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  • 1 luxury

    plural - luxuries; noun
    1) (great comfort usually amongst expensive things: They live in luxury; ( also adjective) gold jewellery and other luxury goods.) πολυτέλεια
    2) (something pleasant but not necessary, and often rare and expensive: We're going to give up all those luxuries and only spend money on essentials.) πολυτέλεια
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    - luxuriously
    - luxuriousness

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  • 2 Luxury

    subs.
    P. and V. τρυφή, ἡ, χλιδή, ἡ (Plat.), ἁβρότης, ἡ (Plat.), P. τὸ ἁβροδίαιτον.
    Costliness: P. πολυτέλεια, ἡ.
    Wealth: P. and V. πλοῦτος, ὁ.

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  • 3 luxury

    1) πολυτέλεια
    2) πολυτελής

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  • 4 the lap of luxury

    (very luxurious conditions: living in the lap of luxury.) στα πούπουλα

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  • 5 comfort

    1) (a pleasant condition of being physically or mentally relaxed, happy, warm etc: They now live in comfort.) άνεση
    2) (anything that provides a little luxury, or makes one feel happier, or better able to bear misfortune: He enjoyed the comforts of the hotel; Her presence was a comfort to him in his grief; words of comfort.) ανακούφιση, παρηγοριά, άνεση
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    - comfortably
    - comforting
    - be comfortably off

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  • 6 indulge

    1) (to allow (a person) to do or have what he wishes: You shouldn't indulge that child.) κακομαθαίνω
    2) (to follow (a wish, interest etc): He indulges his love of food by dining at expensive restaurants.) ικανοποιώ
    3) (to allow (oneself) a luxury etc: Life would be very dull if we never indulged (ourselves).) κάνω αυτό που τραβά η καρδιά μου
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    - indulgent
    - indulge in

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  • 7 lap

    I [læp] past tense, past participle - lapped; verb
    1) (to drink by licking with the tongue: The cat lapped milk from a saucer.) γλείφω, παφλάζω
    2) ((of a liquid) to wash or flow (against): Water lapped the side of the boat.) γλείφω: παφλάζω
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    II [læp] noun
    1) (the part from waist to knees of a person who is sitting: The baby was lying in its mother's lap.) γόνατα, ποδιά
    2) (one round of a racecourse or other competition track: The runners have completed five laps, with three still to run.) γύρος στίβου
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    - the lap of luxury

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  • 8 live

    I 1. [liv] verb
    1) (to have life; to be alive: This poison is dangerous to everything that lives.) ζω
    2) (to survive: The doctors say he is very ill, but they think he will live; It was difficult to believe that she had lived through such an experience.) επιζώ
    3) (to have one's home or dwelling (in a particular place): She lives next to the church; They went to live in Bristol / in a huge house.) μένω, κατοικώ
    4) (to pass (one's life): He lived a life of luxury; She lives in fear of being attacked.) ζω, κάνω (ζωή)
    5) ((with by) to make enough money etc to feed and house oneself: He lives by fishing.) ζω (από), συντηρούμαι (με)
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    - - lived
    - living 2. noun
    (the money etc needed to feed and house oneself and keep oneself alive: He earns his living driving a taxi; She makes a good living as an author.) τα προς το ζην: ζωή, τρόπος ζωής
    - live-in
    - live and let live
    - live down
    - live in
    - out
    - live on
    - live up to
    - within living memory
    - in living memory     II 1. adjective
    1) (having life; not dead: a live mouse.) ζωντανός
    2) ((of a radio or television broadcast etc) heard or seen as the event takes place; not recorded: I watched a live performance of my favourite opera on television; Was the performance live or recorded?) ζωντανός, σε απευθείας μετάδοση
    3) (full of energy, and capable of becoming active: a live bomb) ενεργός
    4) (burning: a live coal.) αναμμένος
    2. adverb
    ((of a radio or television broadcast etc) as the event takes place: The competition will be broadcast live.) απευθείας, ζωντανός
    - liveliness
    - livestock
    - live wire

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  • 9 luxuries

    plural; see luxury

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  • 10 villa

    ['vilə]
    (a type of detached or semi-detached (usually luxury) house, in the country or suburbs, or used for holidays at the seaside: They have a villa at the seaside.)

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  • 11 Elegance

    subs.
    Beauty: P. and V. κάλλος, τό; see Beauty.
    Grace: P. and V. χάρις, ἡ.
    Luxury: P. and V. τρυφή, ἡ, χλιδή, ἡ (Plat.).
    Love of art: P. φιλοτεχνία, ἡ.

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  • 12 Extravagance

    subs.
    Want of control: P. ἀκράτεια, ἡ, ὕβρις, ἡ.
    Excess: P. and V. ὑπερβολή, ἡ.
    Extraordinariness: Ar. and P. ἀτοπία, ἡ.
    Squandering (of money, etc.): P. ἀσωτία, ἡ, πολυτέλεια, ἡ.
    Luxury: P. and V. τρυφή, ἡ.
    Novelty: P. καινότης, ἡ.
    Their private means through idleness are lost and wasted in extravagance: V. τὰ δʼ ἐν δόμοις δαπάναισι φροῦδα διαφυγόνθʼ ὑπʼ ἀργίας (Eur., H.F. 591).

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  • 13 Lavishness

    subs.
    Extravagance: P. ἀσωτία, ἡ, πολυτέλεια, ἡ.
    Luxury: P. and V. τρυφή, ἡ.
    Abundance: P. ἀφθονία. ἡ. Ar. and P. περιουσία, ἡ, P. and V. πλῆθος, τό.

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  • 14 Refinement

    subs.
    Refining process ( of gold): P. ἕψησις, ἡ (Plat.).
    Elegance: P. and V. χάρις, ἡ.
    Love of art: P. φιλοτεχνία, ἡ.
    Luxury: P. and V. τρυφή, ἡ, χλιδή, ἡ (Plat.).
    Subtlety: P. κομψεία, ἡ.

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  • 15 Sumptuousness

    subs.
    P. πολυτέλεια, ἡ.
    Splendour: P. λαμπρότης, ἡ.
    Luxury: P. and V. τρυφή, ἡ, ἁβρότης, ἡ (Plat.).

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  • 16 Training

    subs.
    Exercise: Ar. and P. μελέτη, ἡ, P. ἄσκησις, ἡ, γυμνασία, ἡ.
    Physical training: P. σωμασκία, ἡ.
    Trainer's art: P. ἡ παιδοτριβική.
    Experience: P. and V. ἐμπειρία, ἡ.
    Education: P. and V. παιδεία, ἡ, P. παιδαγωγία, (Plat.).
    Lack of training: P. and V. ἀπειρία, ἡ.
    Wealth and luxury in excess are found to be bad training for giving men courage: V. κακόν τι παίδευμʼ ἦν ἄρʼ εἰς εὐανδρίαν ὁ πλοῦτος ἀνθρώποισιν αἵ τʼ ἄγαν τρυφαί (Eur., frag.).

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  • 17 Voluptuousness

    subs.
    P. and V. τρυφή, ἡ, χλιδή, ἡ (Plat.), ἁβρότης, ἡ (Plat.), P. τὸ ἁβροδίαιτον (Thuc. 1, 6); see Luxury.

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