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  • 1 Chance

    subs.
    P. and V. τύχη, ἡ
    Accident: P. and V. συμφορά, ἡ, Ar. and P. συντυχια, ἡ.
    Opportunity: P. and V. καιρός, ὁ.
    By chance: P. and V. τύχη, P. κατὰ τύχην, ἐκ τύχης.
    If by chance: P. and V. εἴ πως, ἐάν πως.
    Get the chance, v.: P. and V. δύνασθαι.
    Throw away one's chances one by one: προΐεσθαι καθʼ ἕκαστον ἀεί τι τῶν πραγμάτων (Dem. 13).
    ( They reflected) that, if they had not been seen to have arrived, there would have been no chance for them: P. εἰ μὲν γὰρ μὴ ὤφθησαν ἐλθόντες, οὐκ ἂν ἐν τύχῃ γίγνεσθαι σφίσιν (Thuc. 4, 73).
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    v. intrans.
    Happen, occur: P. and V. τυγχάνειν, συντυγχάνειν, συμβαίνειν, γίγνεσθαι, παραπίπτειν, συμπίπτειν, ἐκβαίνειν, P. ἀποβαίνειν, Ar. and P. συμφέρεσθαι. V. κυρεῖν, ἐκπίπτειν (Soph., frag.).
    Chance ( to do a thing): P. and V. τυγχάνειν (part.), V. κυρεῖν (part.).
    Chance upon: see light on.
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    adj.
    Casual: P. and V. ὁ τυχών, ὁ ἐπιτυχών, ὁ προστυχών, ὁ συντυχών.
    Of persons only: P. ὁ ἐντυχών, ὁ παρατυχών, V. ὁ ἐπιών.
    The riddle was not one for any chance comer to solve: τό γʼ αἴνιγμʼ οὐχὶ τοὐπιόντος ἦν ἀνδρὸς διειπεῖν (Soph., O.R. 393).
    Making inquiries of any chance comer: P. ἐκ τοῦ παρατυχόντος πυνθανόμενος (Thuc. 1, 22).

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  • 2 not a dog's chance

    (no chance at all: He hasn't a dog's chance of getting a ticket.) καμιά ελπίδα

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  • 3 pass up

    (not to accept (a chance, opportunity etc): He passed up the offer of a good job.) αφήνω να μου ξεφύγει

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  • 4 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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  • 5 luck

    1) (the state of happening by chance: Whether you win or not is just luck - there's no skill involved.) τύχη
    2) (something good which happens by chance: She has all the luck!) καλή τύχη
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    - lucky
    - luckily
    - luckiness
    - lucky dip
    - bad luck!
    - good luck!
    - worse luck!

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  • 6 outside

    1. noun
    (the outer surface: The outside of the house was painted white.) εξωτερικό
    2. adjective
    1) (of, on, or near the outer part of anything: the outside door.) εξωτερικός
    2) (not part of (a group, one's work etc): We shall need outside help; She has a lot of outside interests.) εξωτερικός
    3) ((of a chance etc) very small.) πολύ μικρή(ευκαιρία/πιθανότητα)
    3. adverb
    1) (out of, not in a building etc: He went outside; He stayed outside.) έξω
    2) (on the outside: The house looked beautiful outside.) απέξω
    4. preposition
    (on the outer part or side of; not inside or within: He stood outside the house; He did that outside working hours.) έξω από,εκτός
    - at the outside
    - outside in

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  • 7 casual

    ['kæʒuəl]
    1) (not careful: I took a casual glance at the book.) απρόσεκτος, αδιάφορος, πρόχειρος
    2) (informal: casual clothes.) πρόχειρος, σπορ
    3) (happening by chance: a casual remark.) τυχαίος
    4) (not regular or permanent: casual labour.) έκτακτος
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    - casualness

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  • 8 slim

    [slim] 1. adjective
    1) (not thick or fat; thin: She has a slim, graceful figure; Taking exercise is one way of keeping slim.) αδύνατος,λεπτός
    2) (not good; slight: There's still a slim chance that we'll find the child alive.) ελάχιστος,πενιχρός
    2. verb
    (to use means (such as eating less) in order to become slimmer: I mustn't eat cakes - I'm trying to slim.)
    - slimness

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  • 9 break

    [breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb
    1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) σπάζω, κομματιάζω
    2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) χωρίζω, ανοίγω
    3) (to make or become unusable.) χαλώ
    4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) αθετώ, παραβιάζω
    5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) καταρρίπτω, σπάζω
    6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) διακόπτω
    7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) σπάζω
    8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) ανακοινώνω
    9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) χοντραίνω, «βαθαίνω»
    10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) ανακόπτω, κοπάζω
    11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) ξεσπώ
    2. noun
    1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) παύση, διακοπή, διάλειμμα
    2) (a change: a break in the weather.) αλλαγή
    3) (an opening.) άνοιγμα
    4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) ευκαιρία
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    3. noun
    ((usually in plural) something likely to break.) εύθραυστο αντικείμενο
    - breaker
    - breakdown
    - break-in
    - breakneck
    - breakout
    - breakthrough
    - breakwater
    - break away
    - break down
    - break into
    - break in
    - break loose
    - break off
    - break out
    - break out in
    - break the ice
    - break up
    - make a break for it

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  • 10 by

    1. preposition
    1) (next to; near; at the side of: by the door; He sat by his sister.) δίπλα σε
    2) (past: going by the house.) μπροστά από
    3) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.) μέσω, διαμέσου
    4) (used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action: struck by a stone.) από (ποιητικό αίτιο)
    5) (using: He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.) με (μεταφορικό μέσο)
    6) (from; through the means of: I met her by chance; by post.) από, μέσω
    7) ((of time) not later than: by 6 o'clock.) έως, μέχρι
    8) (during the time of.) κατά τη διάρκεια
    9) (to the extent of: taller by ten centimetres.) κατά
    10) (used to give measurements etc: 4 metres by 2 metres.) επί
    11) (in quantities of: fruit sold by the kilo.) με
    12) (in respect of: a teacher by profession.) όσον αφορά
    2. adverb
    1) (near: They stood by and watched.) κοντά, παραδίπλα
    2) (past: A dog ran by.) από μπροστά
    3) (aside; away: money put by for an emergency.) κατά μέρος
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    - bypass 3. verb
    (to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.) αποφεύγω, παρακάμπτω
    - bystander
    - by and by
    - by and large
    - by oneself
    - by the way

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  • 11 dog

    [doɡ] 1. noun
    (a domestic, meat-eating animal related to the wolf and fox.) σκύλος
    2. adjective
    ((usually of members of the dog family) male: a dog-fox.) αρσενικός
    3. verb
    (to follow closely as a dog does: She dogged his footsteps.) ακολουθώ παντού
    - doggedly
    - doggedness
    - dog-biscuit
    - dog collar
    - dog-eared
    - dog-tired
    - a dog's life
    - go to the dogs
    - in the doghouse
    - not a dog's chance

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  • 12 grab at

    (to try to grasp, seize or take, not necessarily successfully: He grabbed at the boy; He grabbed at the chance to leave.) αρπάζω, δράττω

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  • 13 incidental

    [-'den-]
    1) (occurring etc by chance in connection with something else: an incidental remark.) περιστασιακός,συμπτωματικός
    2) (accompanying (something) but not forming part of it: He wrote the incidental music for the play.) συνοδευτικός

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  • 14 sport

    [spo:t] 1. noun
    1) (games or competitions involving physical activity: She's very keen on sport of all kinds.) αθλοπαιδιές,σπορ
    2) (a particular game or amusement of this kind: Hunting, shooting and fishing are not sports I enjoy.) άθλημα,σπορ
    3) (a good-natured and obliging person: He's a good sport to agree to do that for us!) καλόβολος άνθρωπος
    4) (fun; amusement: I only did it for sport.) αστείο,πλάκα
    2. verb
    (to wear, especially in public: He was sporting a pink tie.) φορώ,μοστράρω,κοτσάρω
    - sports
    - sports car
    - sports jacket
    - sportsman
    - sportswear
    - a sporting chance

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  • 15 Light

    subs.
    P. and V. φῶς, τό, Ar. and V. φέγγος, τό (also Plat. but rare P.), φάος, τό.
    Gleam: Ar. and V. σέλας, τό (also Plat. but rare P.), αὐγή, ἡ (also Plat. in sense of ray).
    Lamp: Ar. and P. λύχνος, ὁ.
    Concretely of persons or things, the light of, the glory of: V. ἄγαλμα, τό, φῶς, τό, φάος, τό; see Glory.
    See the light, live, v.:V. φῶς βλέπειν, φάος βλέπειν, or βλέπειν alone.
    As soon as it was light: P. and V. ἅμʼ ἡμέρᾳ, P. ἅμʼ ἔῳ.
    Light was beginning to break: P. ὑπέφαινέ τι ἡμέρας (Plat., Prot. 312A).
    Bringing light, adj.: Ar. and V. φωσφόρος.
    Bring to light, v.: P. and V. ἀναφαίνειν, εἰς μέσον φέρειν, P. πρὸς φῶς ἄγειν, εἰς τὸ φανερὸν ἄγειν; see Disclose.
    Come to light: P. and V. φαίνεσθαι, ἀναφαίνεσθαι, ἐκφαίνεσθαι (Plat.).
    Give a light: Ar. and P. φαίνειν (absol.).
    Shed light on, met.: P. and V. σαφηνίζειν (acc.) (Xen.), διασαφεῖν (acc.); see Explain.
    Shine on: P. καταλάμπειν (gen.) (Plat.).
    Stand in a person's light: P. and V. ἐμποδὼν εἶναι (dat.).
    In the light of: P. and V. ἐκ (gen.), ἀπό (gen.).
    Each of the former favours is viewed in the light of the final result: P. πρὸς τὸ τελευταῖον ἐκβὰν ἕκαστον τῶν προϋπαρξάντων κρίνεται (Dem. 12).
    Represent in a bad light: P. κακῶς εἰκάζειν περί (gen.) (Plat., Rep. 377E).
    ——————
    v. trans.
    Kindle: P. and V. ἅπτειν, ἀνάπτειν, ὑφάπτειν, κάειν, V. αἴθειν, ἀναίθειν, ὑπαίθειν, δαίειν, ἀνδαίειν, ἀναιθύσσειν, ἀνακάειν (Eur., Cycl.), ἐκκάειν.
    Have lighted: P. ἀνάπτεσθαι (Lys. 93).
    A lighted torch, subs.: Ar. δᾷς ἡμμένη.
    A lighted lamp: P. λύχνος ἡμμένος (Thuc. 4, 133).
    Give light to: Ar. and P. φαίνειν (dat.).
    Make bright, v.: V. φλέγειν.
    Fall: P. and V. πίπτειν, κατασκήπτειν.
    Light on, descend on: P. and V. κατασκήπτειν (εἰς, acc.).
    Envy is wont to light on things exalted: V. εἰς τἀπίσημα δʼ ὁ φθόνος πηδᾶν φίλεῖ (Eur., frag.).
    Light on, chance on: P. and V. ἐντυγχάνειν (dat.), τυγχάνειν (gen.), προσπίπτειν (dat.), Ar. and P. ἐπιτυγχάνειν (gen. or dat.), P. περιπίπτειν (dat.), Ar. and V. κυρεῖν (gen.), V. κιγχάνειν (acc. or gen.).
    Of events: see Befall.
    Settle on: see Settle.
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    adj.
    Ar. and P. φανός (Plat.),
    Of colour: P. and V. λαμπρός; see Bright.
    As opposed to heavy: P. and V. κοῦφος, ἐλαφρός.
    Easy to carry: V. εὐάγκαλος.
    Small, slight: P. and V. λεπτός.
    Active, nimble: P. and V. ἐλαφρός (Xen.), Ar. and V. κοῦφος, θοός, V. λαιψηρός.
    Light troops: see light-armed.
    Light conduct: P. and V. ὕβρις, ἡ.
    Not serious: P. and V. κοῦφος, ἐλαφρός.
    Easy: P. and V. ῥᾴδιος, εὐπετής (Plat.), εὔπορος, κοῦφος, ἐλαφρός, V. εὐμαρής.
    Make light of: P. and V. ῥᾳδίως φέρειν (acc.), Ar and V. φαύλως φέρειν (acc.), V. εὐπετῶς φέρειν (acc.) (Soph., frag.); see Disregard, Despise.
    Disparage: P. and V. διαβάλλειν ( acc).
    With a light heart: P. εὐχερῶς, P. and V. ῥᾳδίως.

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