devils! I feel really sorry for them.) κακομοίρης

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  • 20 digestion

    [- ən]
    1) (the act of digesting food.) πέψη,χώνεψη
    2) (the ability of one's body to digest food: poor digestion.) πέψη

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