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1 race
I 1. [reis] noun(a competition to find who or which is the fastest: a horse race.) αγώνας δρόμου/ταχύτητας, κούρσα2. verb1) (to (cause to) run in a race: I'm racing my horse on Saturday; The horse is racing against five others.) τρέχω σε αγώνα δρόμου/ βάζω (άλογο) να τρέξει σε ιπποδρομία2) (to have a competition with (someone) to find out who is the fastest: I'll race you to that tree.) παραβγαίνω3) (to go etc quickly: He raced along the road on his bike.) τρέχω•- racer- racecourse
- racehorse
- racetrack
- racing-car
- a race against time
- the races II [reis]1) (any one section of mankind, having a particular set of characteristics which make it different from other sections: the Negro race; the white races; ( also adjective) race relations.) φυλή/ φυλετικός2) (the fact of belonging to any of these various sections: the problem of race.) φυλετική καταγωγή3) (a group of people who share the same culture, language etc; the Anglo-Saxon race.) γένος, φύλο•- racial- racialism
- racialist
- the human race
- of mixed race -
2 lay
I 1. [lei] past tense, past participle - laid; verb1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) τοποθετώ, βάζω: στήνω2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) ακουμπώ3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) τακτοποιώ, (κατα)στρώνω4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) ισιώνω5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) κατευνάζω, εξαφανίζω6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) γεννώ7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) στοιχηματίζω•- layer2. verb(to put, cut or arrange in layers: She had her hair layered by the hairdresser.) κάνω (μαλλιά) ντεγκραντέ- layabout- lay-by
- layout
- laid up
- lay aside
- lay bare
- lay by
- lay down
- lay one's hands on
- lay hands on
- lay in
- lay low
- lay off
- lay on
- lay out
- lay up
- lay waste II see lie II III [lei] adjective1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) λαϊκός2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) μη ειδικός•- laymanIV [lei] noun(an epic poem.) έπος
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