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  • 1 straw

    [stro:]
    1) (( also adjective) (of) the cut stalks of corn etc, having many uses, eg as bedding for cattle etc, making mats and other goods etc: The cows need fresh straw; a straw hat.) άχυρο/αχυρένιος,ψάθινος
    2) (a single stalk of corn: There's a straw in your hair; Their offer isn't worth a straw!) άχυρο
    3) (a paper or plastic tube through which to suck a drink into the mouth: He was sipping orange juice through a straw.) καλαμάκι
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  • 2 the last straw

    (a fact, happening etc which, when added to all other facts or happenings, makes a situation finally impossible to bear.) η σταγόνα που ξεχειλίζει το ποτήρι

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  • 3 last

    I 1. adjective
    1) (coming at the end: We set out on the last day of November; He was last in the race; He caught the last bus home.) τελευταίος
    2) (most recent; next before the present: Our last house was much smaller than this; last year/month/week.) προηγούμενος, περασμένος
    3) (coming or remaining after all the others: He was the last guest to leave.) τελευταίος
    2. adverb
    (at the end of or after all the others: He took his turn last.) τελευταία, για τελευταία φορά: τελευταίος, μετά τους άλλους
    - at long last
    - at last
    - hear
    - see the last of
    - the last person
    - the last straw
    - the last thing
    - the last word
    - on one's last legs
    - to the last     II verb
    1) (to continue to exist: This situation lasted until she got married; I hope this fine weather lasts.) διαρκώ, διατηρούμαι
    2) (to remain in good condition or supply: This carpet has lasted well; The bread won't last another two days - we'll need more; This coat will last me until I die.) κρατώ, διατηρούμαι
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    - last out

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  • 4 suck

    1. verb
    1) (to draw liquid etc into the mouth: As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw.) ρουφώ/βυζαίνω
    2) (to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it: I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil.) πιπιλίζω
    3) (to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action: The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil.) αναρροφώ,απορροφώ
    4) ((American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc: Her singing sucks; This job sucks.) βρωμάω,είμαι άθλιος/σιχαμερός
    2. noun
    (an act of sucking: I gave him a suck of my lollipop.) πιπίλισμα
    - suck up to

    English-Greek dictionary > suck

  • 5 litter

    ['litə(r)] 1. noun
    1) (an untidy mess of paper, rubbish etc: Put your litter in that bin.) σκουπίδια
    2) (a heap of straw etc for animals to lie on etc.) αχυροστρωμνή
    3) (a number of animals born to the same mother at the same time: a litter of kittens.) νεογνά ζώου από μια γέννα
    2. verb
    (to cover (the ground etc) with scattered objects: Papers littered the table.) γεμίζω με άχρηστα πράγματα

    English-Greek dictionary > litter

  • 6 bed

    [bed]
    1) (a piece of furniture, or a place, to sleep on: The child sleeps in a small bed; a bed of straw.) κρεβάτι
    2) (the channel (of a river) or floor (of a sea) etc.) κοίτη
    3) (a plot in a garden: a bed of flowers.) παρτέρι
    4) (layer: a bed of chalk below the surface.) κοίτασμα
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    - - bedded
    - bedding
    - bedbug
    - bedclothes
    - bedcover
    - bedridden
    - bedroom
    - bedside
    - bedspread
    - bedtime
    - bed and breakfast
    - bed of roses
    - go to bed

    English-Greek dictionary > bed

  • 7 stack

    [stæk] 1. noun
    1) (a large, usually neatly shaped, pile eg of hay, straw, wood etc: a haystack.) θημωνιά
    2) (a set of shelves for books eg in a library.) ράφια βιβλίων
    2. verb
    (to arrange in a large, usually neat, pile: Stack the books up against the wall.) στοιβάζω

    English-Greek dictionary > stack

  • 8 thatch

    [Ɵæ ] 1. noun
    (straw, rushes etc used as a roofing material for houses.) αχυροσκεπή
    2. verb
    (to cover the roof of (a house) with thatch.) σκεπάζω με άχυρα

    English-Greek dictionary > thatch

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