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21 broken
['brəukən]1) (see break: a broken window; My watch is broken.) σπασμένος, χαλασμένος2) (interrupted: broken sleep.) ταραγμένος, ανήσυχος3) (uneven: broken ground.) ανώμαλος4) ((of language) not fluent: He speaks broken English.) `σπασμένος`, όχι ευφραδής5) (ruined: The children come from a broken home (= their parents are no longer living together).) διαλυμένος• -
22 brush up
( with on) (to refresh one's knowledge of (eg a language): He brushed up his Spanish before he went on holiday.) φρεσκάρω -
23 classical
['klæsikəl] 1. adjective1) ((especially of literature, art etc) of ancient Greece and Rome: classical studies.) κλασικής εποχής2) ((of music) having the traditional, established harmony and/or form: He prefers classical music to popular music.) κλασική (μουσική)3) ((of literature) considered to be of the highest class.) κλασικός•- classic2. noun1) (an established work of literature of high quality: I have read all the classics.) κλασικό έργο2) ((in plural) the language and literature of Greece and Rome: He is studying classics.) κλασικές σπουδές -
24 clean
[kli:n] 1. adjective1) (free from dirt, smoke etc: a clean window; a clean dress.) καθαρός2) (neat and tidy in one's habits: Cats are very clean animals.) παστρικός3) (unused: a clean sheet of paper.) άγραφος4) (free from evil or indecency: a clean life; keep your language clean!) άμεμπτος5) (neat and even: a clean cut.) ξεκάθαρος2. adverb(completely: He got clean away.) τελείως3. verb(to (cause to) become free from dirt etc: Will you clean the windows?) καθαρίζω['klenli]
(clean in personal habits.)
καθαρός- cleaner- cleanly- clean up
- a clean bill of health
- a clean slate
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25 code
[kəud] 1. noun1) (a collection of laws or rules: a code of behaviour.) κώδικας2) (a (secret) system of words, letters, or symbols: the Morse Code; The message was in code; We have deciphered the enemy's code.) κώδικας3) (a system of symbols etc for translating one type of language into another: There are a number of codes for putting English into a form usable by a computer.) κώδικας2. verb(to put into (secret, computer etc) code: Have you coded the material for the computer?) κωδικοποιώ -
26 colloquial
[kə'ləukwiəl](of or used in everyday informal, especially spoken, language: a colloquial expression.) καθημερινός, της καθομιλουμένης- colloquialism -
27 colloquialism
noun (an expression used in colloquial language.) έκφραση της καθομιλουμένης -
28 common
['komən] 1. adjective1) (seen or happening often; quite normal or usual: a common occurrence; These birds are not so common nowadays.) κοινός, συνηθισμένος2) (belonging equally to, or shared by, more than one: This knowledge is common to all of us; We share a common language.) κοινός3) (publicly owned: common property.) κοινόχρηστος4) (coarse or impolite: She uses some very common expressions.) λαϊκός5) (of ordinary, not high, social rank: the common people.) κοινός, λαϊκός6) (of a noun, not beginning with a capital letter (except at the beginning of a sentence): The house is empty.) κοινό (ουσιαστικό)2. noun((a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings: the village common.) κοινόχρηστος υπαίθριος χώρος κοινότητας- commoner- common knowledge
- common law
- common-law
- commonplace
- common-room
- common sense
- the Common Market
- the House of Commons
- the Commons
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29 converse
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30 crib
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31 curse
[kə:s] 1. verb1) (to wish that evil may fall upon: I curse the day that I was born!; The witch cursed him.) καταριέμαι2) (to use violent language; to swear: He cursed (at his own stupidity) when he dropped the hammer on his toe.) βρίζω2. noun1) (an act of cursing, or the words used: the witch's curse.) κατάρα, βρισιά2) (a thing or person which is cursed: Having to work is the curse of my life.) κατάρα• -
32 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
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33 decent
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34 decipher
1) (to translate (writing in code) into ordinary, understandable language: They deciphered the spy's letter.) αποκρυπτογραφώ2) (to make out the meaning of (something which is difficult to read): I can't decipher his handwriting.) (για δυσανάγνωστα κείμενα κτλ.) βγάζω νόημα από... -
35 decode
[di:'koud](to translate (a coded message) into ordinary understandable language.) αποκωδικοποιώ -
36 dictionary
['dikʃənəri]plural - dictionaries; noun1) (a book containing the words of a language alphabetically arranged, with their meanings etc: This is an English dictionary.) λεξικό2) (a book containing other information alphabetically arranged: a dictionary of place-names.) λεξικό -
37 dub
I past tense, past participle - dubbed; verb1) (to give (a film) a new sound-track (eg in a different language).) μεταγλωττίζω2) (to add sound effects or music to (a film etc).) ντουμπλάρω•- dubbingII past tense, past participle - dubbed; verb(to nickname: He was dubbed Shorty because of his size.) κολλώ παρατσούκλι -
38 effort
['efət]1) (hard work; energy: Learning a foreign language requires effort; The effort of climbing the hill made the old man very tired.) προσπάθεια2) (a trying hard; a struggle: The government's efforts to improve the economy were unsuccessful; Please make every effort to be punctual.) προσπάθεια3) (the result of an attempt: Your drawing was a good effort.) προσπάθεια•- effortlessly -
39 figurative
[-rətiv]adjective (of or using figures of speech: figurative language.) μεταφορικός -
40 flowery
1) (having, or decorated with, flowers: a flowery hat.) λουλουδάτος2) ((of language) using ornamental words and phrases; poetic: a flowery speech.) περίκομψος
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