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1 Joking
adj.Sportive: Ar. and P. φιλοπαίσμων.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Joking
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2 joking apart/aside
(let us stop joking and talk seriously: I feel like going to Timbuctoo for the weekend - but, joking apart, I do need a rest!) για να αφήσουμε τα αστεία -
3 joke
[‹əuk] 1. noun1) (anything said or done to cause laughter: He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost.) αστείο, ανέκδοτο, φάρσα, χωρατό2) (something that causes laughter or amusement: The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish.) αστείο2. verb1) (to make a joke or jokes: They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards.) αστειεύομαι2) (to talk playfully and not seriously: Don't be upset by what he said - he was only joking.) αστειεύομαι•- joker- jokingly
- it's no joke
- joking apart/aside
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4 in earnest
1) (serious; not joking: I am in earnest when I say this.) (στα)σοβαρά2) (seriously; with energy and determination: He set to work in earnest.) (στα)σοβαρά,για καλά -
5 playful
1) (happy; full of the desire to play: a playful kitten.) παιχνιδιάρης2) (joking; not serious: a playful remark.) για αστείο
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