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41 break down
1) (to use force on (a door etc) to cause it to open.) γκρεμίζω2) (to stop working properly: My car has broken down.) χαλώ3) (to fail: The talks have broken down.) διακόπτομαι χωρίς αποτέλεσμα, ναυαγώ4) (to be overcome with emotion: She broke down and wept.) καταρρέω -
42 break in(to)
1) (to enter (a house etc) by force or unexpectedly (noun break-in: The Smiths have had two break-ins recently).) κάνω διάρρηξη2) (to interrupt (someone's conversation etc).) διακόπτω -
43 break in(to)
1) (to enter (a house etc) by force or unexpectedly (noun break-in: The Smiths have had two break-ins recently).) κάνω διάρρηξη2) (to interrupt (someone's conversation etc).) διακόπτω -
44 breakwater
noun (a barrier to break the force of the waves.) κυματοθραύστης -
45 brute
[bru:t]1) (an animal other than man: My dog died yesterday, the poor brute; ( also adjective) brute force.) ζώο, κτήνοςκτηνώδης2) (a cruel person.) κτήνος, βάναυσος άνθρωπος•- brutal- brutality
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46 buffer
(an apparatus for lessening the force with which a moving object strikes something.) προφυλακτήρας -
47 cadet
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48 capture
[- ə]1) (to take by force, skill etc: The soldiers captured the castle; Several animals were captured.) καταλαμβάνω, συλλαμβάνω2) (to take possession of (a person's attention etc): The story captured his imagination.) αιχμαλωτίζω, κατακτώ -
49 centrifugal
[sen'trifjuɡəl](tending to move away from a centre: centrifugal force.) φυγόκεντρος -
50 coerce
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51 collide
(to strike together (usually accidentally) with great force: The cars collided in the fog; The van collided with a lorry.) συγκρούομαι -
52 compel
[kəm'pel]past tense, past participle - compelled; verb(to force: They compelled me to betray my country.) αναγκάζω -
53 compress
[kəm'pres](to press together; to force into a narrower space: All his belongings were compressed into a very small suitcase.) συμπιέζω- compression
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54 constabulary
[-'stæbju-]- plural constabularies - noun (a police force.) χωροφυλακή -
55 corner
['ko:nə] 1. noun1) (a point where two lines, walls, roads etc meet: the corners of a cube; the corner of the street.) γωνία2) (a place, usually a small quiet place: a secluded corner.) γωνία3) (in football, a free kick from the corner of the field: We've been awarded a corner.) κόρνερ2. verb1) (to force (a person or animal) into a place from which it is difficult to escape: The thief was cornered in an alley.)2) (to turn a corner: He cornered on only three wheels; This car corners very well.)•- cornered- cut corners
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56 cram
[kræm]past tense, past participle crammed - verb1) (to fill very full: The drawer was crammed with papers.) παραγεμίζω2) (to push or force: He crammed food into his mouth.) μπουκώνω3) (to prepare (someone) in a short time for an examination: He is being crammed for his university entrance exam.) προγυμνάζω εντατικά -
57 crash
[kræʃ] 1. noun1) (a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard: I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.) πάταγος2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) σύγκρουση, συντριβή3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) οικονομική κρίση, `κραχ`4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)2. verb1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) πέφτω, χτυπώ με θόρυβο2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) πέφτω, συγκρούομαι3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) συντρίβομαι4) ((of a business) to fail.) χρεωκοπώ5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) ορμώ6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)3. adjective(rapid and concentrated: a crash course in computer technology.) εντατικός- crash-land -
58 curfew
['kə:fju:](an order forbidding people to be in the streets after a certain hour: There's a curfew in force from ten o'clock tonight.) απαγόρευση κυκλοφορίας -
59 cushion
['kuʃən] 1. noun1) (a bag of cloth etc filled with soft material, eg feathers etc, used for support or to make a seat more comfortable: I'll sit on a cushion on the floor.) μαξιλάρι2) (any similar support: A hovercraft travels on a cushion of air.) στρώμα αέρα2. verb(to lessen the force of a blow etc: The soft sand cushioned his fall.) μειώνω ένταση (χτυπήματος) -
60 disband
[dis'bænd](to (cause a group, eg a military force to) break up: The regiment disbanded at the end of the war.) διαλύω,-ομαι
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