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  • 1 strange

    [strein‹]
    1) (not known, seen etc before; unfamiliar or foreign: What would you do if you found a strange man in your house?; Whenever you're in a strange country, you should take the opportunity of learning the language.) ξένος,άγνωστος
    2) (unusual, odd or queer: She had a strange look on her face; a strange noise.) παράξενος,ασυνήθιστος
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    - strangeness
    - stranger
    - strange to say/tell/relate
    - strangely enough

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  • 2 seize

    [si:z]
    1) (to take or grasp suddenly, especially by force: She seized the gun from him; He seized her by the arm; He seized the opportunity of leaving.) αρπάζω
    2) (to take, especially by force or by law: The police seized the stolen property.) κατάσχω
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    - seize on
    - seize up

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  • 3 watch

    [wo ] 1. noun
    1) (a small instrument for telling the time by, worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket of a waistcoat etc: He wears a gold watch; a wrist-watch.) ρολόι (χεριού, τσέπης)
    2) (a period of standing guard during the night: I'll take the watch from two o'clock till six.) σκοπιά
    3) (in the navy etc, a group of officers and men who are on duty at a given time: The night watch come(s) on duty soon.) βάρδια, σκοπιά
    2. verb
    1) (to look at (someone or something): He was watching her carefully; He is watching television.) παρακολουθώ
    2) (to keep a lookout (for): They've gone to watch for the ship coming in; Could you watch for the postman?) προσέχω μη φανεί
    3) (to be careful of (someone or something): Watch (that) you don't fall off!; Watch him! He's dangerous.) προσέχω, φυλάγομαι από
    4) (to guard or take care of: Watch the prisoner and make sure he doesn't escape; Please watch the baby while I go shopping.) προσέχω, επιβλέπω
    5) (to wait for (a chance, opportunity etc): Watch your chance, and then run.) καιροφυλαχτώ
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    - watchful
    - watchfully
    - watchfulness
    - watchdog
    - watchmaker
    - watchman
    - watchtower
    - watchword
    - keep watch
    - watch one's step
    - watch out
    - watch over

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  • 4 Time

    subs.
    Time of day: P. and V. ὥρα, ἡ; hour.
    What time is it? Ar. and P. πηνίκα ἐστί;
    About what time died he? Ar. πηνίκʼ ἄττʼ ἀπώλετο; (Av. 1514).
    Generally; P. and V. χρόνος, ὁ, V. ἡμέρα, ἡ.
    Time of life: Ar. and P. ἡλικία, ἡ, V. αἰών, ὁ.
    Occasion: P. and V. καιρός, ὁ.
    Generation: P. and V. αἰών, ὁ, Ar. and P. ἡλικία, ἡ.
    Time for: P. and V. ὥρα, ἡ (gen. or infin.), καιρός, ὁ (gen. or infin.), ἀκμή, ἡ (gen. or infin.).
    Delay: P. and V. μονή, ἡ, τριβή, ἡ, διατριβή, ἡ; see Delay.
    Leisure: P. and V. σχολή, ἡ.
    Want of time: P. ἀσχολία, ἡ.
    There is time, opportunity, v.: P. ἐγχωρεῖ.
    It is open: P. and V. παρέχει, ἔξεστι, πάρεστι.
    After a time, after an interval: P. and V. διὰ χρόνου.
    Eventually: P. and V. χρόνῳ, V. χρόνῳ ποτέ, σὺν χρόνῳ, ἐν χρόνῳ. See
    ing my friend after a long time: V. χρόνιον εἰσιδὼν φίλον (Eur., Cr. 475).
    As time went on: P. χρόνου ἐπιγιγνομένου (Thuc. 1, 126).
    At another time: P. and V. ἄλλοτε.
    At times, sometimes: P. and V. ἐνίοτε (Eur., Hel. 1213), V. ἔσθʼ ὅτε, P. ἔστιν ὅτε.
    At one time: see Once.
    At one time... at another: P. and V. τότε... ἄλλοτε, Ar. and P. τότε μέν... τότε δέ, ποτὲ μεν... ποτὲ δέ.
    At the present time: P. and V. νῦν; see Now.
    At some time or other: P. and V. ποτε ( enclitic).
    At times I would have ( food) for the day, at others not: V. ποτὲ μὲν ἐπʼ ἦμαρ εἶχον, εἶτʼ οὐκ εἶχον ἄν (Eur., Phoen. 401).
    At the time of: P. παρά (acc.).
    To enforce the punishment due by law at the time of the commission of the offences: P. ταῖς ἐκ τῶν νόμων τιμωρίαις παρʼ αὐτὰ τἀδικήματα χρῆσθαι (Dem. 229).
    At that time: see Then.
    At what time? P. and V. πότε;
    At what hour? Ar. and P. πηνίκα; indirect, Ar. and P. ὅποτε, P. and V. ὁπηνίκα.
    For a time: P. and V. τέως.
    For all time: P. and V. ἀεί, διὰ τέλους; see for ever, under Over.
    For the third time: P. and V. τρίτον, P. τὸ τρίτον.
    From time immemorial: P. ἐκ παλαιτάτου.
    From time to time: P. and V. ἀεί.
    Have time, v.: P. and V. σχολάζειν, σχολὴν ἔχειν.
    In time, after a time: P. and V. διὰ χρόνου, χρόνῳ, V. χρόνῳ ποτέ, σὺν χρόνῳ, ἐν χρόνῳ.
    At the right moment: P. and V. καιρῷ, ἐν καιρῷ, εἰς καιρὸν, καιρίως (Xen.), εἰς δέον, ἐν τῷ δέοντι, ἐν καλῷ, εἰς καλόν, V. πρὸς καιρόν, πρὸς τὸ καίριον, ἐν δέοντι; see Seasonably.
    They wanted to get the work done in time: P. ἐβούλοντο φθῆναι ἐξεργασάμενοι (Thuc. 8, 92).
    In the time of: Ar. and P. ἐπί (gen.).
    Lose time, v.: see waste time.
    Save time: use P. and V. θάσσων εἶναι ( be quicker).
    Take time, be long: P. and V. χρονίζειν, χρόνιος εἶναι,
    involve delay: use P. μέλλησιν ἔχειν.
    It will take time: P. χρόνος ἐνέσται.
    To another time, put off to another time: P. and V. εἰς αὖθις ἀποτίθεσθαι.
    Waste time, v.: P. and V. μέλλειν, χρονίζειν,σχολάζειν,τρίβειν, βραδύνειν, Ar. and P. διατρίβειν: see Delay.
    Times, the present: P. and V. τὰ νῦν, P. τὰ νῦν καθεστῶτα.
    Many times: P. and V. πολλάκις.
    Three times: P. and V. τρίς.
    A thousand times wiser: V. μυρίῳ σοφώτερος (Eur., And. 701); see under thousand.
    How many times as much? adj.: P. ποσαπλάσιος; four times as much: P. τετραπλάσιος, τετράκις τοσοῦτος (Plat., Men. 83B).
    Four times four are sixteen: P. τεττάρων τετράκις ἐστὶν ἑκκαίδεκα (Plat., Men. 83C).
    How many feet are three times three? τρεῖς τρὶς πόσοι εἰσὶ πόδες; (Plat., Men. 83E).
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    subs.
    Rhythm: P. and V. ῥυθμός, ὁ.
    Keeping time, adj.: Ar. and P. εὔρυθμος.
    Give the time ( to rowers), v.: P. κελεύειν (dat.).
    One who gives the time ( to rowers): P. and V. κελευστής, ὁ.
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    v. trans.
    Arrange P. and V. τίθεσθαι.
    Measure: P. and V. μετρεῖν.
    Well-timed, adj.: see Timely.
    Ill-timed: P. and V. ἄκαιρος.

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

  • 5 exercise

    1. noun
    1) (training or use (especially of the body) through action or effort: Swimming is one of the healthiest forms of exercise; Take more exercise.) άσκηση
    2) (an activity intended as training: ballet exercises; spelling exercises.) άσκηση
    3) (a series of tasks, movements etc for training troops etc: His battalion is on an exercise in the mountains.) άσκηση, (πληθ.) γυμνάσια
    2. verb
    1) (to train or give exercise to: Dogs should be exercised frequently; I exercise every morning.) (εξ)ασκώ,-ούμαι
    2) (to use; to make use of: She was given the opportunity to exercise her skill as a pianist.) εξασκώ

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  • 6 grasp

    1. verb
    1) (to take hold of especially by putting one's fingers or arm(s) round: He grasped the rope; He grasped the opportunity to ask for a higher salary.) αρπάζω, δράττω
    2) (to understand: I can't grasp what he's getting at.) αντιλαμβάνομαι
    2. noun
    1) (a grip with one's hand etc: Have you got a good grasp on that rope?) σφιχτό πιάσιμο
    2) (the ability to understand: His ideas are quite beyond my grasp.) αντίληψη
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  • 7 make the most of (something)

    (to take advantage of (an opportunity etc) to the greatest possible extent: You'll only get one chance, so you'd better make the most of it!) εκμεταλλεύομαι στο έπακρο,αξιοποιώ πλήρως

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  • 8 make the most of (something)

    (to take advantage of (an opportunity etc) to the greatest possible extent: You'll only get one chance, so you'd better make the most of it!) εκμεταλλεύομαι στο έπακρο,αξιοποιώ πλήρως

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  • 9 miss

    [mis] 1. verb
    1) (to fail to hit, catch etc: The arrow missed the target.) αστοχώ,δεν πετυχαίνω
    2) (to fail to arrive in time for: He missed the 8 o'clock train.) χάνω,δεν προλαβαίνω
    3) (to fail to take advantage of: You've missed your opportunity.) χάνω
    4) (to feel sad because of the absence of: You'll miss your friends when you go to live abroad.) νοσταλγώ,αναζητώ,μου λείπει
    5) (to notice the absence of: I didn't miss my purse till several hours after I'd dropped it.) αναζητώ, αντιλαμβάνομαι απώλεια
    6) (to fail to hear or see: He missed what you said because he wasn't listening.) χάνω,δεν καταφέρνω ν'ακούσω ή να δω
    7) (to fail to go to: I'll have to miss my lesson next week, as I'm going to the dentist.) χάνω ραντεβού
    8) (to fail to meet: We missed you in the crowd.) χάνω
    9) (to avoid: The thief only just missed being caught by the police.) γλιτώνω,αποφεύγω
    10) ((of an engine) to misfire.) δεν παίρνω μπρος
    2. noun
    (a failure to hit, catch etc: two hits and two misses.) αποτυχία
    - go missing
    - miss out
    - miss the boat

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  • 10 snatch

    [snæ ] 1. verb
    1) (to (try to) seize or grab suddenly: The monkey snatched the biscuit out of my hand.) αρπάζω,βουτώ
    2) (to take quickly, when one has time or the opportunity: She managed to snatch an hour's sleep.) αρπάζω,παίρνω στα κλεφτά
    2. noun
    1) (an attempt to seize: The thief made a snatch at her handbag.) απότομη κίνηση για να αρπάξω
    2) (a short piece or extract eg from music, conversation etc: a snatch of conversation.) απόσπασμα,κομμάτι

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  • 11 Field

    subs.
    P. and V. ἀγρός, ὁ, γῆ, ἡ, Ar. and V. ἄρουρα, ἡ (also Plat. but rare P.), γύαι, αἱ; see Land.
    Meadow: P. and V. λειμών, ὁ; see Meadow.
    Field of battle. — Conquer in the field: P. and V. μάχῃ κρατεῖν.
    Take the field, v.: P. and V. στρατεύειν (or mid.), ἐπιστρατεύειν (or mid.), P. ἐκστρατεύειν (or mid.); see Campaign.
    Service in the field: P. and V. στρατεία, ἡ.
    In the field: P. ἐπὶ στρατείας, Ar. ἐπὶ στρατίας.
    met., as soon as we enter the field ( as claimants in a suit): P. ἐπειδὴ ἡμεῖς... ἥκομεν εἰς τὸ μέσον (Dem. 1088).
    Opportunity for enterprise: P. and V. καιρός, ὁ, ἀγών, ὁ, ἀφορμή, ἡ.
    A good field for: P. εὐπορία, ἡ (gen.).
    The orators who delight us by their words will have a field for display in other less important cases: P. οἱ τέρποντες λόγῳ ῥήτορες ἕξουσι καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις ἐλάσσοσιν ἀγῶνα (Thuc. 40).

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  • 12 Handle

    subs.
    P. and V. λαβή, ἡ.
    Handle of a sword: V. κώπη, ἡ.
    Handle of a shield: Ar. and V. πόρπαξ, ὁ.
    met., opportunity (for attack, etc.): P. ἀντιλαβή, ἡ, P. and V. λαβή, ἡ, or pl ἀφορμή, ἡ, or pl.
    A handle for gossip: V. ἀφορμαί λόγων (Eur., Phoen. 199).
    With two handles ( of a jar), adj.: P. δίωτος, V. ἀμφίστομος.
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    v. trans.
    Touch: P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), V. θιγγάνειν (gen.) (also Xen. but rare P.), ψαύειν (gen.) (rare P.), ἐπιψαύειν (gen.), προσθιγγάνειν (gen.), προσψαύειν (absol.), ποτιψαύειν (absol.).
    Take in hand: Ar. and P. μεταχειρίζειν (or mid.), P. and V. ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐπιχειρεῖν (dat.).
    Manage: P. and V. οἰκεῖν, Ar. and P. διοικεῖν, ταμιεύειν, P. διαχειρίζειν.
    Treat: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.), P. διατιθέναι, Ar. and P. μεταχειρίζειν (or mid.).

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