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1 distance
['distəns]1) (the space between things, places etc: Some of the children have to walk long distances to school; It's quite a distance to the bus stop; It is difficult to judge distance when driving at night; What's the distance from here to London?) απόσταση2) (a far-off place or point: We could see the town in the distance; He disappeared into the distance; The picture looks better at a distance.) βάθος,μακρία•- distant -
2 thick
[Ɵik] 1. adjective1) (having a relatively large distance between opposite sides; not thin: a thick book; thick walls; thick glass.) παχύς, χοντρός2) (having a certain distance between opposite sides: It's two inches thick; a two-inch-thick pane of glass.) σε πάχος3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) containing solid matter; not flowing (easily) when poured: thick soup.) πηχτός4) (made of many single units placed very close together; dense: a thick forest; thick hair.) πυκνός5) (difficult to see through: thick fog.) πυκνός, απροσπέλαστος6) (full of, covered with etc: The room was thick with dust; The air was thick with smoke.) πηγμένος7) (stupid: Don't be so thick!) χοντροκέφαλος2. noun(the thickest, most crowded or active part: in the thick of the forest; in the thick of the fight.) κέντρο, καρδιά- thickly- thickness
- thicken
- thick-skinned
- thick and fast
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3 gauge
[ɡei‹] 1. verb1) (to measure (something) very accurately: They gauged the hours of sunshine.) (κατα)μετρώ2) (to estimate, judge: Can you gauge her willingness to help?) υπολογίζω2. noun1) (an instrument for measuring amount, size, speed etc: a petrol gauge.) μετρητής, δείκτης2) (a standard size (of wire, bullets etc): gauge wire.) (σταθερή) διάμετρος3) (the distance between the rails of a railway line.) πλάτος σιδηροδρομικής γραμμής -
4 thin
[Ɵin] 1. adjective1) (having a short distance between opposite sides: thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin.) λεπτός, ψιλός2) ((of people or animals) not fat: She looks thin since her illness.) αδύνατος3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) not containing any solid matter; rather lacking in taste; (tasting as if) containing a lot of water or too much water: thin soup.) αραιός4) (not set closely together; not dense or crowded: His hair is getting rather thin.) αραιός5) (not convincing or believable: a thin excuse.) ισχνός, διόλου πειστικός2. verb(to make or become thin or thinner: The crowd thinned after the parade was over.) αραιώνω- thinly- thinness
- thin air
- thin-skinned
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5 parallel
['pærəlel] 1. adjective1) ((of straight lines) going in the same direction and always staying the same distance apart: The road is parallel to/with the river.) παράλληλος2) (alike (in some way): There are parallel passages in the two books.) παράλληλος2. adverb(in the same direction but always about the same distance away: We sailed parallel to the coast for several days.) παράλληλα3. noun1) (a line parallel to another: Draw a parallel to this line.) παράλληλη γραμμή2) (a likeness or state of being alike: Is there a parallel between the British Empire and the Roman Empire?) αναλογία3) (a line drawn from east to west across a map etc at a fixed distance from the equator: The border between Canada and the United States follows the forty-ninth parallel.) γεωγραφικός παράλληλος4. verb(to be equal to: His stupidity can't be paralleled.) είμαι όμοιος με/συγκρίνω,παραβάλλω -
6 range
[rein‹] 1. noun1) (a selection or variety: a wide range of books for sale; He has a very wide range of interests.) φάσμα, πεδίο, έκταση, ποικιλία2) (the distance over which an object can be sent or thrown, sound can be heard etc: What is the range of this missile?; We are within range of / beyond the range of / out of range of their guns.) βεληνεκές, ακτίνα, εμβέλεια δράσης3) (the amount between certain limits: I'm hoping for a salary within the range $30,000 to $34,000; the range of a person's voice between his highest and lowest notes.) γκάμα, κλίμακα, εύρος4) (a row or series: a mountain range.) σειρά5) (in the United States, land, usually without fences, on which cattle etc can graze.) ανοιχτό βοσκοτόπι6) (a place where a person can practise shooting etc; a rifle-range.) πεδίο βολής, σκοπευτήριο7) (a large kitchen stove with a flat top.) στόφα2. verb1) (to put in a row or rows: The two armies were ranged on opposite sides of the valley.) παρατάσσω2) (to vary between certain limits: Weather conditions here range between bad and dreadful / from bad to dreadful.) κυμαίνομαι, ποικίλλω3) (to go, move, extend etc: His talk ranged over a number of topics.) εκτείνομαι, απλώνομαι•- ranger -
7 breast
[brest] 1. noun1) (either of a woman's two milk-producing glands on the front of the upper body.) μαστός2) (the front of a body between the neck and belly: He clutched the child to his breast; This recipe needs three chicken breasts.) στήθος2. verb1) (to face or oppose: breast the waves.) αντιμετωπίζω, αντιτάσσομαι2) (to come to the top of: As we breasted the hill we saw the enemy in the distance.) φτάνω στην κορυφή•- breastfed
- breaststroke -
8 midway
[mid'wei]adjective, adverb(in the middle of the distance or time between two points; halfway: the midway point.) στα μισά(της απόστασης) -
9 relay race
(a race between teams of runners, swimmers etc, in which the members of the team run, swim etc one after another, each covering one part of the total distance to be run, swum etc.) σκυταλοδρομία -
10 spacing
noun (the amount of distance left between objects, words etc when they are set or laid out.) αραίωση,διαστήματα -
11 strike
1. past tense - struck; verb1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) χτυπώ2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) επιτίθεμαι,πλήττω3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) χτυπώ κι ανάβω4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) απεργώ5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) ανακαλύπτω6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) βγάζω ήχο,σημαίνω(την ώρα),χτυπώ7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) δίνω την εντύπωση,φαίνομαι8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) κόβω(νόμισμα,μετάλλιο)9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) κατευθύνομαι10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) κατεβάζω2. noun1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) απεργία2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) ανακάλυψη•- striker- striking
- strikingly
- be out on strike
- be on strike
- call a strike
- come out on strike
- come
- be within striking distance of
- strike at
- strike an attitude/pose
- strike a balance
- strike a bargain/agreement
- strike a blow for
- strike down
- strike dumb
- strike fear/terror into
- strike home
- strike it rich
- strike lucky
- strike out
- strike up
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