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1 cut back
to reduce considerably: The government cut back (on) public spending (noun cutback) περικόπτω -
2 cut
1. present participle - cutting; verb1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) κόβω2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.) κόβω3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) κόβω4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) κόβω5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) κόβω, μειώνω6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) κοβω, αφαιρώ7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) κόβω8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) `κόβω` τράπουλα9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') διακόπτω10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.) κόβω δρόμο11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) τέμνω12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) κάνω κοπάνα13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) κάνω πως δε βλέπω2. noun1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) κόψιμο, διακοπή, μείωση2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) κόψιμο3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) κομμάτι•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) δηκτικός- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) ανηλεής- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
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3 lay
I 1. [lei] past tense, past participle - laid; verb1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) τοποθετώ, βάζω: στήνω2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) ακουμπώ3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) τακτοποιώ, (κατα)στρώνω4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) ισιώνω5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) κατευνάζω, εξαφανίζω6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) γεννώ7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) στοιχηματίζω•- layer2. verb(to put, cut or arrange in layers: She had her hair layered by the hairdresser.) κάνω (μαλλιά) ντεγκραντέ- layabout- lay-by
- layout
- laid up
- lay aside
- lay bare
- lay by
- lay down
- lay one's hands on
- lay hands on
- lay in
- lay low
- lay off
- lay on
- lay out
- lay up
- lay waste II see lie II III [lei] adjective1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) λαϊκός2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) μη ειδικός•- laymanIV [lei] noun(an epic poem.) έπος -
4 loin
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5 sirloin
['sə:loin](a joint of beef cut from the upper part of the back.) κόντρα φιλέτο -
6 split
[split] 1. verbpresent participle splitting: past tense, past participle split)1) (to cut or (cause to) break lengthwise: to split firewood; The skirt split all the way down the back seam.) σκίζω,σκίζομαι(κατά μήκος)2) (to divide or (cause to) disagree: The dispute split the workers into two opposing groups.) μοιράζω/διασπώ,διχάζω2. noun(a crack or break: There was a split in one of the sides of the box.) ρωγμή,σκίσιμο,σκάσιμο/σχίσμα,διάσπαση- split second
- splitting headache
- the splits -
7 square
[skweə] 1. noun1) (a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.) τετράγωνο2) (something in the shape of this.) τετράγωνο/γνώμονας3) (an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.) πλατεία4) (the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself: 3 × 3, or 32 = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.) τετράγωνο2. adjective1) (having the shape of a square or right angle: I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.) τετράγωνος2) ((of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc: If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).) πάτσι,ίσος/τίμιος,δίκαιος3) (measuring a particular amount on all four sides: This piece of wood is two metres square.) τετραγωνικός4) (old-fashioned: square ideas about clothes.) παλιομοδίτικος3. adverb1) (at right angles, or in a square shape: The carpet is not cut square with the corner.) κάθετα,σε ορθή γωνία2) (firmly and directly: She hit him square on the point of the chin.) ακριβώς(πάνω)4. verb1) (to give a square shape to or make square.) τετραγωνίζω2) (to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc): I must square my account with you.) κανονίζω3) (to (cause to) fit or agree: His story doesn't square with the facts.) συμφωνώ,συμβιβάζομαι4) (to multiply a number by itself: Two squared is four.) υψώνω στο τετράγωνο•- squared- squarely
- square centimetre
- metre
- square root
- fair and square
- go back to square one
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8 wisdom tooth
['wizdəm-] (any one of the four back teeth cut after childhood, usually about the age of twenty.) φρονιμίτης
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