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1 migrate
1) ((of certain birds and animals) to travel from one region to another at certain times of the year: Many birds migrate in the early winter.) αποδημώ2) ((of people) to change one's home to another country or (regularly) from place to place: The Gothic peoples who overwhelmed the Roman Empire migrated from the East.) μεταναστεύω•- migrant
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2 overwhelm
[əuvə'welm](to defeat or overcome: He was overwhelmed with work/grief.) κατακλύζω,συντρίβω,τσακίζω -
3 prostrate
1. ['prostreit] adjective1) (lying flat, especially face downwards.) πρηνής,(πεσμένος)μπρούμυτα2) (completely exhausted or overwhelmed: prostrate with grief.) τσακισμένος,εξαντλημένος2. [prə'streit] verb1) (to throw (oneself) flat on the floor, especially in respect or reverence: They prostrated themselves before the emperor.) (αυτοπαθές)πέφτω μπρούμυτα2) (to exhaust or overwhelm: prostrated by the long journey.) εξαντλώ•
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