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  • 61 taste

    [teist] 1. verb
    1) (to be aware of, or recognize, the flavour of something: I can taste ginger in this cake.) γεύομαι, νιώθω γεύση
    2) (to test or find out the flavour or quality of (food etc) by eating or drinking a little of it: Please taste this and tell me if it is too sweet.) δοκιμάζω
    3) (to have a particular flavour or other quality that is noticed through the act of tasting: This milk tastes sour; The sauce tastes of garlic.) έχω γεύση
    4) (to eat (food) especially with enjoyment: I haven't tasted such a beautiful curry for ages.) δοκιμάζω, απολαμβάνω
    5) (to experience: He tasted the delights of country life.) γεύομαι
    2. noun
    1) (one of the five senses, the sense by which we are aware of flavour: one's sense of taste; bitter to the taste.) γεύση
    2) (the quality or flavour of anything that is known through this sense: This wine has an unusual taste.) γεύση
    3) (an act of tasting or a small quantity of food etc for tasting: Do have a taste of this cake!) δοκιμή
    4) (a liking or preference: a taste for music; a queer taste in books; expensive tastes.) προτίμηση, γούστο
    5) (the ability to judge what is suitable in behaviour, dress etc or what is fine and beautiful: She shows good taste in clothes; a man of taste; That joke was in good/bad taste.) γούστο, καλαισθησία
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    - tastefully
    - tastefulness
    - tasteless
    - tastelessly
    - tastelessness
    - - tasting
    - tasty
    - tastiness

    English-Greek dictionary > taste

  • 62 toast

    I 1. [təust] verb
    (to make (bread etc) brown in front of direct heat: We toasted slices of bread for tea.) φρυγανίζω
    2. noun
    (bread that has been toasted: He always has two pieces of toast for breakfast.) φρυγανιά
    - toaster
    - toaster oven
    - toastrack     II 1. [təust] verb
    (to drink ceremonially in honour of, or to wish success to (someone or something): We toasted the bride and bridegroom / the new ship.) πίνω στην υγεία / κάνω πρόποση
    2. noun
    1) (an act of toasting: Let's drink a toast to our friends!) πρόποση
    2) (the wish conveyed, or the person etc honoured, by such an act.) ευχή

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  • 63 Surprise

    subs.
    P. and V. θαῦμα, τό, θάμβος, τό (Thuc. and Plat. but rare P.).
    Dismay: P. and V. ἔκπληξις, ἡ.
    Something new: P. and V. νέον τι, καινόν τι.
    The surprises of war: P. τοῦ πολέμου ὁ παράλογος (Thuc. 1, 78).
    ( In military sense), surprise of a position: P. κλοπή, ἡ (Xen.).
    By surprise, unexpectedly: P. ἐξ ἀπροσδοκήτου.
    Take by surprise, v.; use P. and V. καταλαμβάνειν; see surprise, v.
    Attack unexpectedly: P. ἀπροσδοκήτῳ τινὶ ἐπιτίθεσθαι.
    Taken by surprise, off one's guard: use adj., P. and V. ἀφύλακτος, ἄφρακτος (Thuc.), P. ἀπαράσκευος.
    ——————
    v. trans.
    P. and V. θαῦμα παρέχειν (dat.).
    Dismay: P. and V. ἐκπλήσσειν, P. καταπλήσσειν.
    Be surprised: P. and V. θαυμάζειν, ἀποθαυμάζειν, V. θαμβεῖν.
    Come upon suddenly, overtake: P. and V. καταλαμβάνειν, αἱρεῖν, λαμβάνειν, P. ἐπιλαμβάνειν; see Overtake.
    Catch in the act: P. and V. λαμβάνειν, καταλαμβάνειν (Eur., Cycl.). αἱρεῖν, φωρᾶν, ἐπʼ αὐτοφώρῳ λαμβάνειν, P. καταφωρᾶν.
    Surprised in the act: V. ἐπίληπτος.
    They took alarm and sought to surprise ( the enemy): P. δείσαντες προκαταλαβεῖν ἐβούλοντο (Thuc. 3, 3).
    Surprise a position ( in military sense): Ar. and P. καταλαμβάνειν, P. προκαταλαμβάνειν.

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

  • 64 acquisition

    [ækwi'ziʃən]
    1) (the act of acquiring: the acquisition of more land.) απόκτηση
    2) (something acquired: Her recent acquisitions included a piano.) απόκτημα

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  • 65 addition

    1) (the act of adding: The child is not good at addition.) πρόσθεση
    2) (something added: They've had an addition to the family.) προσθήκη

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  • 66 aim

    [eim] 1. verb
    1) ((usually with at, for) to point or direct something at; to try to hit or reach etc: He picked up the rifle and aimed it at the target.) σημαδεύω
    2) ((with to, at) to plan, intend or to have as one's purpose: He aims at finishing tomorrow; We aim to please our customers.) σκοπεύω
    2. noun
    1) (the act of or skill at aiming: His aim is excellent.) στόχος
    2) (what a person intends to do: My aim is to become prime minister.) σκοπός
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    - aimlessly
    - aimlessness
    - take aim

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  • 67 appeal

    [ə:pi:l] 1. verb
    1) ((often with to) to ask earnestly for something: She appealed (to him) for help.) κάνω έκκληση
    2) (to take a case one has lost to a higher court etc; to ask (a referee, judge etc) for a new decision: He appealed against a three-year sentence.) κάνω έφεση
    3) ((with to) to be pleasing: This place appeals to me.) αρέσω
    2. noun
    1) ((the act of making) a request (for help, a decision etc): The appeal raised $500 for charity; a last appeal for help; The judge rejected his appeal.) έκκληση, έφεση
    2) (attraction: Music holds little appeal for me.) γοητεία
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  • 68 attraction

    [-ʃən]
    1) (the act or power of attracting: magnetic attraction.) έλξη
    2) (something that attracts: The attractions of the hotel include a golf-course.) θλεγητρο, προσόν, `ατραξιόν`

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  • 69 authority

    [o:'Ɵorəti]
    plural - authorities; noun
    1) (the power or right to do something: He gave me authority to act on his behalf.) εξουσία
    2) (a person who is an expert, or a book that can be referred to, on a particular subject: He is an authority on Roman history.) αυθεντία
    3) ((usually in plural) the person or people who have power in an administration etc: The authorities would not allow public meetings.) (οι) αρχές
    4) (a natural quality in a person which makes him able to control and influence people: a man of authority.) κύρος
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    - authoritative

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  • 70 bath

    1. plural - baths; noun
    1) (a large container for holding water in which to wash the whole body: I'll fill the bath with water for you.) μπανιέρα
    2) (an act of washing in a bath: I had a bath last night.) μπάνιο
    3) (a container of liquid etc in which something is immersed: a bird bath.) μπάνιο
    2. verb
    (to wash in a bath: I'll bath the baby.) κάνω μπάνιο
    - bathroom
    - bathtub

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  • 71 bite

    1. past tense - bit; verb
    (to seize, grasp or tear (something) with the teeth or jaws: The dog bit his leg; He was bitten by a mosquito.) δαγκώνω
    2. noun
    1) (an act of biting or the piece or place bitten: a bite from the apple; a mosquito bite.) δαγκωματιά
    2) (the nibble of a fish on the end of one's line: I've been fishing for hours without a bite.) τσίμπημα δολώματος από ψάρι
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    - bite the dust

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  • 72 black

    [blæk] 1. adjective
    1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) μαύρος
    2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) σκοτεινός
    3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) βρώμικος
    4) (without milk: black coffee.) χωρίς γάλα, `σκέτος` (πχ. για καφέ)
    5) (evil: black magic.) μαύρος
    6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) νέγρος
    7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) έγχρωμος
    2. noun
    1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) μαύρο (χρώμα)
    2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) μαύρο χρώμα
    3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) νέγρος
    3. verb
    (to make black.) μαυρίζω
    - blacken
    - black art/magic
    - blackbird
    - blackboard
    - black box
    - the Black Death
    - black eye
    - blackhead
    - blacklist     4. verb
    (to put (a person etc) on such a list.) γράφω στο μαύρο κατάστιχο, προγράφω
    5. noun
    (the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) εκβιασμός
    - Black Maria
    - black market
    - black marketeer
    - blackout
    - black sheep
    - blacksmith
    - black and blue
    - black out
    - in black and white

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  • 73 bluff

    I adjective
    (rough, hearty and frank: a bluff and friendly manner.) ντόμπρος
    II 1. verb
    (to try to deceive by pretending to have something that one does not have: He bluffed his way through the exam without actually knowing anything.) μπλοφάρω, κρύβω τις προθέσεις μου
    2. noun
    (an act of bluffing.) μπλόφα, εξαπάτηση

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  • 74 break

    [breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb
    1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) σπάζω, κομματιάζω
    2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) χωρίζω, ανοίγω
    3) (to make or become unusable.) χαλώ
    4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) αθετώ, παραβιάζω
    5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) καταρρίπτω, σπάζω
    6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) διακόπτω
    7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) σπάζω
    8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) ανακοινώνω
    9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) χοντραίνω, «βαθαίνω»
    10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) ανακόπτω, κοπάζω
    11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) ξεσπώ
    2. noun
    1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) παύση, διακοπή, διάλειμμα
    2) (a change: a break in the weather.) αλλαγή
    3) (an opening.) άνοιγμα
    4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) ευκαιρία
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    3. noun
    ((usually in plural) something likely to break.) εύθραυστο αντικείμενο
    - breaker
    - breakdown
    - break-in
    - breakneck
    - breakout
    - breakthrough
    - breakwater
    - break away
    - break down
    - break into
    - break in
    - break loose
    - break off
    - break out
    - break out in
    - break the ice
    - break up
    - make a break for it

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  • 75 call

    [ko:l] 1. verb
    1) (to give a name to: My name is Alexander but I'm called Sandy by my friends) ονομάζω
    2) (to regard (something) as: I saw you turn that card over - I call that cheating.) αποκαλώ
    3) (to speak loudly (to someone) to attract attention etc: Call everyone over here; She called louder so as to get his attention.) φωνάζω
    4) (to summon; to ask (someone) to come (by letter, telephone etc): They called him for an interview for the job; He called a doctor.) καλώ
    5) (to make a visit: I shall call at your house this evening; You were out when I called.) επισκέπτομαι
    6) (to telephone: I'll call you at 6 p.m.) τηλεφωνώ
    7) ((in card games) to bid.) μπαίνω
    2. noun
    1) (an exclamation or shout: a call for help.) κραυγή
    2) (the song of a bird: the call of a blackbird.) κελαήδισμα
    3) (a (usually short) visit: The teacher made a call on the boy's parents.) επίσκεψη
    4) (the act of calling on the telephone: I've just had a call from the police.) τηλεφώνημα
    5) ((usually with the) attraction: the call of the sea.) κάλεσμα
    6) (a demand: There's less call for coachmen nowadays.) ζήτηση
    7) (a need or reason: You've no call to say such things!) λόγος
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    - calling
    - call-box
    - call for
    - call off
    - call on
    - call up
    - give someone a call
    - give a call
    - on call

    English-Greek dictionary > call

  • 76 captive

    ['kæptiv] 1. noun
    (a prisoner: Two of the captives escaped.) αιχμάλωτος
    2. adjective
    (kept prisoner: captive soldiers; The children were taken/held captive.) αιχμάλωτος
    - captor
    - capture     3. noun
    1) (the act of capturing.)
    2) (something caught: A kangaroo was his most recent capture.)

    English-Greek dictionary > captive

  • 77 clash

    [klæʃ] 1. noun
    1) (a loud noise, like eg swords striking together: the clash of metal on metal.) μεταλλικός κρότος, κλαγγή
    2) (a serious disagreement or difference: a clash of personalities.) σύγκρουση
    3) (a battle: a clash between opposing armies.) σύγκρουση, σύρραξη
    4) ((of two or more things) an act of interfering with each other because of happening at the same time: a clash between classes.) σύγκρουση
    2. verb
    1) (to strike together noisily: The cymbals clashed.) κάνω μεταλλικό ήχο
    2) (to fight (in battle): The two armies clashed at the mouth of the valley.) συγκρούομαι
    3) (to disagree violently: They clashed over wages.) συγκρούομαι
    4) (to interfere (with something or each other) because of happening at the same time: The two lectures clash.) συγκρούομαι
    5) ((of colours) to appear unpleasant when placed together: The (colour of the) jacket clashes with the (colour of the) skirt.) κάνω κακή αντίθεση (για χρώμα)

    English-Greek dictionary > clash

  • 78 clearance

    1) (the act of clearing or removing: The clearance of these trees from the front of the window will give you more light.) ξεκαθάρισμα
    2) (the empty space between two objects: You can drive the lorry under the bridge - there's a clearance of half a metre.) ελεύθερος χώρος
    3) ((a certificate) giving permission for something to be done.) άδεια

    English-Greek dictionary > clearance

  • 79 clip

    I 1. [klip] past tense, past participle - clipped; verb
    1) (to cut (foliage, an animal's hair etc) with scissors or shears: The shepherd clipped the sheep; The hedge was clipped.) κουρεύω
    2) (to strike sharply: She clipped him over the ear.) χτύπημα
    2. noun
    1) (an act of clipping.)
    2) (a sharp blow: a clip on the ear.)
    3) (a short piece of film: a video clip.)
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    - clipping II 1. [klip] past tense, past participle - clipped; verb
    (to fasten with a clip: Clip these papers together.) συνάπτω, πιάνω με συνδετήρα
    2. noun
    (something for holding things together or in position: a paper-clip; a hair-clip; bicycle-clips (= round pieces of metal etc for holding the bottom of trouser legs close to the leg).) συνδετήρας, πιαστράκι

    English-Greek dictionary > clip

  • 80 composition

    [kompə'ziʃən]
    1) (something composed, eg music: his latest composition.) σύνθεση
    2) (the act of composing: the difficulties of composition.) σύνθεση
    3) (an essay written as a school exercise: The children had to write a composition about their holiday.) έκθεση ιδεών
    4) (the parts of which a thing is made: Have you studied the composition of the chemical?) σύσταση

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