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1 afford
[ə'fo:d]1) ((usually with can, could) to be able to spend money, time etc on or for something: I can't afford (to buy) a new car.) διαθέτω (χρήματα, χρόνο)2) ((usually with can, could) to be able to do (something) without causing oneself trouble, difficulty etc: She can't afford to be rude to her employer no matter how rude he is to her.) είμαι σε θέση, έχω τη δυνατότητα -
2 Occupy
v. trans.Hold: P. and V. ἔχειν, κατέχειν.They themselves occupied the rest of the line ( of battle): P. τὸ ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπεῖχον (Thuc.).He occupies the end of the line: V. τάξιν ἐσχάτην ἔχει (Soph., Aj. 4).The Athenians were occupied in Melos: P. ἐν τῇ Μήλῳ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι κατείχοντο (Thuc. 3, 94, cf., Soph., Trach. 249).Be occupied in: P. πραγματεύεσθαι (acc., or περί, acc., or gen.), Ar. and P. διατρίβειν (ἐν, dat.), ἐνδιατρίβειν (dat.).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Occupy
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