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  • 1 peep

    I 1. [pi:p] verb
    1) (to look through a narrow opening or from behind something: She peeped through the window.) κρυφοκοιτάζω,κάνω μάτι
    2) (to look quickly and in secret: He peeped at the answers at the back of the book.) κρυφοκοιτάζω
    2. noun
    (a quick look (usually in secret): She took a peep at the visitor.) γρήγορη ματιά,ματιά στα κρυφά
    II 1. [pi:p] verb
    (to make a high pitched sound: The car horns were peeping.) τσιρίζω
    2. noun
    (such a sound: the peep of a car horn.) τσίριγμα

    English-Greek dictionary > peep

  • 2 Shelter

    subs.
    P. σκέπη, ἡ (Plat.), σκέπασμα, τό (Plat.).
    I have a secure shelter in this rock: V. ἐν τῇδε πέτρᾳ στέγνʼ ἔχω σκηνώματα (Eur., Cycl. 324).
    Want of shelter: P. τὸ ἀστέγαστον.
    A shelter for the purple fishers: V. πορφυρευτικαὶ στέγαι (Eur., I.T. 263).
    Protection: P. and V. φυλακή, ἡ, σωτηρία, ἡ.
    Shelter from: P. and V. πρόβλημα, τό (gen.), V. ἔρυμα, τό (gen.), ῥύμα, τό (gen.), ἔπαλξις, ἡ (gen.), ἀλκή, ἡ προβολή, ἡ (gen.).
    Place of refuge: P. and V. καταφυγή, ἡ, ἀποστροφή, ἡ, V. πύργον, ὁ.
    Fly for shelter, v.: P. and V. καταφεύγειν.
    Place to lodge: P. and V. κατάλυσις, ἡ, V. ξενόστασις, ἡ.
    met., take shelter behind: P. προβάλλεσθαί, τι, προτείνεσθαί, τι (lit., put something before as an excuse).
    Under shelter of: see under cover of, under Cover.
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    v. trans.
    P. σκεπάζειν (Xen.), P. and V. στέγειν (Xen.).
    Protect: P. and V. φυλάσσειν, διαφυλάσσειν; see Protect.
    Shelter oneself behind: see take shelter behind, under Shelter.

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

  • 3 back

    [bæk] 1. noun
    1) (in man, the part of the body from the neck to the bottom of the spine: She lay on her back.) πλάτη
    2) (in animals, the upper part of the body: She put the saddle on the horse's back.) ράχη
    3) (that part of anything opposite to or furthest from the front: the back of the house; She sat at the back of the hall.) πίσω μέρος
    4) (in football, hockey etc a player who plays behind the forwards.) οπισθοφύλακας
    2. adjective
    (of or at the back: the back door.) πίσω
    3. adverb
    1) (to, or at, the place or person from which a person or thing came: I went back to the shop; He gave the car back to its owner.) πίσω
    2) (away (from something); not near (something): Move back! Let the ambulance get to the injured man; Keep back from me or I'll hit you!) μακριά
    3) (towards the back (of something): Sit back in your chair.) προς τα πίσω
    4) (in return; in response to: When the teacher is scolding you, don't answer back.) αντι(μιλώ)
    5) (to, or in, the past: Think back to your childhood.) στο παρελθόν
    4. verb
    1) (to (cause to) move backwards: He backed (his car) out of the garage.) κάνω όπισθεν
    2) (to help or support: Will you back me against the others?) υποστηρίζω
    3) (to bet or gamble on: I backed your horse to win.) στοιχηματίζω
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    - backbite
    - backbiting
    - backbone
    - backbreaking
    - backdate
    - backfire
    - background
    - backhand     5. adverb
    (using backhand: She played the stroke backhand; She writes backhand.) ανάποδα
    - back-number
    - backpack
    - backpacking: go backpacking
    - backpacker
    - backside
    - backslash
    - backstroke
    - backup
    - backwash
    - backwater
    - backyard
    - back down
    - back of
    - back on to
    - back out
    - back up
    - have one's back to the wall
    - put someone's back up
    - take a back seat

    English-Greek dictionary > back

  • 4 leave

    I [li:v] past tense, past participle - left; verb
    1) (to go away or depart from, often without intending to return: He left the room for a moment; They left at about six o'clock; I have left that job.) φεύγω (από)
    2) (to go without taking: She left her gloves in the car; He left his children behind when he went to France.) ξεχνώ να πάρω, αφήνω (φεύγοντας)
    3) (to allow to remain in a particular state or condition: She left the job half-finished.) αφήνω, παρατώ
    4) (to let (a person or a thing) do something without being helped or attended to: I'll leave the meat to cook for a while.) αφήνω
    5) (to allow to remain for someone to do, make etc: Leave that job to the experts!) αφήνω, εμπιστεύομαι, αναθέτω
    6) (to make a gift of in one's will: She left all her property to her son.) αφήνω κληρονομιά
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    - leave out
    - left over     II [li:v] noun
    1) (permission to do something, eg to be absent: Have I your leave to go?) άδεια, έγκριση
    2) ((especially of soldiers, sailors etc) a holiday: He is home on leave at the moment.) άδεια, (απουσίας, διακοπών)
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    - take one's leave of
    - take one's leave

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  • 5 time

    1. noun
    1) (the hour of the day: What time is it?; Can your child tell the time yet?) ώρα
    2) (the passage of days, years, events etc: time and space; Time will tell.) χρόνος
    3) (a point at which, or period during which, something happens: at the time of his wedding; breakfast-time.) καιρός, ώρα
    4) (the quantity of minutes, hours, days etc, eg spent in, or available for, a particular activity etc: This won't take much time to do; I enjoyed the time I spent in Paris; At the end of the exam, the supervisor called `Your time is up!') (διαθέσιμος) χρόνος
    5) (a suitable moment or period: Now is the time to ask him.) κατάλληλη στιγμή / περίσταση
    6) (one of a number occasions: He's been to France four times.) φορά
    7) (a period characterized by a particular quality in a person's life, experience etc: He went through an unhappy time when she died; We had some good times together.) περίοδος, στιγμή
    8) (the speed at which a piece of music should be played; tempo: in slow time.) χρόνος, ρυθμός
    2. verb
    1) (to measure the time taken by (a happening, event etc) or by (a person, in doing something): He timed the journey.) χρονομετρώ
    2) (to choose a particular time for: You timed your arrival beautifully!) επιλέγω το χρόνο, διαλέγω την ώρα μου (για)
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    - timelessly
    - timelessness
    - timely
    - timeliness
    - timer
    - times
    - timing
    - time bomb
    - time-consuming
    - time limit
    - time off
    - time out
    - timetable
    - all in good time
    - all the time
    - at times
    - be behind time
    - for the time being
    - from time to time
    - in good time
    - in time
    - no time at all
    - no time
    - one
    - two at a time
    - on time
    - save
    - waste time
    - take one's time
    - time and time again
    - time and again

    English-Greek dictionary > time

  • 6 accommodation

    1) (room(s) in a house or hotel in which to live, especially for a short time: It is difficult to find accommodation in London in August.) στέγη, κατάλυμμα
    2) (space for something: There is accommodation for your car behind the hotel.) διαθέσιμος χώρος

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  • 7 catch

    [kæ ] 1. past tense, past participle - caught; verb
    1) (to stop and hold (something which is moving); to capture: He caught the cricket ball; The cat caught a mouse; Did you catch any fish?; I tried to catch his attention.) πιάνω
    2) (to be in time for, or get on (a train, bus etc): I'll have to catch the 9.45 (train) to London.) προλαβαίνω, παίρνω
    3) (to surprise (someone) in the act of: I caught him stealing (my vegetables).) τσακώνω
    4) (to become infected with (a disease or illness): He caught flu.) κολλώ, αρπάζω
    5) (to (cause to) become accidentally attached or held: The child caught her fingers in the car door.) πιάνω, μαγκώνω
    6) (to hit: The punch caught him on the chin.) χτυπώ
    7) (to manage to hear: Did you catch what she said?) πιάνω, αντιλαμβάνομαι
    8) (to start burning: I dropped a match on the pile of wood and it caught (fire) immediately.) αρπάζω
    2. noun
    1) (an act of catching: He took a fine catch behind the wicket.) πιάσιμο
    2) (a small device for holding (a door etc) in place: The catch on my suitcase is broken.) μπετούγια, γάντζος / κούμπωμα
    3) (the total amount (of eg fish) caught: the largest catch of mackerel this year.) ψαριά
    4) (a trick or problem: There's a catch in this question.) παγίδα
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    - catchy
    - catch-phrase
    - catch-word
    - catch someone's eye
    - catch on
    - catch out
    - catch up

    English-Greek dictionary > catch

  • 8 column

    ['koləm]
    1) (a stone or wooden pillar used to support or adorn a building: the carved columns in the temple.) στήλη, κολόνα
    2) (something similar in shape: a column of smoke.) στήλη
    3) (a vertical row (of numbers): He added up the column (of figures) to find the answer.) στήλη
    4) (a vertical section of a page of print: a newspaper column.) στήλη
    5) (a section in a newspaper, often written regularly by a particular person: He writes a daily column about sport.) στήλη
    6) (a long file of soldiers marching in short rows: a column of infantry.) φάλαγγα
    7) (a long line of vehicles etc, one behind the other.) φάλαγγα
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  • 9 fall

    [fo:l] 1. past tense - fell; verb
    1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) πέφτω
    2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) πέφτω
    3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) πέφτω
    4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) `πέφτω`
    5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) περιέρχομαι σε μία κατάσραση(αποκοιμιέμαι,ερωτεύομαι κλπ.)
    6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) λαχαίνω
    2. noun
    1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) πτώση,πέσιμο
    2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) πτώση
    3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) πτώση
    4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) φθινόπωρο
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    - fallout
    - his
    - her face fell
    - fall away
    - fall back
    - fall back on
    - fall behind
    - fall down
    - fall flat
    - fall for
    - fall in with
    - fall off
    - fall on/upon
    - fall out
    - fall short
    - fall through

    English-Greek dictionary > fall

  • 10 leader

    1) (a person who is in front or goes first: The fourth runner is several miles behind the leaders.) προπορευόμενος
    2) (a person who is the head of, organizes or is in charge (of something): The leader of the expedition is a scientist.) ηγέτης, αρχηγός
    3) (an article in a newspaper etc written to express the opinions of the editor.) κύριο άρθρο

    English-Greek dictionary > leader

  • 11 play a trick / tricks on

    (to do something which is amusing to oneself because it deceives or frightens (someone else), or makes them appear stupid: He played a trick on her by jumping out from behind a wall as she passed.) κάνω φάρσα

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  • 12 rear

    I 1. [riə] noun
    1) (the back part of something: There is a second bathroom at the rear of the house; The enemy attacked the army in the rear.) πίσω μέρος: νώτα
    2) (the buttocks, bottom: The horse kicked him in his rear.) οπίσθια
    2. adjective
    (positioned behind: the rear wheels of the car.) οπίσθιος, πίσω
    - rearguard II [riə] verb
    1) (to feed and care for (a family, animals etc while they grow up): She has reared six children; He rears cattle.) ανατρέφω: (εκ)τρέφω
    2) ((especially of a horse) to rise up on the hind legs: The horse reared in fright as the car passed.) σηκώνομαι στα πίσω πόδια
    3) (to raise (the head etc): The snake reared its head.) υψώνω, σηκώνω
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  • 13 scene

    [si:n]
    1) (the place where something real or imaginary happens: A murderer sometimes revisits the scene of his crime; The scene of this opera is laid/set in Switzerland.) σκηνή
    2) (an incident etc which is seen or remembered: He recalled scenes from his childhood.) σκηνή
    3) (a show of anger: I was very angry but I didn't want to make a scene.) σκηνή
    4) (a view of a landscape etc: The sheep grazing on the hillside made a peaceful scene.) σκηνή
    5) (one part or division of a play etc: The hero died in the first scene of the third act of the play.) σκηνή
    6) (the setting or background for a play etc: Scene-changing must be done quickly.) σκηνικό
    7) (a particular area of activity: the academic/business scene.) σκηνή
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    - scenic
    - behind the scenes
    - come on the scene

    English-Greek dictionary > scene

  • 14 sink

    [siŋk] 1. past tense - sank; verb
    1) (to (cause to) go down below the surface of water etc: The torpedo sank the battleship immediately; The ship sank in deep water.) βυθίζω/-ομαι,βουλιάζω
    2) (to go down or become lower (slowly): The sun sank slowly behind the hills; Her voice sank to a whisper.) χαμηλώνω
    3) (to (cause to) go deeply (into something): The ink sank into the paper; He sank his teeth into an apple.) εισδύω,χώνω/-ομαι
    4) ((of one's spirits etc) to become depressed or less hopeful: My heart sinks when I think of the difficulties ahead.) θλίβομαι
    5) (to invest (money): He sank all his savings in the business.) επενδύω
    2. noun
    (a kind of basin with a drain and a water supply connected to it: He washed the dishes in the sink.) νεροχύτης
    - be sunk
    - sink in

    English-Greek dictionary > sink

  • 15 try

    1. verb
    1) (to attempt or make an effort (to do, get etc): He tried to answer the questions; Let's try and climb that tree!) προσπαθώ
    2) (to test; to make an experiment (with) in order to find out whether something will be successful, satisfactory etc: She tried washing her hair with a new shampoo; Try one of these sweets.) δοκιμάζω
    3) (to judge (someone or their case) in a court of law: The prisoners were tried for murder.) δικάζω
    4) (to test the limits of; to strain: You are trying my patience.) θέτω σε δοκιμασία
    2. noun
    1) (an attempt or effort: Have a try (at the exam). I'm sure you will pass.) απόπειρα, προσπάθεια, δοκιμή
    2) (in rugby football, an act of putting the ball on the ground behind the opponents' goal-line: Our team scored three tries.) (ράγκμπι)
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    - trying
    - try on
    - try out

    English-Greek dictionary > try

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