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  • 1 chance

    1. noun
    1) (luck or fortune: It was by chance that I found out the truth.) τύχη
    2) (an opportunity: Now you have a chance to do well.) ευκαιρία
    3) (a possibility: He has no chance of winning.) πιθανότητα
    4) ((a) risk: There's an element of chance in this business deal.) ρίσκο
    2. verb
    1) (to risk: I may be too late but I'll just have to chance it.) ρισκάρω
    2) (to happen accidentally or unexpectedly: I chanced to see him last week.) τυχαίνω
    3. adjective
    (happening unexpectedly: a chance meeting.) τυχαίος
    - chance on
    - upon
    - by any chance
    - by chance
    - an even chance
    - the chances are

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  • 2 Chance

    subs.
    P. and V. τύχη, ἡ
    Accident: P. and V. συμφορά, ἡ, Ar. and P. συντυχια, ἡ.
    Opportunity: P. and V. καιρός, ὁ.
    By chance: P. and V. τύχη, P. κατὰ τύχην, ἐκ τύχης.
    If by chance: P. and V. εἴ πως, ἐάν πως.
    Get the chance, v.: P. and V. δύνασθαι.
    Throw away one's chances one by one: προΐεσθαι καθʼ ἕκαστον ἀεί τι τῶν πραγμάτων (Dem. 13).
    ( They reflected) that, if they had not been seen to have arrived, there would have been no chance for them: P. εἰ μὲν γὰρ μὴ ὤφθησαν ἐλθόντες, οὐκ ἂν ἐν τύχῃ γίγνεσθαι σφίσιν (Thuc. 4, 73).
    ——————
    v. intrans.
    Happen, occur: P. and V. τυγχάνειν, συντυγχάνειν, συμβαίνειν, γίγνεσθαι, παραπίπτειν, συμπίπτειν, ἐκβαίνειν, P. ἀποβαίνειν, Ar. and P. συμφέρεσθαι. V. κυρεῖν, ἐκπίπτειν (Soph., frag.).
    Chance ( to do a thing): P. and V. τυγχάνειν (part.), V. κυρεῖν (part.).
    Chance upon: see light on.
    ——————
    adj.
    Casual: P. and V. ὁ τυχών, ὁ ἐπιτυχών, ὁ προστυχών, ὁ συντυχών.
    Of persons only: P. ὁ ἐντυχών, ὁ παρατυχών, V. ὁ ἐπιών.
    The riddle was not one for any chance comer to solve: τό γʼ αἴνιγμʼ οὐχὶ τοὐπιόντος ἦν ἀνδρὸς διειπεῖν (Soph., O.R. 393).
    Making inquiries of any chance comer: P. ἐκ τοῦ παρατυχόντος πυνθανόμενος (Thuc. 1, 22).

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

  • 3 chance on

    1) (to meet by accident: I chanced on a friend of yours.) συναντώ κατά τύχη
    2) (to discover by accident: I chanced upon some information.) αποκαλύπτω κατά τύχη

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  • 4 chance

    1) ευκαιρία
    2) πιθανότητα
    3) συγκυρία
    4) τύχη

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  • 5 not a dog's chance

    (no chance at all: He hasn't a dog's chance of getting a ticket.) καμιά ελπίδα

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  • 6 off-chance

    noun (a slight chance: We waited, on the off-chance (that) he might come.) αμυδρή ελπίδα

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  • 7 a sporting chance

    (a reasonably good chance.) πιθανότητα επιτυχίας

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  • 8 an even chance

    (equal probability for and against: We have an even chance of success.) ίσες πιθανότητες

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  • 9 by any chance

    (used in enquiring about the possibility of something: Are you by any chance free tonight?) μήπως

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  • 10 by chance

    (by luck; without planning: They met by chance.) τυχαία

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  • 11 happen

    ['hæpən]
    1) (to take place or occur; to occur by chance: What happened next?; It just so happens / As it happens, I have the key in my pocket.) συμβαίνω
    2) ((usually with to) to be done to (a person, thing etc): She's late - something must have happened to her.) συμβαίνω,τυχαίνω
    3) (to do or be by chance: I happened to find him; He happens to be my friend.) τυχαίνω
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    - happen upon
    - happen on

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  • 12 luck

    1) (the state of happening by chance: Whether you win or not is just luck - there's no skill involved.) τύχη
    2) (something good which happens by chance: She has all the luck!) καλή τύχη
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    - lucky
    - luckily
    - luckiness
    - lucky dip
    - bad luck!
    - good luck!
    - worse luck!

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  • 13 watch

    [wo ] 1. noun
    1) (a small instrument for telling the time by, worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket of a waistcoat etc: He wears a gold watch; a wrist-watch.) ρολόι (χεριού, τσέπης)
    2) (a period of standing guard during the night: I'll take the watch from two o'clock till six.) σκοπιά
    3) (in the navy etc, a group of officers and men who are on duty at a given time: The night watch come(s) on duty soon.) βάρδια, σκοπιά
    2. verb
    1) (to look at (someone or something): He was watching her carefully; He is watching television.) παρακολουθώ
    2) (to keep a lookout (for): They've gone to watch for the ship coming in; Could you watch for the postman?) προσέχω μη φανεί
    3) (to be careful of (someone or something): Watch (that) you don't fall off!; Watch him! He's dangerous.) προσέχω, φυλάγομαι από
    4) (to guard or take care of: Watch the prisoner and make sure he doesn't escape; Please watch the baby while I go shopping.) προσέχω, επιβλέπω
    5) (to wait for (a chance, opportunity etc): Watch your chance, and then run.) καιροφυλαχτώ
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    - watchful
    - watchfully
    - watchfulness
    - watchdog
    - watchmaker
    - watchman
    - watchtower
    - watchword
    - keep watch
    - watch one's step
    - watch out
    - watch over

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  • 14 accident

    ['æksidənt]
    1) (an unexpected happening, often harmful, causing injury etc: There has been a road accident.) ατύχημα, δυστύχημα
    2) (chance: I met her by accident.) τυχαίο συμβάν
    •
    - accidentally

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  • 15 accidental

    [-'den-]
    adjective (happening by chance or accident: an accidental discovery.) τυχαίος

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  • 16 an even bet

    (an equal chance.) μοιρασμένες πιθανότητες

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  • 17 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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  • 18 by

    1. preposition
    1) (next to; near; at the side of: by the door; He sat by his sister.) δίπλα σε
    2) (past: going by the house.) μπροστά από
    3) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.) μέσω, διαμέσου
    4) (used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action: struck by a stone.) από (ποιητικό αίτιο)
    5) (using: He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.) με (μεταφορικό μέσο)
    6) (from; through the means of: I met her by chance; by post.) από, μέσω
    7) ((of time) not later than: by 6 o'clock.) έως, μέχρι
    8) (during the time of.) κατά τη διάρκεια
    9) (to the extent of: taller by ten centimetres.) κατά
    10) (used to give measurements etc: 4 metres by 2 metres.) επί
    11) (in quantities of: fruit sold by the kilo.) με
    12) (in respect of: a teacher by profession.) όσον αφορά
    2. adverb
    1) (near: They stood by and watched.) κοντά, παραδίπλα
    2) (past: A dog ran by.) από μπροστά
    3) (aside; away: money put by for an emergency.) κατά μέρος
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    - bypass 3. verb
    (to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.) αποφεύγω, παρακάμπτω
    - bystander
    - by and by
    - by and large
    - by oneself
    - by the way

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  • 19 casual

    ['kæʒuəl]
    1) (not careful: I took a casual glance at the book.) απρόσεκτος, αδιάφορος, πρόχειρος
    2) (informal: casual clothes.) πρόχειρος, σπορ
    3) (happening by chance: a casual remark.) τυχαίος
    4) (not regular or permanent: casual labour.) έκτακτος
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    - casualness

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  • 20 come across

    (to meet or find by chance: He came across some old friends.) συναντώ

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