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1 go against the grain
(to be against a person's wishes, feelings etc: It goes against the grain for me to tell lies.) είναι αντίθετο στη φύση μου -
2 elevator
1) ((especially American) a lift or machine for raising persons, goods etc to a higher floor: There is no elevator in this shop - you will have to climb the stairs.) ανελκυστήρας,ασανσέρ2) (a tall storehouse for grain.) σιταποθήκη -
3 granary
['ɡrænəri]plural - granaries; noun(a storehouse for grain.) σιταποθήκη -
4 scoop
[sku:p] 1. noun1) (any of several types of spoon-like tool, used for lifting, serving etc: a grain scoop; an ice-cream scoop.) κουτάλι παγωτού2) ((also scoopful) the amount held in a scoop: a scoop of ice-cream; a scoopful of grain.) κουταλιά/φτυαριά3) (a piece of news etc that one newspaper gets and prints before the others: The reporter was sure that he had a scoop for his paper.) αποκλειστική είδηση,λαβράκι2. verb(to move with, or as if with, a scoop: He scooped the crumbs together with his fingers.) μαζεύω -
5 salt
[so:lt] 1. noun1) ((also common salt) sodium chloride, a white substance frequently used for seasoning: The soup needs more salt.) αλάτι2) (any other substance formed, like common salt, from a metal and an acid.) άλας3) (a sailor, especially an experienced one: an old salt.) θαλασσινός,ναυτικός2. adjective(containing, tasting of, preserved in salt: salt water; salt pork.) αλμυρός,αλατισμένος,παστός3. verb(to put salt on or in: Have you salted the potatoes?) αλατίζω- salted- saltness
- salty
- saltiness
- bath salts
- the salt of the earth
- take something with a grain/pinch of salt
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6 barley
(a type of grain used for food and for making beer and whisky: The farmer has harvested his barley.) κριθάρι -
7 light
I 1. noun1) (the brightness given by the sun, a flame, lamps etc that makes things able to be seen: It was nearly dawn and the light was getting stronger; Sunlight streamed into the room.) φως2) (something which gives light (eg a lamp): Suddenly all the lights went out.) φως3) (something which can be used to set fire to something else; a flame: Have you got a light for my cigarette?) φωτιά4) (a way of viewing or regarding: He regarded her action in a favourable light.) φως2. adjective1) (having light; not dark: The studio was a large, light room.) φωτεινός2) ((of a colour) pale; closer to white than black: light green.) ανοιχτός3. [lit] verb1) (to give light to: The room was lit only by candles.) φωτίζω2) (to (make something) catch fire: She lit the gas; I think this match is damp, because it won't light.) ανάβω•- lighten- lighter- lighting
- lighthouse
- light-year
- bring to light
- come to light
- in the light of
- light up
- see the light
- set light to II1) (easy to lift or carry; of little weight: I bought a light suitcase for plane journeys.) ελαφρός2) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) ελαφρός3) ((of food) easy to digest: a light meal.) ελαφρός4) (of less weight than it should be: The load of grain was several kilos light.) ελαφρότερος από το κανονικό5) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) ελαφρός6) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) ανάλαφρος7) (cheerful; not serious: light music.) ελαφρός8) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) ελαφρός, ανεπαίσθητος, απαλός9) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) αμμώδης•- lightly- lighten- light-headed
- light-hearted
- lightweight
- get off lightly
- make light of
- travel light III = light on - past tense, past participle lit [lit] - verb(to find by chance: While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant.) συναντώ τυχαία -
8 kiln
[kiln](a type of large oven for baking pottery or bricks, drying grain etc.) κλίβανος -
9 mill
[mil] 1. noun1) (a machine, sometimes now electrical, for grinding coffee, pepper etc by crushing it between rough, hard surfaces: a coffee-mill; a pepper-mill.) μύλος2) (a building where grain is ground: The farmer took his corn to the mill.) μύλος3) (a building where certain types of things are manufactured: A woollen-mill; a steel-mill.) εργοστάσιο2. verb1) (to grind or press: This flour was milled locally.) αλέθω2) ((usually with about or around) (of crowds) to move about in a disorganized way: There's a huge crowd of people milling around outside.) στριφογυρνώ•- miller- millstone
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10 millstone
1) (one of the two large, heavy stones used in an old-fashioned mill for grinding grain.) μυλόπετρα2) ((usually with round one's/the neck) something that is a heavy burden or responsibility, and prevents easy progress: He regarded his brother as a millstone round his neck.) βάρος -
11 sickle
['sikl](a tool with a curved blade for cutting grain etc.) δρεπάνι -
12 vessel
['vesl]1) (a container, usually for liquid: a plastic vessel containing acid.)2) (a ship: a 10,000-ton grain-carrying vessel.)
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