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1 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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2 nip
[nip] 1. past tense, past participle - nipped; verb1) (to press between the thumb and a finger, or between claws or teeth, causing pain; to pinch or bite: A crab nipped her toe; The dog nipped her ankle.) τσιμπώ,δαγκώνω2) (to cut with such an action: He nipped the wire with the pliers; He nipped off the heads of the flowers.) κόβω3) (to sting: Iodine nips when it is put on a cut.) τσούζω4) (to move quickly; to make a quick, usually short, journey: I'll just nip into this shop for cigarettes; He nipped over to Paris for the week-end.) πετάγομαι5) (to stop the growth of (plants etc): The frost has nipped the roses.) παγώνω,καταστρέφω2. noun1) (the act of pinching or biting: His dog gave her a nip on the ankle.) τσίμπημα,δάγκωμα2) (a sharp stinging quality, or coldness in the weather: a nip in the air.) ψύχρα3) (a small drink, especially of spirits.) γουλιά•- nippy- nip something in the bud
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3 clip
I 1. [klip] past tense, past participle - clipped; verb1) (to cut (foliage, an animal's hair etc) with scissors or shears: The shepherd clipped the sheep; The hedge was clipped.) κουρεύω2) (to strike sharply: She clipped him over the ear.) χτύπημα2. noun1) (an act of clipping.)2) (a sharp blow: a clip on the ear.)3) (a short piece of film: a video clip.)•- clipper- clipping II 1. [klip] past tense, past participle - clipped; verb(to fasten with a clip: Clip these papers together.) συνάπτω, πιάνω με συνδετήρα2. 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 -
4 dice with death
(to do something very risky (and dangerous): He diced with death every time he took a short cut across the main railway line.) παίζω με το θάνατο -
5 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
- a square deal
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