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1 serious
['siəriəs]1) (grave or solemn: a quiet, serious boy; You're looking very serious.) σοβαρός2) ((often with about) in earnest; sincere: Is he serious about wanting to be a doctor?) που δεν αστειεύεται3) (intended to make people think: He reads very serious books.) σοβαρός4) (causing worry; dangerous: a serious head injury; The situation is becoming serious.) σοβαρός•- seriously
- take someone or something seriously
- take seriously -
2 report
[rə'po:t] 1. noun1) (a statement or description of what has been said, seen, done etc: a child's school report; a police report on the accident.) έκθεση, αναφορά/ σχολικός έλεγχος2) (rumour; general talk: According to report, the manager is going to resign.) φήμη, διάδοση3) (a loud noise, especially of a gun being fired.) κρότος (από εκπυρσοκρότηση)2. verb1) (to give a statement or description of what has been said, seen, done etc: A serious accident has just been reported; He reported on the results of the conference; Our spies report that troops are being moved to the border; His speech was reported in the newspaper.) αναφέρω2) (to make a complaint about; to give information about the misbehaviour etc of: The boy was reported to the headmaster for being rude to a teacher.) καταγγέλω3) (to tell someone in authority about: He reported the theft to the police.) αναφέρω4) (to go (to a place or a person) and announce that one is there, ready for work etc: The boys were ordered to report to the police-station every Saturday afternoon; Report to me when you return; How many policemen reported for duty?) παρουσιάζομαι•- reporter- reported speech
- report back -
3 bad
[bæd]comparative - worse; adjective1) (not good; not efficient: He is a bad driver; His eyesight is bad; They are bad at tennis (= they play tennis badly).) όχι ικανός, κακός σε κάτι2) (wicked; immoral: a bad man; He has done some bad things.) κακός3) (unpleasant: bad news.) άσχημος4) (rotten: This meat is bad.) χαλασμένος5) (causing harm or injury: Smoking is bad for your health.) βλαβερός6) ((of a part of the body) painful, or in a weak state: She has a bad heart; I have a bad head (= headache) today.) άρρωστος7) (unwell: I am feeling quite bad today.) άσχημα8) (serious or severe: a bad accident; a bad mistake.) σοβαρός9) ((of a debt) not likely to be paid: The firm loses money every year from bad debts.) επισφαλής•- badly- badness
- badly off
- feel bad about something
- feel bad
- go from bad to worse
- not bad
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4 dead
[ded] 1. adjective1) (without life; not living: a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers.) νεκρός2) (not working and not giving any sign of being about to work: The phone/engine is dead.) εκτός λειτουργίας, `νεκρός`3) (absolute or complete: There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.) απόλυτος2. adverb(completely: dead drunk.)- deaden- deadly 3. adverb(extremely: deadly dull; deadly serious.) εξαιρετικά- dead end- dead-end
- dead heat
- dead language
- deadline
- deadlock -
5 flippant
['flipənt](not serious enough about important matters: a flippant reply.) επιπόλαιος- flippancy -
6 in the soup
(in serious trouble: If she's found out about it, we're all in the soup!) σε πολύ δύσκολη θέση -
7 lead
I 1. [li:d] past tense, past participle - led; verb1) (to guide or direct or cause to go in a certain direction: Follow my car and I'll lead you to the motorway; She took the child by the hand and led him across the road; He was leading the horse into the stable; The sound of hammering led us to the garage; You led us to believe that we would be paid!) οδηγώ, καθοδηγώ2) (to go or carry to a particular place or along a particular course: A small path leads through the woods.) οδηγώ3) ((with to) to cause or bring about a certain situation or state of affairs: The heavy rain led to serious floods.) προκαλώ4) (to be first (in): An official car led the procession; He is still leading in the competition.) είμαι επικεφαλής: προηγούμαι5) (to live (a certain kind of life): She leads a pleasant existence on a Greek island.) διάγω, περνώ2. noun1) (the front place or position: He has taken over the lead in the race.) πρώτη θέση2) (the state of being first: We have a lead over the rest of the world in this kind of research.) πρωτοπορία, προβάδισμα3) (the act of leading: We all followed his lead.) καθοδήγηση, παράδειγμα4) (the amount by which one is ahead of others: He has a lead of twenty metres (over the man in second place).) προβάδισμα5) (a leather strap or chain for leading a dog etc: All dogs must be kept on a lead.) λουρί σκύλου6) (a piece of information which will help to solve a mystery etc: The police have several leads concerning the identity of the thief.) στοιχείο7) (a leading part in a play etc: Who plays the lead in that film?) πρώτος / πρωταγωνιστικός ρόλος•- leader- leadership
- lead on
- lead up the garden path
- lead up to
- lead the way II [led] noun1) (( also adjective) (of) an element, a soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal: lead pipes; Are these pipes made of lead or copper?) μόλυβδος2) (the part of a pencil that leaves a mark: The lead of my pencil has broken.) γραφίτης μολυβιού•- leaden -
8 muse
[mju:z](to think about a matter usually without serious concentration.) συλλογίζομαι -
9 passing
1) (going past: a passing car.) διερχόμενος,περαστικός2) (lasting only a short time: a passing interest.) παροδικός,εφήμερος3) ((of something said) casual and not made as part of a serious talk about the subject: a passing reference.) εν παρόδω
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