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  • 1 Attempt

    v. trans.
    P. and V. ἐπιχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐγχειριῖν (dat.), ἅπτεσθαι (gen.); see Undertake. Absol.: P. and V. ἐπιχειρεῖν (infin.), ἐγχειρεῖν (infin.), πειρᾶν or mid. (infin.).
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    subs.
    P. and V. πεῖρα, ἡ, ἐγχείρημα, τό, P. ἐπιχείρημα, τό, ἐπιχείρησις, ἡ, ἐπιβολή, ἡ.
    Daring attempt: P. and V. τόλμημα, τό, κινδύνευμα, τό, V. τόλμα, ἡ.
    Preliminary attempt: P. πρόπειρα, ἡ.
    Make an attempt on (a fortified place, etc.): P. πειρᾶν or mid. (gen.), ἀποπειρᾶν (gen.).

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

  • 2 make a break for it

    (to make an (attempt to) escape: When the guard is not looking, make a break for it.) αποπειρώμαι να δραπετεύσω

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  • 3 connive

    ((with at) to make no attempt to hinder (something wrong or illegal): Her mother connived at the child's truancy.) προσποιούμαι άγνοια, `κάνω τα στραβά μάτια`

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  • 4 have a bash at

    (to make an attempt at: Although he was not a handyman, he had a bash at mending the lock.) κάνω μια προσπάθεια

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  • 5 Suggestion

    subs.
    P. ὑποθήκη, ἡ.
    Proposal: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ.
    Advice: P. and V. παραίνεσις, ἡ, βουλή, ἡ, γνώμη, P. συμβουλία, ἡ.
    Reminding: P. and V. ὑπόμνησις, ἡ.
    At the suggestion of the Megarians they wished to make an attempt on the Peiraeus: P. ἐβούλοντο διδαξάντων Μεγαρέων ἀποπειρᾶσαι τοῦ Πειραιῶς (Thuc. 2, 93).
    He was sent at my suggestion: P. τῇ ἐμῇ γνώμῃ ἐπέμπετο (Antiphon, 132).
    Have a suggestion of, met.: Ar. and P. ὄζειν (gen.).

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  • 6 attack

    [ə'tæk] 1. verb
    1) (to make a sudden, violent attempt to hurt or damage: He attacked me with a knife; The village was attacked from the air.) επιτίθεμαι
    2) (to speak or write against: The Prime Minister's policy was attacked in the newspapers.) επιτίθεμαι φραστικά
    3) ((in games) to attempt to score a goal.) κάνω `επίθεση` με σκοπό να σκοράρω
    4) (to make a vigorous start on: It's time we attacked that pile of work.) καταπιάνομαι
    2. noun
    1) (an act or the action of attacking: The brutal attack killed the old man; They made an air attack on the town.) επίθεση
    2) (a sudden bout of illness: heart attack; an attack of 'flu.) (για ξαφνική επιδείνωση υγείας) κρίση, προσβολή

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  • 7 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

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  • 8 go

    [ɡəu] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - goes; verb
    1) (to walk, travel, move etc: He is going across the field; Go straight ahead; When did he go out?) πηγαίνω
    2) (to be sent, passed on etc: Complaints have to go through the proper channels.) περνώ
    3) (to be given, sold etc: The prize goes to John Smith; The table went for $100.) δίνομαι, πουλιέμαι
    4) (to lead to: Where does this road go?) οδηγώ
    5) (to visit, to attend: He goes to school every day; I decided not to go to the movie.) πηγαίνω
    6) (to be destroyed etc: This wall will have to go.) `φεύγω`, απομακρύνομαι, εκδιώκομαι
    7) (to proceed, be done: The meeting went very well.) εξελλίσομαι
    8) (to move away: I think it is time you were going.) φεύγω
    9) (to disappear: My purse has gone!) εξαφανίζομαι
    10) (to do (some action or activity): I'm going for a walk; I'm going hiking next week-end.) κάνω
    11) (to fail etc: I think the clutch on this car has gone.) χαλώ
    12) (to be working etc: I don't think that clock is going.) δουλεύω, λειτουργώ
    13) (to become: These apples have gone bad.) γίνομαι
    14) (to be: Many people in the world regularly go hungry.) είμαι
    15) (to be put: Spoons go in that drawer.) μπαίνω
    16) (to pass: Time goes quickly when you are enjoying yourself.) πέρνω
    17) (to be used: All her pocket-money goes on sweets.) ξοδεύομαι
    18) (to be acceptable etc: Anything goes in this office.) είμαι επιτρεπτικός
    19) (to make a particular noise: Dogs go woof, not miaow.) κάνω (ήχο)
    20) (to have a particular tune etc: How does that song go?) έχω κάποια μελωδία
    21) (to become successful etc: She always makes a party go.) πετυχαίνω
    2. noun
    1) (an attempt: I'm not sure how to do it, but I'll have a go.)
    2) (energy: She's full of go.)
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    3. adjective
    1) (successful: That shop is still a going concern.)
    2) (in existence at present: the going rate for typing manuscripts.)
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    4. noun
    (permission: We'll start as soon as we get the go-ahead.) άδεια
    - going-over
    - goings-on
    - no-go
    - all go
    - be going on for
    - be going on
    - be going strong
    - from the word go
    - get going
    - give the go-by
    - go about
    - go after
    - go against
    - go along
    - go along with
    - go around
    - go around with
    - go at
    - go back
    - go back on
    - go by
    - go down
    - go far
    - go for
    - go in
    - go in for
    - go into
    - go off
    - go on
    - go on at
    - go out
    - go over
    - go round
    - go slow
    - go steady
    - go through
    - go through with
    - go too far
    - go towards
    - go up
    - go up in smoke/flames
    - go with
    - go without
    - keep going
    - make a go of something
    - make a go
    - on the go

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  • 9 Effort

    subs.
    Labour: P. and V. πόνος, ὁ, Ar. and V. μόχθος, ὁ; see Work.
    Zeal: P. and V. σπουδή, ἡ, προθυμία, ἡ.
    Attempt: P. and V. πεῖρα, ἡ, ἐγχείρημα, τό, P. ἐπιχείρημα, τό; see Attempt.
    With great effort ( with difficulty): P. and V. μόλις, μόγις, Ar. and P. χαλεπῶς, P. μετὰ πολλοῦ πόνου, V. πολλῷ πόνῳ; see with difficulty, under Difficulty.
    Without effort: P. ἀπόνως, V. ἀμοχθί; see Easily.
    Make an effort, v.: P. and V. τείνειν, P. συντείνειν (or pass.), διατείνεσθαι, V. ἐντείνειν.

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

  • 10 effort

    ['efət]
    1) (hard work; energy: Learning a foreign language requires effort; The effort of climbing the hill made the old man very tired.) προσπάθεια
    2) (a trying hard; a struggle: The government's efforts to improve the economy were unsuccessful; Please make every effort to be punctual.) προσπάθεια
    3) (the result of an attempt: Your drawing was a good effort.) προσπάθεια
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    - effortlessly

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  • 11 show

    [ʃəu] 1. past tense - showed; verb
    1) (to allow or cause to be seen: Show me your new dress; Please show your membership card when you come to the club; His work is showing signs of improvement.) δείχνω
    2) (to be able to be seen: The tear in your dress hardly shows; a faint light showing through the curtains.) φαίνομαι
    3) (to offer or display, or to be offered or displayed, for the public to look at: Which picture is showing at the cinema?; They are showing a new film; His paintings are being shown at the art gallery.) παρουσιάζω,προβάλλω,εκθέτω
    4) (to point out or point to: He showed me the road to take; Show me the man you saw yesterday.) δείχνω
    5) ((often with (a)round) to guide or conduct: Please show this lady to the door; They showed him (a)round (the factory).) (καθ)οδηγώ,συνοδεύω,γυρίζω
    6) (to demonstrate to: Will you show me how to do it?; He showed me a clever trick.) δείχνω,επιδεικνύω
    7) (to prove: That just shows / goes to show how stupid he is.) αποδεικνύω
    8) (to give or offer (someone) kindness etc: He showed him no mercy.) δείχνω
    2. noun
    1) (an entertainment, public exhibition, performance etc: a horse-show; a flower show; the new show at the theatre; a TV show.) θέαμα,παράσταση,ψυχαγωγικό πρόγραμμα,έκθεση
    2) (a display or act of showing: a show of strength.) επίδειξη
    3) (an act of pretending to be, do etc (something): He made a show of working, but he wasn't really concentrating.) προσποίηση
    4) (appearance, impression: They just did it for show, in order to make themselves seem more important than they are.) φιγούρα,δημιουργία εντυπώσεων
    5) (an effort or attempt: He put up a good show in the chess competition.) προσπάθεια,εμφάνιση
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    - showiness
    - show-business
    - showcase
    - showdown
    - showground
    - show-jumping
    - showman
    - showroom
    - give the show away
    - good show!
    - on show
    - show off
    - show up

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  • 12 smear

    [smiə] 1. verb
    1) (to spread (something sticky or oily) over a surface: The little boy smeared jam on the chair.) πασαλείβω
    2) (to make or become blurred; to smudge: He brushed against the newly painted notice and smeared the lettering.) μουντζουρώνω
    3) (to try to discredit (a person etc) by slandering him: He has been spreading false stories in an attempt to smear us.) δυσφημώ
    2. noun
    1) (a mark made by smearing.) μουντζούρα
    2) (a piece of slander.) συκοφαντία,ρετσινιά

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  • 13 Try

    v. trans.
    Make proof of: P. and V. πειρᾶσθαι (gen.), Ar. and P. ἀποπειρᾶσθαι (gen.), P. διαπειρᾶσθαι (gen.), πεῖραν λαμβάνειν (gen.), Ar. and V. ἐκπειρᾶσθαι (gen.).
    Test, examine: P. and V. ἐλέγχειν, ἐξελέγχειν, Ar. and P. δοκιμάζειν, βασανίζειν; see Test.
    Essay: P. and V. πειρᾶσθαι (gen.), γεύεσθαι (gen.).
    Try (a case in court, etc.): P. and V. κρίνειν, δικάζειν.
    Have one's case tried: P. and V. κρίνεσθαι, δικάζεσθαι, ἀγωνίζεσθαι.
    Tax: P. and V. γυμνάζειν.
    Distress: P. and V. πιέζειν, Ar. and V. τείρειν; see Distress.
    Undertake, attempt: P. and V. ἐπιχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.). absol., P. and V. πειρᾶν (or mid.), ἐπιχειρεῖν, ἐγχειρεῖν.

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

См. также в других словарях:

  • make an attempt — index endeavor, strive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Attempt — At*tempt , v. i. To make an attempt; with upon. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • make no secret of something — phrase to make no attempt to hide your feelings about something He’s made no secret of the fact that he’d like to manage the club. Thesaurus: to show or express emotionssynonym Main entry: secret * * * make something perfectly clear …   Useful english dictionary

  • make a pitch — ► make a pitch make an attempt at or bid for something. Main Entry: ↑pitch …   English terms dictionary

  • make a go of it — make an attempt, try to accomplish something …   English contemporary dictionary

  • make a pitch — make an attempt at or bid for something. → pitch …   English new terms dictionary

  • attempt — [[t]əte̱mpt[/t]] ♦ attempts, attempting, attempted 1) VERB If you attempt to do something, especially something difficult, you try to do it. [V to inf] The only time that we attempted to do something like that was in the city of Philadelphia...… …   English dictionary

  • attempt — I n. 1) to make an attempt 2) to foil, thwart an attempt 3) an abortive, fruitless, futile, vain; all out, concerted, last ditch; bold, brazen, daring; crude; deliberate; feeble, halfhearted, weak; first; premature; successful attempt; repeated… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • make — make1 [ meık ] (past tense and past participle made [ meıd ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 create/produce something ▸ 2 do/say something ▸ 3 cause something to happen ▸ 4 force someone to do something ▸ 5 arrange something ▸ 6 earn/get money ▸ 7 give a total ▸… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • make — I UK [meɪk] / US verb Word forms make : present tense I/you/we/they make he/she/it makes present participle making past tense made UK [meɪd] / US past participle made *** Get it right: make: When make means to cause or force someone to do… …   English dictionary

  • attempt — /əˈtɛmpt / (say uh tempt), /əˈtɛmt / (say uh temt) verb (t) 1. to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt a conversation; to attempt to study. 2. Obsolete to tempt. –noun 3. effort put forth to accomplish something; a trial or essay.… …  

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