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1 attention
[ə'tenʃən]1) (notice: He tried to attract my attention; Pay attention to your teacher!) προσοχή2) (care: That broken leg needs urgent attention.) φροντίδα3) (concentration of the mind: His attention wanders.) προσήλωση, προσοχή4) ((in the army etc) a position in which one stands very straight with hands by the sides and feet together: He stood to attention.) σε στάση προσοχής•- attentively
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2 attract
[ə'trækt]1) (to cause (someone or something) to come towards: A magnet attracts iron; I tried to attract her attention.) έλκω2) (to arouse (someone's) liking or interest: She attracted all the young men in the neighbourhood.) τραβώ, θέλγω•- attractive
- attractively
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3 hail
I 1. [heil] noun1) (small balls of ice falling from the clouds: There was some hail during the rainstorm last night.) χαλάζι2) (a shower (of things): a hail of arrows.) καταιγισμός2. verb(to shower hail: It was hailing as I drove home.) ρίχνω χαλάζιII 1. [heil] verb1) (to shout to in order to attract attention: We hailed a taxi; The captain hailed the passing ship.) φωνάζω2) (to greet or welcome (a person, thing etc) as something: His discoveries were hailed as a great step forward in medicine.) χαιρετίζω2. noun(a shout (to attract attention): Give that ship a hail.) φωνή3. interjection(an old word of greeting: Hail, O King!) χαίρε! -
4 call
[ko:l] 1. verb1) (to give a name to: My name is Alexander but I'm called Sandy by my friends) ονομάζω2) (to regard (something) as: I saw you turn that card over - I call that cheating.) αποκαλώ3) (to speak loudly (to someone) to attract attention etc: Call everyone over here; She called louder so as to get his attention.) φωνάζω4) (to summon; to ask (someone) to come (by letter, telephone etc): They called him for an interview for the job; He called a doctor.) καλώ5) (to make a visit: I shall call at your house this evening; You were out when I called.) επισκέπτομαι6) (to telephone: I'll call you at 6 p.m.) τηλεφωνώ7) ((in card games) to bid.) μπαίνω2. noun1) (an exclamation or shout: a call for help.) κραυγή2) (the song of a bird: the call of a blackbird.) κελαήδισμα3) (a (usually short) visit: The teacher made a call on the boy's parents.) επίσκεψη4) (the act of calling on the telephone: I've just had a call from the police.) τηλεφώνημα5) ((usually with the) attraction: the call of the sea.) κάλεσμα6) (a demand: There's less call for coachmen nowadays.) ζήτηση7) (a need or reason: You've no call to say such things!) λόγος•- caller- calling
- call-box
- call for
- call off
- call on
- call up
- give someone a call
- give a call
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5 flaunt
[flo:nt](to show off in order to attract attention to oneself: She flaunted her expensive clothes.) επιδεικνύω -
6 gimmick
['ɡimik](something used to attract attention to something or someone: an advertising gimmick.) τέχνασμα- gimmicky -
7 hallo
[hə'ləu]interjections, nouns(a word used as a greeting, to attract attention, or to express surprise: Say hello to your aunt; `Hullo,' I said to myself, `What's going on here?') γεια,ε ψιτ,μπα -
8 hello
[hə'ləu]interjections, nouns(a word used as a greeting, to attract attention, or to express surprise: Say hello to your aunt; `Hullo,' I said to myself, `What's going on here?') γεια,ε ψιτ,μπα -
9 hey
[hei](a shout expressing joy, or a question, or used to attract attention: Hey! What are you doing there?) έι! -
10 hullo
[hə'ləu]interjections, nouns(a word used as a greeting, to attract attention, or to express surprise: Say hello to your aunt; `Hullo,' I said to myself, `What's going on here?') γεια,ε ψιτ,μπα -
11 knock
[nok] 1. verb1) (to make a sharp noise by hitting or tapping, especially on a door etc to attract attention: Just then, someone knocked at the door.) χτυπώ2) (to cause to move, especially to fall, by hitting (often accidentally): She knocked a vase on to the floor while she was dusting.) (χτυπώ και) ρίχνω3) (to put into a certain state or position by hitting: He knocked the other man senseless.) ρίχνω4) ((often with against, on) to strike against or bump into: She knocked against the table and spilt his cup of coffee; I knocked my head on the car door.) χτυπώ2. noun1) (an act of knocking or striking: She gave two knocks on the door; He had a nasty bruise from a knock he had received playing football.) χτύπημα2) (the sound made by a knock, especially on a door etc: Suddenly they heard a loud knock.) χτύπος•- knocker- knock-kneed
- knock about/around
- knock back
- knock down
- knock off
- knock out
- knock over
- knock up
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12 shy
1. comparative - shyer; adjective1) (lacking confidence in the presence of others, especially strangers; not wanting to attract attention: She is too shy to go to parties.) ντροπαλός2) (drawing back from (an action, person etc): She is shy of strangers.) δειλός(με)3) ((of a wild animal) easily frightened; timid: Deer are very shy animals.) απλησίαστος,που τρομάζει εύκολα2. verb((of a horse) to jump or turn suddenly aside in fear: The horse shied at the strangers.) σκιάζομαι- shyly- shyness -
13 sidle
(to go or move in a manner intended not to attract attention or as if one is shy or uncertain: He sidled out of the room.) προχωρώ δειλά, `γλιστράω`/διπλαρώνω -
14 stunt
I verb(to prevent or check the full growth or development of: It is thought that smoking by a pregnant mother may stunt the baby's growth.) ανακόπτω(την ανάπτυξη),κατσιάζω- stuntedII(something (daring or spectacular) done to attract attention etc: One of his stunts was to cross the Niagara Falls blindfolded on a tight rope.) άθλος,ακροβατικό/διαφημιστικό κόλπο- stuntman -
15 catch someone's eye
(to attract someone's attention: The advertisement caught my eye; I couldn't catch the waiter's eye and so we were last to be served.) τραβώ την προσοχή -
16 draw
[dro:] 1. past tense - drew; verb1) (to make a picture or pictures (of), usually with a pencil, crayons etc: During his stay in hospital he drew a great deal; Shall I draw a cow?) σχεδιάζω2) (to pull along, out or towards oneself: She drew the child towards her; He drew a gun suddenly and fired; All water had to be drawn from a well; The cart was drawn by a pony.) σύρω,τραβώ3) (to move (towards or away from someone or something): The car drew away from the kerb; Christmas is drawing closer.) κινούμαι4) (to play (a game) in which neither side wins: The match was drawn / We drew at 1-1.) φέρνω ισοπαλία5) (to obtain (money) from a fund, bank etc: to draw a pension / an allowance.) εισπράττω6) (to open or close (curtains).) ανοίγω/κλείνω τραβώντας7) (to attract: She was trying to draw my attention to something.) προσελκύω2. noun1) (a drawn game: The match ended in a draw.) ισοπαλία2) (an attraction: The acrobats' act should be a real draw.) ατραξιόν3) (the selecting of winning tickets in a raffle, lottery etc: a prize draw.) κλήρωση4) (an act of drawing, especially a gun: He's quick on the draw.)•- drawing- drawn
- drawback
- drawbridge
- drawing-pin
- drawstring
- draw a blank
- draw a conclusion from
- draw in
- draw the line
- draw/cast lots
- draw off
- draw on1
- draw on2
- draw out
- draw up
- long drawn out -
17 endeavour
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18 purposely
adverb (intentionally: He did it purposely to attract my attention.) επίτηδες -
19 snap one's fingers
(to make a sharp noise by moving the thumb quickly across the top joint of the middle finger, as an informal gesture eg to attract someone's attention, mark the rhythm in music etc.) κάνω στράκα/στράκες με τα δάχτυλά μου -
20 whistle
['wisl] 1. verb1) (to make a shrill, often musical, sound by forcing one's breath between the lips or teeth: Can you whistle?; He whistled to attract my attention; He whistled a happy tune.) σφυρίζω2) (to make such a sound with a device designed for this: The electric kettle's whistling; The referee whistled for half-time.) σφυρίζω3) (to make a shrill sound in passing through the air: The bullet whistled past his head.) σφυρίζω4) ((of the wind) to blow with a shrill sound.) σφυρίζω (για αέρα)2. noun1) (the sound made by whistling: He gave a loud whistle to his friend across the road.) σφύριγμα2) (a musical pipe designed to make a whistling noise.) σφυρίχτρα (μουσικό πνευστό όργανο)3) (an instrument used by policemen, referees etc to make a whistling noise: The referee blew his whistle at the end of the game.) σφυρίχτρα
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