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  • 1 Action

    subs.
    Opposed to idleness: P. and V. πρᾶξις, ἡ ; see Act.
    The hands of the young are braced for action: V. νέων τοι δρᾶν μὲν ἔντονοι χέρες (Eur., frag.).
    At law: P. and V. δίκη, ἡ, ἀγών, ὁ.
    Bring action against: P. εἰς ἀγῶνα καθιστάναι (acc.).
    Virtue, power (of drugs, etc.): V. δύνασις, ἡ, ἰσχύς, ἡ.
    Battle: P. and V. ἔργον, τό.
    Put ships out of action: P. ναῦς ἄπλους ποιεῖν (Thuc. 7, 34).
    Some seven ( ships) were put out of action: P. ἑπτά τινες ἄπλοι ἐγένοντο (Thuc. 7, 34).
    Action, as opposed to passivity: P. πρᾶξις, ἡ.

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  • 2 action

    ['ækʃən]
    1) (something done: Action, not talking, is necessary if we are to defeat the enemy; Take action immediately; The firemen are ready to go into action.) δράση, ενέργεια
    2) (movement: Tennis needs a good wrist action.) κίνηση
    3) (a legal case: He brought an action for divorce against his wife.) αγωγή, μήνυση
    4) (the events (of a play, film etc): The action of the play takes place on an island.) η υπόθεση έργου, πχ. θεατρικού
    5) (a battle; fighting: He was killed in action; Our troops fought an action against the enemy.) μάχη
    •
    - out of action

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  • 3 call for

    1) (to demand or require: This calls for quick action.) απαιτώ
    2) (to collect: I'll call for you at eight o'clock.) περνώ να πάρω

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  • 4 play for time

    (to delay an action, decision etc in the hope that conditions will improve.) προσπαθώ να κερδίσω χρόνο

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  • 5 hour

    1) (sixty minutes, the twenty-fourth part of a day: He spent an hour trying to start the car this morning; She'll be home in half an hour; a five-hour delay.) ώρα
    2) (the time at which a particular thing happens: when the hour for action arrives; He helped me in my hour of need; You can consult him during business hours.) ώρα
    •
    - hour-glass
    - hour hand
    - at all hours
    - for hours
    - on the hour

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  • 6 alert

    [ə'lə:t] 1. adjective
    1) (quick-thinking: She's very old but still very alert.) ξύπνιος, εύστροφος
    2) ((with to) watchful and aware: You must be alert to danger.) άγρυπνος, σε επιφυλακή
    2. noun
    (a signal to be ready for action.) επιφυλακή
    3. verb
    (to make (someone) alert; to warn: The sound of gunfire alerted us to our danger.) προειδοποιώ
    - alertness
    - on the alert

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  • 7 crouch

    1) (to stand with the knees well bent; to squat: He crouched behind the bush.) ανακουρκουδίζω
    2) ((of animals) to lie close to the ground, in fear, readiness for action etc: The tiger was crouching ready to spring on its prey.) συσπειρώνομαι για να επιτεθώ

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  • 8 do's and don'ts

    [doun ] (rules or advice for action: If you want to lose weight, I can give you a list of do's and don'ts.) υποδείξεις

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  • 9 force

    [fo:s] 1. noun
    1) (strength or power that can be felt: the force of the wind.) δύναμη,ισχύς/βία
    2) (a person or thing that has great power: the forces of Nature.) δύναμη
    3) ((sometimes with capital) a group of men prepared for action: the police force; the Royal Air Force.) δύναμη
    2. verb
    1) (to make (someone or something) do something, go somewhere etc, often against his etc will: He forced me to give him money.) αναγκάζω
    2) (to achieve by strength or effort: He forced a smile despite his grief.) καταφέρνω με το ζόρι
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    - forceful
    - forcefully
    - forces
    - in
    - into force

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  • 10 stand-by

    plural - stand-bys; noun
    1) (readiness for action: Two fire-engines went directly to the fire, and a third was on stand-by (= ready to go if ordered).) σε ετοιμότητα/επιφυλακή
    2) (something that can be used in an emergency etc: Fruit is a good stand-by when children get hungry between meals.) αποκούμπι

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  • 11 Braced up

    adj.
    met., P. and V. ἔντονος, σύντονος.
    The hands of the young are braced for action: V. νέων τοι δρᾶν μὲν ἔντονοι χέρες (Eur., frag.).

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

  • 12 Effective

    adj.
    Hitting the mark: P. επιτυχής.
    Accomplish its object: P. and V. δραστήριος, V. πρακτήριος.
    Fit for action: P. ἐνεργός, δυνατός.
    Authoritative: P. and V. κύριος.

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  • 13 Girt

    adj.
    P. διεζωσμένος.
    Girt for action: Ar. συσταλείς, P. εὔζωνος.
    A hill girt with sea foam: V. ὄχθον περίρρυτον ἀφρῷ θαλάσσης (Eur., frag.).
    A house girt with battle-ments: V. δῶμα περιφερὲς θριγκοῖς (Eur., Hel. 430).
    Shut in: P. and V. εἴργειν, κατείργειν.

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  • 14 measure

    ['meʒə] 1. noun
    1) (an instrument for finding the size, amount etc of something: a glass measure for liquids; a tape-measure.) μέτρο/μεζούρα
    2) (a unit: The metre is a measure of length.) μονάδα μετρήσεως
    3) (a system of measuring: dry/liquid/square measure.) σύστημα μετρήσεως
    4) (a plan of action or something done: We must take (= use, or put into action) certain measures to stop the increase in crime.) μέτρο
    5) (a certain amount: a measure of sympathy.) μέτρο
    6) ((in music) the musical notes contained between two bar lines.) (μουσική)διάστημα
    2. verb
    1) (to find the size, amount etc of (something): He measured the table.)
    2) (to show the size, amount etc of: A thermometer measures temperature.)
    3) ((with against, besides etc) to judge in comparison with: She measured her skill in cooking against her friend's.)
    4) (to be a certain size: This table measures two metres by one metre.)
    •
    - beyond measure
    - for good measure
    - full measure
    - made to measure
    - measure out
    - measure up

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  • 15 course

    [ko:s]
    1) (a series (of lectures, medicines etc): I'm taking a course (of lectures) in sociology; He's having a course of treatment for his leg.) σειρά μαθημάτων
    2) (a division or part of a meal: Now we've had the soup, what's (for) the next course?) πιάτο
    3) (the ground over which a race is run or a game (especially golf) is played: a racecourse; a golf-course.) πίστα, στίβος
    4) (the path or direction in which something moves: the course of the Nile.) διάβα, ροή, πέρασμα
    5) (the progress or development of events: Things will run their normal course despite the strike.) πορεία
    6) (a way (of action): What's the best course of action in the circumstances?) τρόπος ενέργειας
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    - in due course
    - of course
    - off
    - on course

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  • 16 reserve

    [rə'zə:v] 1. verb
    1) (to ask for or order to be kept for the use of a particular person, often oneself: The restaurant is busy on Saturdays, so I'll phone up today and reserve a table.) κρατώ (θέση), κλείνω
    2) (to keep for the use of a particular person or group of people, or for a particular use: These seats are reserved for the committee members.) φυλάγω, προορίζω
    2. noun
    1) (something which is kept for later use or for use when needed: The farmer kept a reserve of food in case he was cut off by floods.)
    2) (a piece of land used for a special purpose eg for the protection of animals: a wild-life reserve; a nature reserve.)
    3) (the habit of not saying very much, not showing what one is feeling, thinking etc; shyness.)
    4) ((often in plural) soldiers, sailors etc who do not belong to the regular full-time army, navy etc but who are called into action when needed eg during a war.)
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    - reserved
    - have
    - keep in reserve

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  • 17 End

    subs.
    Conclusion: P. and V. τέλος, τό, τελευτή, ἡ, πέρας, τό, καταστροφή, ἡ (Thuc.), V. τέρμα, τό, τέρμων, ὁ.
    met., death: P. and V. θάνατος, ὁ, τελεστή, ἡ.
    About the end of the year: P. περὶ λήγοντα τὸν ἐνιαυτόν (Dem. 731).
    End of anything that has been cut: P. and V. τομή, ἡ.
    Extreme point: P. and V. τὸ ἔσχατος or use adj., ἔσχατος, agreeing with substantive; e. g., the end of the line: P. and V. τάξις ἐσχάτη.
    Point: Ar. and V. ἀκμή, ἡ; see Point.
    Their line had now all but passed the end of the Athenian wall: P. ἤδη ὅσον οὐ παρεληλύθει τὴν τῶν Ἀθηναίων τοῦ τείχους τελευτὴν ἡ ἐκείνων τείχεσις (Thuc. 7, 6).
    They at once closed the great harbour with triremes set end to end: P. ἔκλῃον τὸν λιμένα εὐθὺς τὸν μέγαν... τριήρεσι πλαγίαις (Thuc. 7, 59).
    Aim, object: P. προαίρεσις, ἡ.
    Purpose: P. and V. γνώμη, ἡ, βούλευμα, τό.
    For personal ends: P. διʼ ἴδια κέρδη.
    Come to an end: P. and V. τέλος ἔχειν, τέλος λαμβάνειν; see end, v.
    Where the construction of both walls came to an end: P. ᾗπερ τῶν τειχῶν ἀμφοτέρων αἱ ἐργασίαι ἔληγον (Thuc. 7, 6).
    Come to an end at a place: P. τελευτᾶν ἐπί (acc.) (Thuc. 8, 90).
    This is the action of an unscrupulous trickster who will come to a bad end: P. πονηροῦ ταῦτʼ ἐστι σοφιστοῦ καὶ οἰμωξομένου (Dem. 937).
    In the end, at last: P. and V. τέλος; see at last, under Last.
    Put an end to: P. τέλος ἐπιτιθέναι (dat.); see end, v.
    Stand on end: P. ὀρθὸς ἵστασθαι (Plat.), V. ὄρθιος ἑστηκέναι.
    ——————
    v. trans.
    P. and V. παύειν, περαίνειν, λύειν, Ar. and P. διαλύειν, καταλύειν, καταπαύειν.
    Conclude: P. τελεοῦν, V. τελειοῦν, τελεῖν (rare P.), τελευτᾶν, ἐκτελευτᾶν; see Conclude.
    End one's life: P. and V. τελευτᾶν ( with βίον or absol.).
    End ( a speech): P. and V. τελευτᾶν (acc. or gen.).
    Night ended the action: P. νύξ ἐπεγένετο τῷ ἔργῳ (Thuc. 4, 25).
    Night having ended the action: P. ἀφελομένης νυκτὸς τὸ ἔργον (Thuc. 4, 134).
    V. intrans. P. and V. τέλος ἔχειν, τέλος λαμβάνειν, τελευτᾶν, V. ἐκτελευτᾶν.
    Lapse, expire: P. and V. ἐξέρχεσθαι, ἐξήκειν.
    Cease: P. and V. παύεσθαι, λήγειν (Plat.); see Cease.
    End in: P. and V. τελευτᾶν εἰς (acc.).
    End off in: P. ἀποτελευτᾶν εἰς (acc.).

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

  • 18 keep

    [ki:p] 1. past tense, past participle - kept; verb
    1) (to have for a very long or indefinite period of time: He gave me the picture to keep.) κρατώ, φυλάγω
    2) (not to give or throw away; to preserve: I kept the most interesting books; Can you keep a secret?) κρατώ
    3) (to (cause to) remain in a certain state or position: I keep this gun loaded; How do you keep cool in this heat?; Will you keep me informed of what happens?) διατηρώ, τηρώ
    4) (to go on (performing or repeating a certain action): He kept walking.) συνεχίζω
    5) (to have in store: I always keep a tin of baked beans for emergencies.) κρατώ
    6) (to look after or care for: She keeps the garden beautifully; I think they keep hens.) φροντίζω, διατηρώ
    7) (to remain in good condition: That meat won't keep in this heat unless you put it in the fridge.) διατηρούμαι
    8) (to make entries in (a diary, accounts etc): She keeps a diary to remind her of her appointments; He kept the accounts for the club.) κρατώ (ενήμερο)
    9) (to hold back or delay: Sorry to keep you.) καθυστερώ
    10) (to provide food, clothes, housing for (someone): He has a wife and child to keep.) συντηρώ
    11) (to act in the way demanded by: She kept her promise.) κρατώ
    12) (to celebrate: to keep Christmas.) γιορτάζω
    2. noun
    (food and lodging: She gives her mother money every week for her keep; Our cat really earns her keep - she kills all the mice in the house.) συντήρηση, έξοδα συντηρήσεως
    - keeping
    - keep-fit
    - keepsake
    - for keeps
    - in keeping with
    - keep away
    - keep back
    - keep one's distance
    - keep down
    - keep one's end up
    - keep from
    - keep going
    - keep hold of
    - keep house for
    - keep house
    - keep in
    - keep in mind
    - keep it up
    - keep off
    - keep on
    - keep oneself to oneself
    - keep out
    - keep out of
    - keep time
    - keep to
    - keep something to oneself
    - keep to oneself
    - keep up
    - keep up with the Joneses
    - keep watch

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  • 19 go

    [ɡəu] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - goes; verb
    1) (to walk, travel, move etc: He is going across the field; Go straight ahead; When did he go out?) πηγαίνω
    2) (to be sent, passed on etc: Complaints have to go through the proper channels.) περνώ
    3) (to be given, sold etc: The prize goes to John Smith; The table went for $100.) δίνομαι, πουλιέμαι
    4) (to lead to: Where does this road go?) οδηγώ
    5) (to visit, to attend: He goes to school every day; I decided not to go to the movie.) πηγαίνω
    6) (to be destroyed etc: This wall will have to go.) `φεύγω`, απομακρύνομαι, εκδιώκομαι
    7) (to proceed, be done: The meeting went very well.) εξελλίσομαι
    8) (to move away: I think it is time you were going.) φεύγω
    9) (to disappear: My purse has gone!) εξαφανίζομαι
    10) (to do (some action or activity): I'm going for a walk; I'm going hiking next week-end.) κάνω
    11) (to fail etc: I think the clutch on this car has gone.) χαλώ
    12) (to be working etc: I don't think that clock is going.) δουλεύω, λειτουργώ
    13) (to become: These apples have gone bad.) γίνομαι
    14) (to be: Many people in the world regularly go hungry.) είμαι
    15) (to be put: Spoons go in that drawer.) μπαίνω
    16) (to pass: Time goes quickly when you are enjoying yourself.) πέρνω
    17) (to be used: All her pocket-money goes on sweets.) ξοδεύομαι
    18) (to be acceptable etc: Anything goes in this office.) είμαι επιτρεπτικός
    19) (to make a particular noise: Dogs go woof, not miaow.) κάνω (ήχο)
    20) (to have a particular tune etc: How does that song go?) έχω κάποια μελωδία
    21) (to become successful etc: She always makes a party go.) πετυχαίνω
    2. noun
    1) (an attempt: I'm not sure how to do it, but I'll have a go.)
    2) (energy: She's full of go.)
    •
    3. adjective
    1) (successful: That shop is still a going concern.)
    2) (in existence at present: the going rate for typing manuscripts.)
    •
    4. noun
    (permission: We'll start as soon as we get the go-ahead.) άδεια
    - going-over
    - goings-on
    - no-go
    - all go
    - be going on for
    - be going on
    - be going strong
    - from the word go
    - get going
    - give the go-by
    - go about
    - go after
    - go against
    - go along
    - go along with
    - go around
    - go around with
    - go at
    - go back
    - go back on
    - go by
    - go down
    - go far
    - go for
    - go in
    - go in for
    - go into
    - go off
    - go on
    - go on at
    - go out
    - go over
    - go round
    - go slow
    - go steady
    - go through
    - go through with
    - go too far
    - go towards
    - go up
    - go up in smoke/flames
    - go with
    - go without
    - keep going
    - make a go of something
    - make a go
    - on the go

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  • 20 fight

    1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb
    1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) παλεύω,πολεμώ,μάχομαι
    2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) καταπολεμώ
    3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) τσακώνομαι
    2. noun
    1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) καβγάς
    2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) μάχη,αγώνας
    3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) μαχητικότητα
    4) (a boxing-match.) πυγμαχικός αγώνας
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    - fight back
    - fight it out
    - fight off
    - fight one's way
    - fight shy of
    - put up a good fight

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