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1 progress
1. ['prəuɡres, ]( American[) 'pro-] noun1) (movement forward; advance: the progress of civilization.) εξέλιξη2) (improvement: The students are making (good) progress.) πρόοδος2. [prə'ɡres] verb1) (to go forward: We had progressed only a few miles when the car broke down.) προχωρώ2) (to improve: Your French is progressing.) προοδεύω•3. noun(the progressive (tense) (also the continuous tense): The sentence `They were watching TV'. is in the progressive.) ο χρόνος διαρκείας- progressiveness
- in progress -
2 bottleneck
noun (a place where slowing down or stopping of traffic, progress etc occurs: a bottleneck caused by roadworks.) μποτιλιάρισμα -
3 deadlock
noun (a situation in which no further progress towards an agreement is possible: Talks between the two sides ended in deadlock.) πλήρες αδιέξοδο -
4 information
noun (facts told or knowledge gained or given: Can you give me any information about this writer?; the latest information on the progress of the war; He is full of interesting bits of information.) πληροφορίες -
5 millstone
1) (one of the two large, heavy stones used in an old-fashioned mill for grinding grain.) μυλόπετρα2) ((usually with round one's/the neck) something that is a heavy burden or responsibility, and prevents easy progress: He regarded his brother as a millstone round his neck.) βάρος -
6 setback
noun (a delay in progress.) αναποδιά -
7 stumbling-block
noun (a difficulty that prevents progress.) εμπόδιο -
8 block
[blok] 1. noun1) (a flat-sided mass of wood or stone etc: blocks of stone.) μεγάλο κομμάτι, ογκόλιθος2) (a piece of wood used for certain purposes: a chopping-block.) κούτσουρο3) (a connected group of houses, offices etc: a block of flats; an office block.) συγκρότημα, πολυκατοικία4) (a barrier: a road block.) μπλόκο, φράγμα, εμπόδιο5) ((especially American) a group of buildings bounded by four streets: a walk round the block.) (οικοδομικό) τετράγωνο2. verb(to make (progress) difficult or impossible: The crashed cars blocked the road.) φράζω- blockade3. verbThe ships blockaded the town.) αποκλείω- blockage- blocked
- block capital/letter
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9 career
[kə'riə] 1. noun1) (a way of making a living (usually professional): a career in publishing.) σταδιοδρομία2) (course; progress (through life): The present government is nearly at the end of its career.) θητεία2. verb(to move rapidly and dangerously: The brakes failed and the car careered down the hill.) ορμώ ανεξέλεγκτα -
10 chart
1. noun1) (a map of part of the sea.) ναυτιλιακός χάρτης2) (a table or diagram giving information: a weather chart.) χάρτης, (σχε)διάγραμμα2. verb1) (to make a chart of: He charted the Black Sea.) χαρτογραφώ2) (to make a table of information about: I'm charting our progress.) παριστάνω με σχεδιάγραμμα -
11 course
[ko:s]1) (a series (of lectures, medicines etc): I'm taking a course (of lectures) in sociology; He's having a course of treatment for his leg.) σειρά μαθημάτων2) (a division or part of a meal: Now we've had the soup, what's (for) the next course?) πιάτο3) (the ground over which a race is run or a game (especially golf) is played: a racecourse; a golf-course.) πίστα, στίβος4) (the path or direction in which something moves: the course of the Nile.) διάβα, ροή, πέρασμα5) (the progress or development of events: Things will run their normal course despite the strike.) πορεία6) (a way (of action): What's the best course of action in the circumstances?) τρόπος ενέργειας•- in due course
- of course
- off
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12 drag
[dræɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - dragged; verb1) (to pull, especially by force or roughly: She was dragged screaming from her car.) τραβώ2) (to pull (something) slowly (usually because heavy): He dragged the heavy table across the floor.) σέρνω3) (to (cause to) move along the ground: His coat was so long it dragged on the ground at the back.) σέρνομαι4) (to search (the bed of a lake etc) by using a net or hook: Police are dragging the canal to try to find the body.) ερευνώ το βυθό5) (to be slow-moving and boring: The evening dragged a bit.) τραβώ σε μάκρος2. noun1) (something which slows something down: He felt that his lack of education was a drag on his progress.) κώλυμα2) (an act of drawing in smoke from a cigarette etc: He took a long drag at his cigarette.) ρουφηξιά3) (something or someone that is dull and boring: Washing-up is a drag.) αγγαρεία4) (a slang word for women's clothes when worn by men.) (αργκό) γυναικείο ντύσιμο από άνδρες, ντύσιμο τραβεστί -
13 obstacle
['obstəkl](something which prevents progress: His inability to learn foreign languages was an obstacle to his career.) εμπόδιο -
14 reactionary
[-ʃə-]adjective, noun ((plural reactionaries) (a person) opposed to change and progress or favouring a return to things as they were.) αντιδραστικός -
15 romp
[romp] 1. verb1) (to play in a lively way, especially by running about, jumping etc: The children and their dog were romping about on the grass.) παίζω με κέφι2) (to progress quickly and easily: Some people find these problems difficult but he just romps through them.) αντεπεξέρχομαι με άνεση2. noun(the act of romping: The children had a romp in the grass.) κεφάτο παιχνίδι -
16 speed
[spi:d] 1. noun1) (rate of moving: a slow speed; The car was travelling at high speed.) ταχύτητα2) (quickness of moving.) ταχύτητα,γρηγοράδα2. verb1) ((past tense, past participles sped [sped] speeded) to (cause to) move or progress quickly; to hurry: The car sped/speeded along the motorway.) τρέχω,σπεύδω2) ((past tense, past participle speeded) to drive very fast in a car etc, faster than is allowed by law: The policeman said that I had been speeding.) τρέχω με υπερβολική ταχύτητα•- speeding- speedy
- speedily
- speediness
- speed bump
- speed trap
- speedometer
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17 step
[step] 1. noun1) (one movement of the foot in walking, running, dancing etc: He took a step forward; walking with hurried steps.) βήμα2) (the distance covered by this: He moved a step or two nearer; The restaurant is only a step (= a short distance) away.) βήμα3) (the sound made by someone walking etc: I heard (foot) steps.) βήμα,βηματισμός4) (a particular movement with the feet, eg in dancing: The dance has some complicated steps.) βήμα(χορού)5) (a flat surface, or one flat surface in a series, eg on a stair or stepladder, on which to place the feet or foot in moving up or down: A flight of steps led down to the cellar; Mind the step!; She was sitting on the doorstep.) σκαλί6) (a stage in progress, development etc: Mankind made a big step forward with the invention of the wheel; His present job is a step up from his previous one.) βήμα/σκαλί7) (an action or move (towards accomplishing an aim etc): That would be a foolish/sensible step to take; I shall take steps to prevent this happening again.) ενέργεια,μέτρο2. verb(to make a step, or to walk: He opened the door and stepped out; She stepped briskly along the road.) βαδίζω,βηματίζω- steps- stepladder
- stepping-stones
- in
- out of step
- step aside
- step by step
- step in
- step out
- step up
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18 stick
I [stik] past tense, past participle - stuck; verb1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) χώνω,μπήγω2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) είμαι καρφωμένος/μπηγμένος3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.) κολλώ4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.) χώνομαι,μαγκώνω,φρακάρω,κολλώ•- sticker- sticky
- stickily
- stickiness
- sticking-plaster
- stick-in-the-mud
- come to a sticky end
- stick at
- stick by
- stick it out
- stick out
- stick one's neck out
- stick to/with
- stick together
- stick up for II [stik] noun1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) ξυλαράκι2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) ραβδί,μπαστούνι3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) κλαδί, ματσούκι•- get hold of the wrong end of the stick- get the wrong end of the stick
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