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1 every
['evri]1) (each one of or all (of a certain number): Every room is painted white; Not every family has a car.) κάθε,όλοι2) (each (of an indefinite number or series): Every hour brought the two countries nearer war; He attends to her every need.) κάθε3) (the most absolute or complete possible: We have every reason to believe that she will get better.) κάθε4) (used to show repetition after certain intervals of time or space: I go to the supermarket every four or five days; Every second house in the row was bright pink; `Every other day' means èvery two days' or `on alternate days'.) κάθε•- everyone
- everyday
- everything
- everywhere
- every bit as
- every now and then / every now and again / every so often
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2 gas chamber
(a room in which people are killed by means of gas: Many people were sent to the gas chamber in World War II.) θάλαμος αερίων -
3 Circumstance
subs.Event: P. and V. συμφορά, ἡ, P. συντυχία, ἡ.Present circumstances: P. and V. τὰ παρόντα, τὰ καθεστῶτα.Under these circumstances: P. and V. οὕτως ἐχόντων ( things being thus).Circumstances will be found to be changing, not our city: P. φανήσεται τὰ πράγματα... μεταβαλλόμενα οὐχ ἡ πόλις ἡμῶν (Dem. 206).Making with the Lacedaemonians the best terms they could under the circumstances: P. ἐκ τῶν παρόντων κράτιστα πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους σπονδὰς ποιησάμενοι (Thuc. 5, 40).War generally contrives from itself the means to meet the circumstances: P. (πόλεμος) αὐτὸς ἀφʼ αὑτοῦ τὰ πολλὰ τεχνᾶται πρὸς τὸ παρατυγχάνον (Thuc. 1, 122).Good circumstances: P. and V. εὐπραξία, ἡ; see Prosperity.Be in good circumstances: P. εὐπραγεῖν; see Prosper.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Circumstance
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