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  • 1 flatter

    ['flætə]
    1) (to praise too much or insincerely: Flatter him by complimenting him on his singing.) κολακεύω
    2) (to show, describe etc someone or something as being better than someone etc really is: The photograph flatters him.) κολακεύω
    3) (to be pleased to say about (oneself) (that one can do something): I flatter myself that I can speak French perfectly.) (αυτοπαθές)υπερηφανεύομαι
    - flattery

    English-Greek dictionary > flatter

  • 2 this

    [ðis] 1. plural - these; adjective
    1) (used to indicate a person, thing etc nearby or close in time: This book is better than that (one); I prefer these trousers.) αυτός
    2) (used in stories to indicate a person, thing etc that one is describing or about to describe: Then this man arrived.) αυτός
    2. pronoun
    (used for a thing etc or a person nearby or close in time: Read this - you'll like it; This is my friend John Smith.) αυτός
    3. adverb
    (so; to this degree: I didn't think it would be this easy.) τόσο

    English-Greek dictionary > this

  • 3 Run

    v. trans.
    Run ( a wall in any direction): P. ἄγειν (Thuc. 6, 99), ἐξάγειν (Dem. 1278, Thuc. 1, 93). προάγειν (Dem. 1279).
    ( He said) that the shaft ran right through the eighth whorl: τὴν ἡλακάτην διὰ μέσου τοῦ ὀγδόου (σφονδύλου) διαμπερὲς ἐληλάσθαι (Plat., Rep. 616E).
    Run a risk: V. τρέχειν γῶνα; see under Risk.
    Run ( a candidate), put forward: use P. προτάσσειν.
    Run a race: use race, v.
    Enter for a competition: see Enter.
    V. intrans. P. and V. τρέχειν, θεῖν (Eur., Ion, 1217, but rare V.).
    Hasten: P. and V. ὁρμᾶν, ὁρμᾶσθαι, ἐπείγεσθαι, εσθαι (rare P.), μιλλᾶσθαι (rare P.), φέρεσθαι; see Hasten.
    Of a ship: P. πλεῖν, V. τρέχειν.
    Run before a fair breeze: V. ἐξ οὐρίων τρέχειν (Soph., Aj. 1083).
    As the story runs: V. ὡς ἔχει λόγος, or P. ὡς ὁ λόγος ἐστί.
    Flow, drip: P. and V. ῥεῖν; see Drip.
    Run about, v. trans.: Ar. and P. περιτρέχειν (acc. or absol.), περιθεῖν (see. or absol.), διατρέχειν (absol.), P. διαθεῖν (absol.).
    Run after, pursue: P. and V. διώκειν, P. ἐπιδιώκειν, καταδιώκειν; see Pursue.
    Run along: P. παραθεῖν (absol.).
    Run away: P. and V. ἐκδιδράσκειν (Eur., Heracl. 14), Ar. and P. ποδιδράσκειν, ποτρέχειν (Xen.).
    Desert: Ar. and P. αὐτομολεῖν, P. ἀπαυτομολεῖν.
    Fly: P. and V. φεύγειν.
    Let one's anger run away with one: use P. and V. ὀργῇ ἐκφέρεσθαι.
    Run away from: see Avoid.
    Run before ( in advance): P. προθεῖν (absol.), προτρέχειν (gen. or absol.).
    Run down ( a ship), v. trans.: Ar. and P. καταδειν.
    Collide with: P. προσπίπτειν (dat.); see Collide.
    met., slander: P. and V. διαβάλλειν, P. διασύρειν.
    V. intrans. P. καταθεῖν, Ar. and P. κατατρέχειν.
    Run forward: P. προτρέχειν.
    Run in, into, v. intrans.: Ar. and P. εἰστρέχειν (εἰς, acc.); see dash into.
    Run off: see run away.
    Flow off: P. and V. πορρεῖν.
    Run out: Ar. and P. ἐκτρέχειν, ἐκθεῖν (Xen.); see rush out.
    Run over, knock down, v. trans.: P. and V. καταβάλλειν.
    Overrun: P. κατατρέχειν, καταθεῖν.
    met., describe: P. and V. διέρχεσθαι, ἐπεξέρχεσθαι, Ar. and P. διεξέρχεσθαι.
    Run quickly over: P. ἐπιτρέχειν.
    Run riot, go to excess, v. intrans.: P. and V. περβάλλειν, ἐξέρχεσθαι, ἐπεξέρχεσθαι, V. ἐκτρέχειν.
    Wanton: P. and V. ὑβρίζειν.
    Run round, v. trans.: Ar. and P. περιτρέχειν (acc. or absol.), περιθεῖν (acc. or absol.).
    Of inanimate things as a wall: P. περιθεῖν.
    Run through, v. trans.: Ar. and P. διατρέχειν (acc.) (Thuc. 4, 79).
    Pierce: see Pierce.
    met., run through an argument, etc.: P. διατρέχειν (acc.); see run over.
    Spend: P. and V. ναλίσκειν, ναλοῦν.
    Squander: P. and V. ἐκχεῖν (Plat.), V. ἀντλεῖν, διασπείρειν,
    Run up: Ar. and P. προστρέχειν, P. προσθεῖν.
    Run with, drip with: P. and V. ῥεῖν (dat.), V. στάζειν (dat.), καταστάζειν (dat.), καταρρεῖν (dat.); see Drip.
    Abound with: see Abound.
    ——————
    subs.
    P. and V. δρόμος, ὁ, V. δρμημα, τό, τρόχος, ὁ.
    At a run: P. and V. δρόμῳ, or use Ar. and V. adj., δρομαῖος.
    Voyage: P. and V. πλοῦς, ὁ.
    In the long run: P. and V. τέλος, διὰ χρόνον; see at last, under Last.
    The common run of people: P. and V. τό πλῆθος, οἱ πολλοί.

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

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