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1 laughing jackass
(a type of Australian bird that sounds as if it is laughing.) πουλί dacelo gigas -
2 laughing-stock
noun (someone who is laughed at: If I wear that hat, I'll be a laughing-stock.) περίγελως -
3 Laughing stock
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Laughing stock
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4 in stitches
(laughing a lot: His stories kept us in stitches.) ξεκαρδισμένος -
5 laugh
1. verb(to make sounds with the voice in showing happiness, amusement, scorn etc: We laughed at the funny photographs; Children were laughing in the garden as they played.) γελώ2. noun(an act or sound of laughing: He gave a laugh; a loud laugh.) γέλιο- laughably
- laughingly
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- laughing-stock
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6 Laugh
v. intrans.P. and V. γελᾶν.Laugh aloud: P. ἐκγελᾶν.Burst out laughing: P. ἀνακαγχάζειν (Plat.).You have made me laugh, Socrates, though I am in no laughing mood at present: P. ὦ Σώκρατες οὐ πάνυ γέ με νῦν δὴ γελασείοντα ἐποίησας γελάσαι (Plat., Phaedo, 64B).Laugh at: P. and V. γελᾶν (ἐπί, dat., or dat. alone), καταγελᾶν (gen.), ἐπεγγελᾶν (dat.), V. ἐγγελᾶν (dat., or κατά, gen.), διαγελᾶν (acc.).Mock: P. and V. σκώπτειν (acc.) (Eur., Cycl. 675 absol.), Ar. and P. χλευάζειν (acc.), ἐπισκώπτειν (acc.), V. κερτομεῖν (acc.); see Mock.Simplicity was laughed down and disappeared: P. τὸ εὔηθες... καταγελασθὲν ἠφανίσθη (Thuc. 3, 83).Without laughing: use adv., P. ἀγελαστί.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Laugh
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7 help
[help] 1. verb1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) βοηθώ2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) διευκολύνω3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) καλυτερεύω4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) εξυπηρετώ5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) δεν μπορώ να κάνω τίποτα2. noun1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) βοήθεια2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) βοήθεια3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) βοηθός4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) τρόπος αποφυγής,θεραπεία•- helper- helpful
- helpfully
- helpfulness
- helping
- helpless
- helplessly
- helplessness
- help oneself
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8 help oneself
1) ((with to) to give oneself or take (food etc): Help yourself to another piece of cake; `Can I have a pencil?' `Certainly - help yourself; He helped himself to (= stole) my jewellery.) σερβίρομαι, παίρνω μόνος μου2) ((with cannot, could not) to be able to stop (oneself): I burst out laughing when he told me - I just couldn't help myself.) συγκρατούμαι -
9 hysteria
[hi'stiəriə]1) (a severe nervous upset which causes eg uncontrolled laughing or crying, imaginary illnesses etc.) υστερία2) (uncontrolled excitement, eg of a crowd of people: mass hysteria.) υστερία•- hysterically
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10 inwardly
adverb (in one's thoughts; secretly: He was inwardly pleased when she failed; She was laughing/groaning inwardly.) από μέσα μου -
11 jackass
['‹ækæs]1) (a male ass.) γάιδαρος2) (a stupid person: the silly jackass!) βλάκας• -
12 laughter
noun (the act or sound of laughing: We could hear laughter / the sound of laughter from the next room.) γέλιο -
13 straight
[streit] 1. adjective1) (not bent or curved: a straight line; straight (= not curly) hair; That line is not straight.) ίσιος2) ((of a person, his behaviour etc) honest, frank and direct: Give me a straight answer!) ευθύς,ειλικρινής3) (properly or levelly positioned: Your tie isn't straight.) ίσιος4) (correct and tidy: I'll never get this house straight!; Now let's get the facts straight!) σε τάξη,σε σωστή σειρά5) ((of drinks) not mixed: a straight gin.) σκέτος6) ((of a face, expression etc) not smiling or laughing: You should keep a straight face while you tell a joke.) ανέκφραστος7) ((of an actor) playing normal characters, or (of a play) of the ordinary type - not a musical or variety show.) ηθοποιός ρεπερτορίου, κλασικός ηθοποιός2. adverb1) (in a straight, not curved, line; directly: His route went straight across the desert; She can't steer straight; Keep straight on.) ίσια2) (immediately, without any delay: He went straight home after the meeting.) κατευθείαν3) (honestly or fairly: You're not playing (= behaving) straight.) τίμια3. noun(the straight part of something, eg of a racecourse: He's in the final straight.)- straightness
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- straightforwardly
- straightforwardness
- straight talking
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- straight away
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14 Burst
v. trans.Break: P. and V. ἀπορρηγνύναι, καταρρηγνύναι, καταγνύναι, ῥηγνύναι (P. usually compounded); see Break.V. intrans. P. and V. διαρρήγνυσθαι, ῥήγνυσθαι.Of a storm: V. ἐκπνεῖν.met., come on: P. and V. ἐπέρχεσθαι.When the storm bursts: V. σκηπτοῦ ʼπιόντος (Eur., Rhes. 674).Burst forth: V. ἐκρήγνυσθαι.Burst forth in anger: V. ἐξαναζεῖν χόλον.So that a bloody foam burst forth from the sea: V. ὡς αἱματηρὸν πέλανον ἐξανθεῖν ἅλος (Eur., I.T. 300).Burst in or into: Ar. and P. εἰσπηδᾶν (εἰς, acc.), V. εἰσορμᾶσθαι (acc.), ἐπεισπίπτειν (acc. or dat.) (also Xen. but rare P.), εἰσπαίειν (absol.), P. and V. εἰσπίπτειν (P. εἰς, acc.; V. dat. alone), Ar. ἐπεισπαίειν (εἰς, acc.), ἐπεισπηδᾶν (absol.), Ar. and V. ἐμπίπτειν (dat. or εἰς, acc.).Bursting into tears: V. δακρύων ῥήξασα... νάματα (Soph., Trach.919).Burst out, rush out: P. and V. ἐξορμᾶσθαι, ἐκπίπτειν.Burst out laughing: P. ἐκγελᾶν.Burst out into eruptions ( of the skin): P. ἕλκεσιν ἐξανθεῖν (Thuc. 2, 49).The whole plot would have burst over the city like a torrent: P. ὥσπερ χειμάρρους ἂν ἅπαν τὸ πρᾶγμα εἰς τὴν πόλιν εἰσέπεσεν (Dem. 278).——————subs.When in a burst of passion she passed within the antechamber: V. ὅπως γὰρ ὀργῇ χρωμένη παρῆλθʼ ἔσω θυρῶνος (Soph., O.R. 1241).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Burst
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