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1 what of it?
(used in replying, to suggest that what has been done, said etc is not important: `You've offended him.' `What of it?') και τι μ' αυτό; -
2 take back
1) (to make (someone) remember or think about (something): Meeting my old friends took me back to my childhood.) φέρνω πίσω/ θυμίζω2) (to admit that what one has said is not true: Take back what you said about my sister!) παίρνω πίσω -
3 joke
[‹əuk] 1. noun1) (anything said or done to cause laughter: He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost.) αστείο, ανέκδοτο, φάρσα, χωρατό2) (something that causes laughter or amusement: The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish.) αστείο2. verb1) (to make a joke or jokes: They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards.) αστειεύομαι2) (to talk playfully and not seriously: Don't be upset by what he said - he was only joking.) αστειεύομαι•- joker- jokingly
- it's no joke
- joking apart/aside
- take a joke -
4 honestly
1) (in an honest way: He gained his wealth honestly.) έντιμα,τίμια2) (used to stress the truth of what a person is saying: Honestly, that's exactly what he said; I honestly don't think it's possible.) ειλικρινά,αλήθεια -
5 refuse
I [rə'fju:z] verb1) (not to do what one has been asked, told or is expected to do: He refused to help me; She refused to believe what I said; When I asked him to leave, he refused.) αρνούμαι2) (not to accept: He refused my offer of help; They refused our invitation; She refused the money.) δεν δέχομαι, αποποιούμαι3) (not to give (permission etc): I was refused admittance to the meeting.) αρνούμαι, δεν εγκρίνω•- refusalII ['refju:s] noun(rubbish; waste material from eg a kitchen.) απορρίμματα, σκουπίδια- refuse collection vehicle -
6 surely
1) (used in questions, exclamations etc to indicate what the speaker considers probable: Surely she's finished her work by now!; You don't believe what she said, surely?) ασφαλώς2) (without doubt, hesitation, mistake or failure: Slowly but surely we're achieving our aim.) με σταθερή απόδοση, σίγουρα3) ((in answers) certainly; of course: `May I come with you?' `Surely!') και βέβαια! -
7 to do with
1) ((with have) to have dealings with: I never had anything to do with the neighbours.) έχω πάρε-δώσε με2) ((with have) to be involved in, especially to be (partly) responsible for: Did you have anything to do with her death?) έχω να κάνω με3) ((with have) to be connected with: Has this decision anything to do with what I said yesterday?) έχω σχέση με4) ((with be or have) to be about or concerned with: This letter is/has to do with Bill's plans for the summer.) αφορώ5) ((with have) to be the concern of: I'm sorry, but that question has nothing to do with me; What has that (got) to do with him?) έχω σχέση με -
8 bear out
(to support or confirm: This bears out what you said.) επιβεβαιώνω -
9 catch
[kæ ] 1. past tense, past participle - caught; verb1) (to stop and hold (something which is moving); to capture: He caught the cricket ball; The cat caught a mouse; Did you catch any fish?; I tried to catch his attention.) πιάνω2) (to be in time for, or get on (a train, bus etc): I'll have to catch the 9.45 (train) to London.) προλαβαίνω, παίρνω3) (to surprise (someone) in the act of: I caught him stealing (my vegetables).) τσακώνω4) (to become infected with (a disease or illness): He caught flu.) κολλώ, αρπάζω5) (to (cause to) become accidentally attached or held: The child caught her fingers in the car door.) πιάνω, μαγκώνω6) (to hit: The punch caught him on the chin.) χτυπώ7) (to manage to hear: Did you catch what she said?) πιάνω, αντιλαμβάνομαι8) (to start burning: I dropped a match on the pile of wood and it caught (fire) immediately.) αρπάζω2. noun1) (an act of catching: He took a fine catch behind the wicket.) πιάσιμο2) (a small device for holding (a door etc) in place: The catch on my suitcase is broken.) μπετούγια, γάντζος / κούμπωμα3) (the total amount (of eg fish) caught: the largest catch of mackerel this year.) ψαριά4) (a trick or problem: There's a catch in this question.) παγίδα•- catching- catchy
- catch-phrase
- catch-word
- catch someone's eye
- catch on
- catch out
- catch up -
10 confidentially
adverb (secretly; not wishing to have the information passed on to anyone else: She could not tell me what he said - he was speaking confidentially.) εμπιστευτικά -
11 continuation
1) (the act of continuing, often after a break or pause: the continuation of his studies.) συνέχιση2) (something which carries on, especially a further part of a story etc: This is a continuation of what he said last week.) συνέχεια -
12 correct
[kə'rekt] 1. verb1) (to remove faults and errors from: These spectacles will correct his eye defect.) διορθώνω2) ((of a teacher etc) to mark errors in: I have fourteen exercise books to correct.) διορθώνω2. adjective1) (free from faults or errors: This sum is correct.) σωστός2) (right; not wrong: Did I get the correct idea from what you said?; You are quite correct.) σωστός•- corrective
- correctly
- correctness -
13 drift
[drift] 1. noun1) (a heap of something driven together, especially snow: His car stuck in a snowdrift.) παρασυρόμενη μάζα2) (the direction in which something is going; the general meaning: I couldn't hear you clearly, but I did catch the drift of what you said.) τροπή,νόημα2. verb1) (to (cause to) float or be blown along: Sand drifted across the road; The boat drifted down the river.) παρασέρνω,-ομαι2) ((of people) to wander or live aimlessly: She drifted from job to job.) περιπλανιέμαι•- drifter- driftwood -
14 hardly
1) (almost no, none, never etc: Hardly any small businesses are successful nowadays; I hardly ever go out.) σχεδόν καθόλου2) (only just; almost not: My feet are so sore, I can hardly walk; I had hardly got on my bicycle when I got a puncture.) μόλις(και μετά βίας)3) (probably not: He's hardly likely to forgive you after what you said about him.) μάλλον δεν -
15 hot air
(boastful words, promises that will not be kept etc: Most of what he said was just hot air.) αερολογίες -
16 malice
['mælis](the wish to harm other people etc: There was no malice intended in what she said.) κακία,δόλος- maliciously -
17 mean well
(to have good intentions: He meant well by what he said.) έχω καλές προθέσεις,κάνω(κάτι)καλοπροαίρετα -
18 minute
I ['minit] noun1) (the sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds: It is twenty minutes to eight; The journey takes thirty minutes; a ten-minute delay.) λεπό(της ώρας)2) (in measuring an angle, the sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds: an angle of 47° 50′ (= forty-seven degrees, fifty minutes).) λεπτό της μοίρας3) (a very short time: Wait a minute; It will be done in a minute.) στιγμή4) (a particular point in time: At that minute, the telephone rang.) στιγμή5) ((in plural) the notes taken at a meeting recording what was said: The chairman asked for this decision to be recorded in the minutes.) πρακτικά•- the minute that
- the minute
- to the minute
- up to the minute II adjective1) (very small: The diamonds in the brooch were minute.) μικροσκοπικός2) (paying attention to the smallest details: minute care.) σχολαστικός•- minutely- minuteness -
19 miss
[mis] 1. verb1) (to fail to hit, catch etc: The arrow missed the target.) αστοχώ,δεν πετυχαίνω2) (to fail to arrive in time for: He missed the 8 o'clock train.) χάνω,δεν προλαβαίνω3) (to fail to take advantage of: You've missed your opportunity.) χάνω4) (to feel sad because of the absence of: You'll miss your friends when you go to live abroad.) νοσταλγώ,αναζητώ,μου λείπει5) (to notice the absence of: I didn't miss my purse till several hours after I'd dropped it.) αναζητώ, αντιλαμβάνομαι απώλεια6) (to fail to hear or see: He missed what you said because he wasn't listening.) χάνω,δεν καταφέρνω ν'ακούσω ή να δω7) (to fail to go to: I'll have to miss my lesson next week, as I'm going to the dentist.) χάνω ραντεβού8) (to fail to meet: We missed you in the crowd.) χάνω9) (to avoid: The thief only just missed being caught by the police.) γλιτώνω,αποφεύγω10) ((of an engine) to misfire.) δεν παίρνω μπρος2. noun(a failure to hit, catch etc: two hits and two misses.) αποτυχία- missing- go missing
- miss out
- miss the boat -
20 misunderstand
past tense, past participle - misunderstood; verb(to take a wrong meaning from: She misunderstood what I said.) παρανοώ,παρεξηγώ
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