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polish off

  • 1 polish off

    (to finish: She polished off the last of the ice-cream.) αποτελειώνω

    English-Greek dictionary > polish off

  • 2 polish

    ['poliʃ] 1. verb
    1) (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing: She polished her shoes.) γυαλίζω,λουστράρω
    2) ((especially with up) to improve: Polish up your English!) φρεσκάρω
    2. noun
    1) (smoothness and shininess: There's a wonderful polish on this old wood.) γυαλάδα,λούστρο
    2) (a kind of liquid, or other substance used to make something shiny: furniture polish; silver polish.) βερνίκι
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    - polish off

    English-Greek dictionary > polish

  • 3 brown

    1. adjective
    1) (of a dark colour between red and yellow: brown paint; Her eyes are brown.) καφέ, καφετής, φαιός
    2) (suntanned: She was very brown after her holiday in Greece.) μαυρισμένος
    2. noun
    1) ((any shade of) a colour similar to toasted bread, tanned skin, coffee etc.) καστανό, καφέ (χρώμα)
    2) (something (eg paint, polish etc) brown in colour: I prefer the brown to the green.) καφέ (χρώματος)
    3. verb
    (to make or become brown.) ροδίζω, καβουρντίζομαι

    English-Greek dictionary > brown

  • 4 finish

    ['finiʃ] 1. verb
    1) (to bring or come to an end: She's finished her work; The music finished.) τελειώνω
    2) (to use, eat, drink etc the last of: Have you finished your tea?) τελειώνω
    2. noun
    1) (the last touch (of paint, polish etc) that makes the work perfect: The wood has a beautiful finish.) τελείωμα,φινίρισμα
    2) (the last part (of a race etc): It was a close finish.) τερματισμός
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    - finish off
    - finish up

    English-Greek dictionary > finish

  • 5 Rub

    v. trans.
    P. and V. τρίβειν.
    Smear: Ar. and P. ἀλείφειν, P. ἐπαλείφειν, Ar. παραλείφειν, V. χρίειν, προχρίειν; see Anoint.
    Rubagainst... rubbing flint against flint I produced with pain a dim spark: V. ἀλλʼ ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφηνʼ ἄφαντον φῶς (Soph., Phil. 296).
    Rub away: P. and V. τρίβειν, Ar. and P. κατατρίβειν.
    Rub down ( as a horse): Ar. and P. καταψῆν (Xen.), P. and V. ψήχειν (Xen. also Ar.), V. καταψήχειν, κτενίζειν.
    Rub off: Ar. and V. ἀποψῆν; see wipe away.
    Rub out: P. and V. ἐξαλείφειν, P. ἀπαλείφειν.
    Erase: P. ἐκκολάπτειν; see Erase.
    Hard to rub out, adj.: P. δυσέκνιπτος, V. δύσνιπτος.
    Rub up, polish: P. λαμπρύνεσθαι (Xen.).
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    subs.
    Rubbing: P. τρῖψις, ἡ.
    met., difficulty: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ; see Difficulty.

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

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