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take someone's word for it

  • 1 take someone's word for it

    (to assume that what someone says is correct (without checking).) βασίζομαι στα λόγια κάποιου

    English-Greek dictionary > take someone's word for it

  • 2 word

    [wə:d] 1. noun
    1) (the smallest unit of language (whether written, spoken or read).) λέξη
    2) (a (brief) conversation: I'd like a (quick) word with you in my office.) κουβέντα
    3) (news: When you get there, send word that you've arrived safely.) είδηση, μήνυμα
    4) (a solemn promise: He gave her his word that it would never happen again.) υπόσχεση, λόγος
    2. verb
    (to express in written or spoken language: How are you going to word the letter so that it doesn't seem rude?) διατυπώνω
    - word processor
    - word processing
    - word-perfect
    - by word of mouth
    - get a word in edgeways
    - in a word
    - keep
    - break one's word
    - take someone at his word
    - take at his word
    - take someone's word for it
    - word for word

    English-Greek dictionary > word

  • 3 place

    [pleis] 1. noun
    1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) τόπος,μέρος,τοποθεσία
    2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) χώρος
    3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) μέρος
    4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) θέση
    5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) θέση
    6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) θέση
    7) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) θέση
    8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) θέση,αρμοδιότητα
    9) (a job or position in a team, organization etc: He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff.) θέση,πόστο(εργασίας,ομάδας)
    10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) σπίτι
    11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) οδός
    12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) θέση
    2. verb
    1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) τοποθετώ
    2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) θυμάμαι,αναγνωρίζω
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    - go places
    - in the first
    - second place
    - in place
    - in place of
    - out of place
    - put oneself in someone else's place
    - put someone in his place
    - put in his place
    - take place
    - take the place of

    English-Greek dictionary > place

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  • take someone's word for it — believe, accept what someone says without doubting them …   English contemporary dictionary

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