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21 hit
[hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) χτυπώ2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) χτυπώ3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) πλήττω4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) βρίσκω,πιάνω2. noun1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) χτύπημα2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) εύστοχο χτύπημα,επιτυχία3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) επιτυχία,σουξέ•- hit-or-miss
- hit back
- hit below the belt
- hit it off
- hit on
- hit out
- make a hit with -
22 hold one's own
(to be as successful in a fight, argument etc as one's opponent: His opponents tried to prove his arguments wrong but he managed to hold his own.) τα βγάζω πέρα -
23 hopeful
1) ((negative unhopeful) full of hope: The police are hopeful that they will soon find the killer; hopeful faces; He is hopeful of success.) αισιόδοξος2) (giving a reason or encouragement for hope: That's a hopeful sign - perhaps he is going to change his mind after all.) ελπιδοφόρος3) (likely to be pleasant, successful etc: The future looks quite hopeful.) αίσιος -
24 hopeless
1) (not likely to be successful: It's hopeless to try to persuade him; a hopeless attempt; The future looks hopeless.) απελπιστικός,απεγνωσμένος,μάταιος2) ((with at) not good: I'm a hopeless housewife; He's hopeless at French.) ανεπίδεκτος μαθήσεως, σκράπας3) (unable to be stopped, cured etc: The doctors considered the patient's case hopeless; He's a hopeless liar/idiot.) απελπιστικός,ανίατος,αδιόρθωτος -
25 in brief
(in a few words: In brief, we have been successful.) εν ολίγοις -
26 infallible
[in'fæləbl]1) ((of a person or his judgement etc) never making a mistake.) αλάνθαστος2) ((of a remedy etc) always successful: infallible cures.) σίγουρος•- infallibly -
27 largely
adverb (mainly; to a great extent: This success was largely due to her efforts; Our methods have been largely successful.) σε μεγάλο βαθμό, ως επί το πλείστον -
28 make good
1) (to be successful: Through hard work and ability, he soon made good.) πετυχαίνω, κάνω προκοπή2) (to repair or compensate for (loss, damages etc): The damage you caused to my car must be made good.) αποζημιώνω -
29 make it
(to be successful: After twenty years, we've finally made it.) πετυχαίνω -
30 make the best of it
(to do all one can to turn a failure etc into something successful: She is disappointed at not getting into university but she'll just have to make the best of it and find a job.) ανταπεξέρχομαι όσο καλύτερα μπορώ -
31 on the whole
(taking everything into consideration: Our trip was successful on the whole.) γενικά -
32 potential
[pə'tenʃəl] 1. adjective(possible; that may develop into the thing mentioned: That hole in the road is a potential danger.) πιθανός,ενδεχόμενος2. noun(the possibility, or likelihood, of successful development (in a particular way): The land has great farming potential; He shows potential as a teacher.) -
33 prosperous
adjective (successful, especially in business: a prosperous businessman.) πετυχημένος,ευκατάστατος -
34 result
1. noun1) (anything which is due to something already done: His deafness is the result of a car accident; He went deaf as a result of an accident; He tried a new method, with excellent results; He tried again, but without result.) αποτέλεσμα2) (the answer to a sum etc: Add all these figures and tell me the result.) αποτέλεσμα3) (the final score: What was the result of Saturday's match?) αποτέλεσμα4) ((often in plural) the list of people who have been successful in a competition, of subjects a person has passed or failed in an examination etc: He had very good exam results; The results will be published next week.) αποτελέσματα2. verb1) ((often with from) to be caused (by something): We will pay for any damage which results (from our experiments).) προκύπτω2) ((with in) to cause or have as a result: The match resulted in a draw.) καταλήγω -
35 revolution
[revə'lu:ʃən] 1. noun1) ((the act of making) a successful, violent attempt to change or remove a government etc: the American Revolution.) επανάσταση2) (a complete change in ideas, methods etc: There's been a complete revolution in the way things are done in this office.) επανάσταση3) (a complete circle or turn round a central point, axis etc (eg as made by a record turning on a record-player, or the Earth moving on its axis or round the Sun).) περιστροφή•2. noun(a person who takes part in, or is in favour of, (a) revolution.) επαναστάτης- revolutionise -
36 so far
1) (until now: So far we have been quite successful.) μέχρι τώρα2) (up to a certain point: We can get so far but no further without more help.) ως ένα σημείο -
37 star turn
(the most successful or spectacular performance or item (in a show etc): The acrobats were the star turn of the evening.) το κυριότερο νούμερο -
38 start from scratch
(to start (an activity etc) from nothing, from the very beginning, or without preparation: He now has a very successful business but he started from scratch.) αρχίζω από το μηδέν -
39 succeed
[sək'si:d]1) (to manage to do what one is trying to do; to achieve one's aim or purpose: He succeeded in persuading her to do it; He's happy to have succeeded in his chosen career; She tried three times to pass her driving-test, and at last succeeded; Our new teaching methods seem to be succeeding.) πετυχαίνω(προκόβω/καταφέρνω)2) (to follow next in order, and take the place of someone or something else: He succeeded his father as manager of the firm / as king; The cold summer was succeeded by a stormy autumn; If the duke has no children, who will succeed to (= inherit) his property?) διαδέχομαι•- success- successful
- successfully
- succession
- successive
- successively
- successor
- in succession -
40 sweep the board
(to be very successful; to win all the prizes.) `σαρώνω` όλα τα βραβεία
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