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  • 1 help

    [help] 1. verb
    1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) βοηθώ
    2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) διευκολύνω
    3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) καλυτερεύω
    4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) εξυπηρετώ
    5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) δεν μπορώ να κάνω τίποτα
    2. noun
    1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) βοήθεια
    2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) βοήθεια
    3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) βοηθός
    4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) τρόπος αποφυγής,θεραπεία
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    - helpful
    - helpfully
    - helpfulness
    - helping
    - helpless
    - helplessly
    - helplessness
    - help oneself
    - help out

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  • 2 use

    I [ju:z] verb
    1) (to employ (something) for a purpose: What did you use to open the can?; Use your common sense!) χρησιμοποιώ
    2) (to consume: We're using far too much electricity.) καταναλώνω
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    - used
    - user
    - user-friendly
    - user guide
    - be used to something
    - be used to
    - used to     II [ju:s]
    1) (the act of using or state of being used: The use of force to persuade workers to join a strike cannot be justified; This telephone number is for use in emergencies.) χρήση, χρησιμοποίηση
    2) (the/a purpose for which something may be used: This little knife has plenty of uses; I have no further use for these clothes.) χρήση, χρησιμότητα
    3) ((often in questions or with negatives) value or advantage: Is this coat (of) any use to you?; It's no use offering to help when it's too late.) αξία, όφελος, χρησιμότητα
    4) (the power of using: She lost the use of her right arm as a result of the accident.) χρήση, ικανότητα χρήσης
    5) (permission, or the right, to use: They let us have the use of their car while they were away.) χρήση, δικαίωμα χρήσης
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    - usefulness
    - usefully
    - useless
    - be in use
    - out of use
    - come in useful
    - have no use for
    - it's no use
    - make good use of
    - make use of
    - put to good use
    - put to use

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  • 3 tip

    I 1. [tip] noun
    (the small or thin end, point or top of something: the tips of my fingers.) άκρη
    2. verb
    (to put, or form, a tip on: The spear was tipped with an iron point.) καλύπτω κλπ στην άκρη
    - tip-top
    - be on the tip of one's tongue     II 1. [tip] past tense, past participle - tipped; verb
    1) (to (make something) slant: The boat tipped to one side.) γέρνω
    2) (to empty (something) from a container, or remove (something) from a surface, with this kind of motion: He tipped the water out of the bucket.) χύνω
    3) (to dump (rubbish): People have been tipping their rubbish in this field.) πετώ
    2. noun
    (a place where rubbish is thrown: a refuse/rubbish tip.) σκουπιδότοπος
    III 1. [tip] noun
    (a gift of money given to a waiter etc, for personal service: I gave him a generous tip.) φιλοδώρημα
    2. verb
    (to give such a gift to.) δίνω φιλοδώρημα
    IV [tip] noun
    (a piece of useful information; a hint: He gave me some good tips on/about gardening.) πληροφορία,συμβουλή

    English-Greek dictionary > tip

  • 4 connection

    [-ʃən]
    1) (something that connects or is connected: a faulty electrical connection.) σύνδεση
    2) ((a) state of being connected or related: My connection with their family is very slight; I wish to talk to you in connection with my daughter's career.) σχέση
    3) (a useful person whom one can contact, especially in business: his connections in the clothing trade.) σύνδεσμος
    4) (a train, bus etc to which one changes from another in the course of a journey: As the local train was late, I missed the connection to London.) ανταπόκριση

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  • 5 improve on

    (to produce something which is better, more useful etc than: I think I can improve on that suggestion.) βελτιώνω/αποτελώ βελτιωμένη έκδοση

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  • 6 practical

    ['præktikəl]
    1) (concerned with the doing of something: practical difficulties; His knowledge is practical rather than theoretical.) πρακτκός,εμπειρικός
    2) ((of a thing, idea etc) useful; effective: You must try to find a practical answer to the problem.) πρακτικός
    3) ((negative unpractical) (of a person) able to do or deal with things well or efficiently: He can look after himself - he's a very practical child.) πρακτικός
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    - practically
    - practical joke

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  • 7 utilise

    (to find a useful purpose for (something): The extra money is being utilized to buy books for the school library.)
    - utilisation

    English-Greek dictionary > utilise

  • 8 utilize

    (to find a useful purpose for (something): The extra money is being utilized to buy books for the school library.)
    - utilisation

    English-Greek dictionary > utilize

  • 9 waste

    [weist] 1. verb
    (to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) σπαταλώ, χαραμίζω
    2. noun
    1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) απορρίματα, απόβλητα
    2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) σπατάλη, άδικο χάσιμο
    3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) έρημη έκταση
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    - wasteful
    - wastefully
    - wastefulness
    - waste paper
    - wastepaper basket
    - waste pipe
    - waste away

    English-Greek dictionary > waste

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