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  • 21 ease

    [i:z] 1. noun
    1) (freedom from pain or from worry or hard work: a lifetime of ease.) άνεση
    2) (freedom from difficulty: He passed his exam with ease.) ευκολία
    3) (naturalness: ease of manner.) φυσικότητα
    2. verb
    1) (to free from pain, trouble or anxiety: A hot bath eased his tired limbs.) ξαλαφρώνω
    2) ((often with off) to make or become less strong, less severe, less fast etc: The pain has eased (off); The driver eased off as he approached the town.) χαλαρώνω
    3) (to move (something heavy or awkward) gently or gradually in or out of position: They eased the wardrobe carefully up the narrow staircase.) μετακινώ σιγά-σιγά
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    - easiness
    - easy     3. interjection
    (a command to go or act gently: Easy! You'll fall if you run too fast.) με το μαλακό!
    - easy-going
    - at ease
    - easier said than done
    - go easy on
    - stand at ease
    - take it easy
    - take one's ease

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  • 22 cool

    [ku:l] 1. adjective
    1) (slightly cold: cool weather.) δροσερός
    2) (calm or not excitable: He's very cool in a crisis.) ψύχραιμος
    3) (not very friendly: He was very cool towards me.) ψυχρός
    4) ((slang) great; terrific; fantastic: Wow, that's really cool!; You look cool in those jeans!) εξαίρετος, πρώτης ποιότητας
    2. verb
    1) (to make or become less warm: The jelly will cool better in the refrigerator; She cooled her hands in the stream.) κρυώνω, δροσίζω
    2) (to become less strong: His affection for her has cooled; Her anger cooled.) περνώ
    3. noun
    (cool air or atmosphere: the cool of the evening.) ψύχρα
    - coolness
    - cool-headed
    - cool down
    - keep one's cool
    - lose one's cool

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  • 23 decrease

    1. [di'kri:s] verb
    (to make or become less: Their numbers had decreased over the previous year.) μειώνω,-ομαι
    2. ['di:kri:s] noun
    (a growing less: a decrease of fifty per cent; a gradual decrease in unemployment.) μείωση

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  • 24 soften

    ['sofn]
    verb (to make or become soft or softer, less strong or less painful: The thick walls softened the noise of the explosion.) μαλακώνω,απαλύνω

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  • 25 dampen

    1) (to make damp.) υγραίνω
    2) (to make or become less fierce or strong (interest etc): The rain dampened everyone's enthusiasm considerably.) εξασθενίζω

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  • 26 light

    I 1. noun
    1) (the brightness given by the sun, a flame, lamps etc that makes things able to be seen: It was nearly dawn and the light was getting stronger; Sunlight streamed into the room.) φως
    2) (something which gives light (eg a lamp): Suddenly all the lights went out.) φως
    3) (something which can be used to set fire to something else; a flame: Have you got a light for my cigarette?) φωτιά
    4) (a way of viewing or regarding: He regarded her action in a favourable light.) φως
    2. adjective
    1) (having light; not dark: The studio was a large, light room.) φωτεινός
    2) ((of a colour) pale; closer to white than black: light green.) ανοιχτός
    3. [lit] verb
    1) (to give light to: The room was lit only by candles.) φωτίζω
    2) (to (make something) catch fire: She lit the gas; I think this match is damp, because it won't light.) ανάβω
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    - lighting
    - lighthouse
    - light-year
    - bring to light
    - come to light
    - in the light of
    - light up
    - see the light
    - set light to     II
    1) (easy to lift or carry; of little weight: I bought a light suitcase for plane journeys.) ελαφρός
    2) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) ελαφρός
    3) ((of food) easy to digest: a light meal.) ελαφρός
    4) (of less weight than it should be: The load of grain was several kilos light.) ελαφρότερος από το κανονικό
    5) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) ελαφρός
    6) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) ανάλαφρος
    7) (cheerful; not serious: light music.) ελαφρός
    8) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) ελαφρός, ανεπαίσθητος, απαλός
    9) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) αμμώδης
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    - light-headed
    - light-hearted
    - lightweight
    - get off lightly
    - make light of
    - travel light     III = light on - past tense, past participle lit [lit] - verb
    (to find by chance: While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant.) συναντώ τυχαία

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  • 27 Short

    adj.
    P. and V. βραχύς.
    At so short a distance: P. διὰ τοσούτου.
    Concise: P. and V. σύντομος, βραχύς.
    Little (in amount, time, etc.): P. and V. βραχύς, ὀλίγος, μικρός, σμικρός, Ar. and V. βαιός.
    Of stature: P. and V. μικρός, σμικρός.
    Deficient: P. and V. ἐνδεής, P. ἐλλιπής.
    Short of, deficient in: P. and V. ἐνδεής (gen.); see Deficient.
    Except: P. and V. πλήν (gen.).
    Less than: with numerals use participle, P. δέων (gen.).
    Come short, v.: P. ἐλασσοῦσθαι; see also lack.
    Come short of.
    Be deficient in: P. and V. ἐλλείπειν (gen.), ἀπολείπεσθαι (gen.), V. λείπεσθαι (gen.).
    Fall short, give out: P. and V. ἐκλείπειν, ἐλλείπειν, V. λείπειν, Ar. and P. ἐπιλείπειν.
    Fall short of, be inferior to: P. ἐλλείπειν (gen.), ὑστερίζειν (gen.), ὑστερεῖν (gen.), P. and V. ἡσσᾶσθαι (gen.), λείπεσθαι (gen.) (rare P.).
    They reflected how far they had fallen short of their covenant: P. ἐσκόπουν ὅσα ἐξελελοίπεσαν τῆς συνθήκης (Thuc. 5, 42).
    If you persist in sitting idle, letting your zeal stop short at murmuring and commending: P. εἰ καθεδεῖσθε ἄχρι τοῦ θορυβῆσαι καὶ ἐπαινέσαι σπουδάζοντες (Dem. 109).
    At short notice P. and V. φαύλως; see off-hand.
    In short: see Shortly.
    To sum up: P. ὅλως, P. and V. ἁπλῶς.
    Cut short, abridge, v.: P. and V. συντέμνειν.
    To cut a long story short: P. ἵνα, ὡς ἐν κεφαλαίῳ εἰπεῖν, συντέμω.
    Cut short, shorten: P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν, κολούειν.
    Cut short ( a person), make to stop: P. and V. παύειν; see also Interrupt.
    Short ( of temper): P. and V. ὀξύς; see Quick.
    Short of breath: V. δύσπνους.
    Short comings, subs.: P. ἐλλείματα, τά.
    You will make up for your past short comings: P. τὰ κατερρᾳθυμημένα πάλιν ἀναλήψεσθε (Dem. 42).
    Short cut: P. ἡ σύντομος (Xen.).
    By the shortest cut: P. τὰ συντομώτατα (Thuc. 2, 97).

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Short

  • 28 call

    [ko:l] 1. verb
    1) (to give a name to: My name is Alexander but I'm called Sandy by my friends) ονομάζω
    2) (to regard (something) as: I saw you turn that card over - I call that cheating.) αποκαλώ
    3) (to speak loudly (to someone) to attract attention etc: Call everyone over here; She called louder so as to get his attention.) φωνάζω
    4) (to summon; to ask (someone) to come (by letter, telephone etc): They called him for an interview for the job; He called a doctor.) καλώ
    5) (to make a visit: I shall call at your house this evening; You were out when I called.) επισκέπτομαι
    6) (to telephone: I'll call you at 6 p.m.) τηλεφωνώ
    7) ((in card games) to bid.) μπαίνω
    2. noun
    1) (an exclamation or shout: a call for help.) κραυγή
    2) (the song of a bird: the call of a blackbird.) κελαήδισμα
    3) (a (usually short) visit: The teacher made a call on the boy's parents.) επίσκεψη
    4) (the act of calling on the telephone: I've just had a call from the police.) τηλεφώνημα
    5) ((usually with the) attraction: the call of the sea.) κάλεσμα
    6) (a demand: There's less call for coachmen nowadays.) ζήτηση
    7) (a need or reason: You've no call to say such things!) λόγος
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    - calling
    - call-box
    - call for
    - call off
    - call on
    - call up
    - give someone a call
    - give a call
    - on call

    English-Greek dictionary > call

  • 29 contract

    1. [kən'trækt] verb
    1) (to make or become smaller, less, shorter, tighter etc: Metals expand when heated and contract when cooled; `I am' is often contracted to `I'm'; Muscles contract.) συσπώ/ συστέλλω-ομαι/ συναιρώ
    2) ( to promise legally in writing: They contracted to supply us with cable.) υπογράφω συμβόλαιο
    3) (to become infected with (a disease): He contracted malaria.) κολλώ
    4) (to promise (in marriage).) υπόσχομαι
    2. ['kontrækt] noun
    (a legal written agreement: He has a four-year contract (of employment) with us; The firm won a contract for three new aircraft.) συμβόλαιο
    - contractor

    English-Greek dictionary > contract

  • 30 defuse

    [di:'fju:z]
    1) (to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).) εξουδετερώνω
    2) (to make harmless or less dangerous: He succeeded in defusing the situation.) εκτονώνω

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  • 31 diminish

    [di'miniʃ]
    (to make or become less: Our supplies are diminishing rapidly.) μειώνω,-όμαι

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  • 32 lessen

    verb (to make or become less: The fan lessened the heat a little; When the children left, the noise lessened considerably.) μειώνω/-ομαι

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  • 33 lower

    1) (to make or become less high: She lowered her voice.) χαμηλώνω
    2) (to let down: He lowered the blinds.) κατεβάζω

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  • 34 might

    I
    (-)
    1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.) ίσως(να)
    2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?) θα μπορούσα
    3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) θα μπορούσες(;)
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    - might have
    - I might have known     II
    (power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) ισχύς
    - mightily
    - mightiness

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  • 35 moderate

    1. ['modəreit] verb
    (to make or become less extreme: He was forced to moderate his demands; Gradually the pain moderated.) μετριάζω,-ομαι
    2. [-rət] adjective
    1) (keeping within reasonable limits; not extreme: The prices were moderate; moderate opinions.) μετρημένος,λογικός/μετριοπαθής
    2) (medium or average; not particularly good: workmanship of moderate quality.) μέτριος
    3. noun
    (a person whose views are not extreme: Politically, she's a moderate.) μετριοπαθής,κεντρώος
    - moderateness
    - moderation

    English-Greek dictionary > moderate

  • 36 play down

    (to try to make (something) appear less important: He played down the fact that he had failed the exam.) μειώνω τη σημασία

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  • 37 raise someone's spirits

    (to make someone less unhappy.) εξυψώνω/τονώνω το ηθικό

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  • 38 refresh

    [rə'freʃ]
    (to give new strength and energy to; to make (a person etc) feel less hot, tired etc, eg after or during a period of hard work: This glass of cool lemonade will refresh you.) αναζωογονώ, ξεκουράζω, δροσίζω
    - refreshingly
    - refreshments
    - refresh someone's memory

    English-Greek dictionary > refresh

  • 39 thin out

    (to make or become less dense or crowded: The trees thinned out near the river.) αραιώνω

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  • 40 tone down

    (to make or become softer, less harsh etc: He toned down some of his criticisms.) μαλακώνω, μετριάζω

    English-Greek dictionary > tone down

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  • make less — index decrease, deduct (reduce), diminish, minimize, moderate (temper), reduce Burton s Legal Thesauru …   Law dictionary

  • make less concentrated — index dilute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less confusing — index elucidate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less extreme — index commute, modify (moderate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less friendly — index disaffect Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less harsh — index commute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less important — index demote Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less intense — index commute, modify (moderate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less rigorous — index commute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less rough — index commute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make less serious — index extenuate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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