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  • 1 forget

    [fə'ɡet]
    past tense - forgot; verb
    1) (to fail to remember: He has forgotten my name.) ξεχνώ
    2) (to leave behind accidentally: She has forgotten her handbag.) ξεχνώ,λησμονώ,αφήνω
    3) (to lose control of (oneself), act in an undignified manner: She forgot herself and criticized her boss during the company party.) (αυτοπαθές)ξεχνιέμαι,παραφέρομαι
    - forgetfully

    English-Greek dictionary > forget

  • 2 waste

    [weist] 1. verb
    (to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) σπαταλώ, χαραμίζω
    2. noun
    1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) απορρίματα, απόβλητα
    2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) σπατάλη, άδικο χάσιμο
    3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) έρημη έκταση
    - wasteful
    - wastefully
    - wastefulness
    - waste paper
    - wastepaper basket
    - waste pipe
    - waste away

    English-Greek dictionary > waste

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