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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "avoid",
"source": "header"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "I avoided a dispute.",
"translation": "Εμπόδισα μια φιλονικία."
},
{
"text": "We must join together to avoid a new war.",
"translation": "Πρέπει να ενωθούμε για ν' αποτρέψουμε έναν καινούριο πόλεμο."
}
],
"glosses": [
"εμποδίζω, αποτρέπω να συμβεί κάτι κακό"
],
"id": "el-avoid-en-verb-9PxLLkDb"
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "We were constantly changing course to avoid enemy ambushes.",
"translation": "Αλλάζαμε διαρκώς πορεία, για να αποφύγουμε τις ενέδρες του εχθρού."
},
{
"text": "Don’t avoid the topic!",
"translation": "Μην αποφύγεις το θέμα."
},
{
"text": "It was a forced decision that could not be avoided.",
"translation": "Ήταν μια αναγκαστική απόφαση που δεν μπορούσε να αποφευχθεί."
}
],
"glosses": [
"αποφεύγω, προσπαθώ να κρατηθώ μακριά από κάποιον ή κάτι ενοχλητικό"
],
"id": "el-avoid-en-verb-sO8tt7aN"
}
],
"word": "avoid"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "avoid",
"source": "header"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "I avoided a dispute.",
"translation": "Εμπόδισα μια φιλονικία."
},
{
"text": "We must join together to avoid a new war.",
"translation": "Πρέπει να ενωθούμε για ν' αποτρέψουμε έναν καινούριο πόλεμο."
}
],
"glosses": [
"εμποδίζω, αποτρέπω να συμβεί κάτι κακό"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "We were constantly changing course to avoid enemy ambushes.",
"translation": "Αλλάζαμε διαρκώς πορεία, για να αποφύγουμε τις ενέδρες του εχθρού."
},
{
"text": "Don’t avoid the topic!",
"translation": "Μην αποφύγεις το θέμα."
},
{
"text": "It was a forced decision that could not be avoided.",
"translation": "Ήταν μια αναγκαστική απόφαση που δεν μπορούσε να αποφευχθεί."
}
],
"glosses": [
"αποφεύγω, προσπαθώ να κρατηθώ μακριά από κάποιον ή κάτι ενοχλητικό"
]
}
],
"word": "avoid"
}
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