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21 cut-throat
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22 Cut-throat
subs.See Murderer.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Cut-throat
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23 a cut above
((obviously) better than: He's a cut above the average engineer.) καλύτερος από -
24 clear-cut
adjective (having a clear outline; plain and definite: clear-cut features.) σαφής -
25 have one's work cut out
(to be faced with a difficult task: You'll have your work cut out to beat the champion.) δυσκολεύομαι -
26 power cut
(a break in the electricity supply: We had a power cut last night.) διακοπή ρεύματος -
27 Eke cut
v. trans.Prolong: P. and V. ἐκτείνειν. μηκύνειν, τείνειν. P. ἀποτείνειν.Eke out a livelihood: V. συλλέγειν βίον (Eur., El. 81).He shall eke out a life of misery: V. λυπρὸν ἀντλήσει βίον (Eur., Hipp. 898).I eked out a precarious existence: Ar. ἡμικάκως ἐβοσκόμην (Thesm. 449).The luckless Orestes ekes out a poor subsistence: V. τλήμων Ὀρέστης δυστυχῆ τρίβει βίον (Soph., El. 602).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Eke cut
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28 Newly-cut
adj.Ar. νεόκοπτος.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Newly-cut
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29 Short
adj.At so short a distance: P. διὰ τοσούτου.Concise: P. and V. σύντομος, βραχύς.Of stature: P. and V. μικρός, σμικρός.Deficient: P. and V. ἐνδεής, P. ἐλλιπής.Except: P. and V. πλήν (gen.).Less than: with numerals use participle, P. δέων (gen.).Come short, v.: P. ἐλασσοῦσθαι; see also lack.Come short of.Be deficient in: P. and V. ἐλλείπειν (gen.), ἀπολείπεσθαι (gen.), V. λείπεσθαι (gen.).Fall short of, be inferior to: P. ἐλλείπειν (gen.), ὑστερίζειν (gen.), ὑστερεῖν (gen.), P. and V. ἡσσᾶσθαι (gen.), λείπεσθαι (gen.) (rare P.).They reflected how far they had fallen short of their covenant: P. ἐσκόπουν ὅσα ἐξελελοίπεσαν τῆς συνθήκης (Thuc. 5, 42).If you persist in sitting idle, letting your zeal stop short at murmuring and commending: P. εἰ καθεδεῖσθε ἄχρι τοῦ θορυβῆσαι καὶ ἐπαινέσαι σπουδάζοντες (Dem. 109).At short notice P. and V. φαύλως; see off-hand.In short: see Shortly.To sum up: P. ὅλως, P. and V. ἁπλῶς.Cut short, abridge, v.: P. and V. συντέμνειν.To cut a long story short: P. ἵνα, ὡς ἐν κεφαλαίῳ εἰπεῖν, συντέμω.Cut short, shorten: P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν, κολούειν.Short of breath: V. δύσπνους.Short comings, subs.: P. ἐλλείματα, τά.You will make up for your past short comings: P. τὰ κατερρᾳθυμημένα πάλιν ἀναλήψεσθε (Dem. 42).Short cut: P. ἡ σύντομος (Xen.).By the shortest cut: P. τὰ συντομώτατα (Thuc. 2, 97).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Short
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30 shear
[ʃiə]past tense - sheared; verb1) (to clip or cut wool from (a sheep).) κουρεύω2) ((past tense shorn: often with off) to cut (hair) off: All her curls have been shorn off.) κουρεύω3) ((past tense shorn: especially with of) to cut hair from (someone): He has been shorn (of all his curls).) κουρεύω4) (to cut or (cause to) break: A piece of the steel girder sheared off.) κόβω•- shears -
31 snip
[snip] 1. past tense, past participle - snipped; verb(to cut sharply, especially with a single quick action, with scissors etc: I snipped off two inches of thread.) ψαλιδίζω,κόβω στην άκρη2. noun1) (a cut with scissors: With a snip of her scissors she cut a hole in the cloth.) ψαλίδισμα2) (a small piece cut off: The floor was covered in snips of paper.) κομματάκι3) (a bargain: It's a snip at $3!) ευκαιρία•- snippet -
32 hack
[hæk] 1. verb1) (to cut or chop up roughly: The butcher hacked the beef into large pieces.) πελεκώ,πετσοκόβω2) (to cut (a path etc) roughly: He hacked his way through the jungle; He hacked (out) a path through the jungle.) ανοίγω(δρόμο)με μαχαίρα2. noun1) (a rough cut made in something: He marked the tree by making a few hacks on the trunk.) πελέκημα,εγκοπή2) (a horse, or in the United States, a car, for hire.) ενοικιαζόμενο άλογο ή αυτοκίνητο•- hacker- hacking
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33 Sever
v. trans.P. and V. σχίζειν, ἀποσχίζειν.Severing the neck from the body: V. τράχηλον σώματος χωρὶς τεμών (Eur., Bacch. 241).Be severed from: P. and V. ἀφίστασθαι (gen.).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Sever
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34 Slash
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Slash
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35 cutting
1) (a piece of plant cut off and replanted to form another plant.) μόσχευμα2) (an article cut out from a newspaper etc: She collects cuttings about the Royal Family.) απόκομμα3) (a trench dug through a hillside etc, in which a railway, road etc is built.) εκχωμάτωση -
36 fringe
[frin‹] 1. noun1) (a border of loose threads on a carpet, shawl etc: Her red shawl has a black fringe.) κρόσσια2) (hair cut to hang over the forehead: You should have your fringe cut before it covers your eyes.) φράντζα3) (the outer area; the edge; the part farthest from the main part or centre of something: on the fringe of the city.) παρυφή, άκρα, περιθώριο2. verb(to make or be a border around: Trees fringed the pond.) πλαισιώνω -
37 guillotine
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38 hew
[hju:]past tense - hewed; verb1) (to cut with an axe, sword etc: He hewed down the tree.) τσεκουρώνω,κόβω2) (to cut out or shape with an axe, sword etc: He hewed a path through the forest.) (δι)ανοίγω, λαξεύω -
39 nick
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40 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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