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1 Sit
v. trans.V. intrans. P. and V. καθῆσθαι, καθίζειν, καθέζεσθαι, Ar. and V. ἵζειν (also Plat. but rare P.), ἵζεσθαι, ἕζεσθαι, V. ἧσθαι, καθιζάνειν, ἱδρῦσθαι (perf. pass. of ἱδρύειν), θακεῖν, θάσσειν.Sit in an official capacity: P. καθῆσθαι, καθίζειν, καθίζεσθαι.With others: Ar. and P. συγκαθῆσθαι.Sit at: V. ἐφῆσθαι (acc. or dat.), προσῆσθαι (dat.), προσίζειν (acc.), παρῆσθαι (dat.).Sit by: see sit at.Sit by a person: Ar. and P. παρακαθῆσθαι (dat. or absol.), παρακαθίζεσθαι (dat. or absol.), P. συμπαρακαθίζεσθαι μετά ( gen); transitively, see Seat.Sit by as assessor: see Assessor.Sit down: P. and V. καθῆσθαι; use sit.Sit down before a town ( to besiege it): P. προσκαθέζεσθαι (acc.), προσκαθῆσθαι (acc.); see Besiege.Sit idle: P. and V. καθῆσθαι, V. θάσσειν.Sit near: see sit at, sit by.Sit on: use P. and V. verb, sit with, εἰς (acc.), or V. ἐνθακεῖν (dat.), ἐφῆσθαι (dat.), καθίζειν (acc.), Ar. and P. καθίζειν ἐπί (acc.).Make to sit on: P. ἐγκαθίζειν (τινὰ εἴς τι).Sit together: P. and V. συγκαθῆσθαι, P. συγκαθέζεσθαι.At meals: Ar. συγκατακλίνεσθαι.Sit up: P. ἀνακαθίζεσθαι.Keep awake: P. ἀγρυπνεῖν.Sit up for, watch for: P. and V. τηρεῖν (acc.).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Sit
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2 sit
[sit]present participle - sitting; verb1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) κάθομαι,καθίζω2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) βρίσκομαι3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) συμμετέχω4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) κουρνιάζω5) (to undergo (an examination).) συμμετέχω,διαγωνίζομαι6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) ποζάρω7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) συνεδριάζω•- sitter- sitting
- sit-in
- sitting-room
- sitting target
- sitting duck
- sit back
- sit down
- sit out
- sit tight
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3 rest
I 1. [rest] noun1) (a (usually short) period of not working etc after, or between periods of, effort; (a period of) freedom from worries etc: Digging the garden is hard work - let's stop for a rest; Let's have/take a rest; I need a rest from all these problems - I'm going to take a week's holiday.) ξεκούραση: ανάπαυλα2) (sleep: He needs a good night's rest.) ανάπαυση3) (something which holds or supports: a book-rest; a headrest on a car seat.) στήριγμα4) (a state of not moving: The machine is at rest.) στάση, ακινησία2. verb1) (to (allow to) stop working etc in order to get new strength or energy: We've been walking for four hours - let's stop and rest; Stop reading for a minute and rest your eyes; Let's rest our legs.) ξεκουράζω/-ομαι2) (to sleep; to lie or sit quietly in order to get new strength or energy, or because one is tired: Mother is resting at the moment.) αναπαύομαι, κοιμάμαι3) (to (make or allow to) lean, lie, sit, remain etc on or against something: Her head rested on his shoulder; He rested his hand on her arm; Her gaze rested on the jewels.) στηρίζω/-ομαι, ακουμπώ4) (to relax, be calm etc: I will never rest until I know the murderer has been caught.) ησυχάζω5) (to (allow to) depend on: Our hopes now rest on him, since all else has failed.) στηρίζω/-ομαι, εναποθέτω6) ((with with) (of a duty etc) to belong to: The choice rests with you.) εναπόκειμαι•- restful- restfully
- restfulness
- restless
- restlessly
- restlessness
- rest-room
- at rest
- come to rest
- lay to rest
- let the matter rest
- rest assured
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4 do
[du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?) εκδήλωση2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down])3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) κάνω6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) ολοκληρώνω7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) ασχολούμαι με8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) είμαι κατάλληλος/ εξυπηρετώ/ κάνω/ αρκώ9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) ασχολούμαι με10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) τα πηγαίνω11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) τακτοποιώ12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) συμπεριφέρομαι13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) αποδίδω14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) προξενώ15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) καλύπτω2. noun(an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.)- doer- doings
- done
- do-it-yourself
- to-do
- I
- he could be doing with / could do with
- do away with
- do for
- done for
- done in
- do out
- do out of
- do's and don'ts
- do without
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5 shade
[ʃeid] 1. noun1) (slight darkness caused by the blocking of some light: I prefer to sit in the shade rather than the sun.) ίσκιος,σκιά2) (the dark parts of a picture: light and shade in a portrait.) σκίαση3) (something that screens or shelters from light or heat: a large sunshade; a shade for a light.) σκίαστρο,αμπαζούρ4) (a variety of a colour; a slight difference: a pretty shade of green; shades of meaning.) απόχρωση5) (a slight amount: The weather is a shade better today.) ίχνος,υποψία,ιδέα2. verb1) ((sometimes with from) to shelter from light or heat: He put up his hand to shade his eyes.) σκιάζω2) (to make darker: You should shade the foreground of that drawing.) βάζω σκιά σε3) ((with into) to change very gradually eg from one colour to another.) αλλάζω απόχρωση•- shaded- shades
- shading
- shady
- shadiness
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6 Fence
subs.P. and V. ἕρκος, τό (Plat.), V. περιβολή, ἡ.Stockade: P. σταύρωμα, τό, χαράκωμα, τό.Sit on the fence—met., be a trimmer: P. ἐπαμφοτερίζειν.——————v. trans.Block up: P. and V. φράσσειν, P. ἐμφράσσειν.Fortify with a stockade: P. σταυροῦν, περισταυροῦν, ἀποσταυροῦν.Fence round an estate: P. χωρίον περιοικοδομεῖν ( Dem 1272).Fence off: P. ἀποφράσσειν, ἀπολαμβάνειν.Fence with ( a question): P. διακρούεσθαι (acc.).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Fence
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7 cushion
['kuʃən] 1. noun1) (a bag of cloth etc filled with soft material, eg feathers etc, used for support or to make a seat more comfortable: I'll sit on a cushion on the floor.) μαξιλάρι2) (any similar support: A hovercraft travels on a cushion of air.) στρώμα αέρα2. verb(to lessen the force of a blow etc: The soft sand cushioned his fall.) μειώνω ένταση (χτυπήματος) -
8 dream
1. [dri:m] noun1) (thoughts and pictures in the mind that come mostly during sleep: I had a terrible dream last night.) όνειρο2) (a state of being completely occupied by one's own thoughts: Don't sit there in a dream!) ονειροπόληση3) (something perfect or very beautiful: Your house is a dream!) όνειρο4) (an ambition or hope: It's my dream to win a Nobel Prize.) όνειρο2. [dremt] verb((sometimes with of) to see visions and pictures in the mind, especially when asleep: For years I dreamed of being a great artist; I dreamt last night that the house had burnt down.) ονειρεύομαι- dreamer- dreamless
- dreamy
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- dreaminess
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9 loll
[lol]1) (to sit or lie lazily: to loll in a chair; You'll get nothing done if you loll about all day.) ραχατεύω2) ((of the tongue) to hang down or out: The dog lay down with his tongue lolling.) κρέμομαι -
10 near
[niə] 1. adjective1) (not far away in place or time: The station is quite near; Christmas is getting near.) κοντινός,κοντά2) (not far away in relationship: He is a near relation.) στενός2. adverb1) (to or at a short distance from here or the place mentioned: He lives quite near.) κοντά2) ((with to) close to: Don't sit too near to the window.) κοντά(σε)3. preposition(at a very small distance from (in place, time etc): She lives near the church; It was near midnight when they arrived.) κοντά σε4. verb(to come near (to): The roads became busier as they neared the town; as evening was nearing.) πλησιάζω- nearly- nearness
- nearby
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11 slouch
(to sit, move or walk with shoulders rounded and head hanging: He slouched sulkily out of the room; He was slouching in an armchair.) καμπουριάζω,πηγαίνω/στέκομαι σκυφτά/τεμπέλικα -
12 sprawl
[spro:l] 1. verb1) (to sit, lie or fall with the arms and legs spread out widely and carelessly: Several tired-looking people were sprawling in armchairs.) ξαπλάρω2) ((of a town etc) to spread out in an untidy and irregular way.) απλώνομαι άτακτα2. noun1) (an act of sprawling: He was lying in a careless sprawl on the sofa.)2) (an untidy and irregular area (of houses etc): She lost her way in the grimy sprawl of the big city.)• -
13 stalls
noun plural ((often with the) in a theatre, the seats on the ground floor: I always sit in the stalls.) θέσεις πλατείας -
14 varnish
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15 Set
subs.Arrangement: P. and V. τάξις. ἡ.Number: P. and V. ἀριθμός, ὁ.Class: P. and V. γένος, τό, εἶδος, τό.Set back, failure: P. πταῖσμα, τό; see Failure.Set off: use adj., P. ἀντάξιος; see compensating, under compensate, v.——————adj.Stationary: P. στάσιμος.Fixed, appointed: P. and V. προκείμενος.Resolute: P.. and V. καρτερός, V. ἔμπεδος.Set speech: P. συνεχὴς ῥῆσις, ἡ; see also Harangue.On set terms: P. and V. ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς.Of set purpose: see on purpose, under Purpose.——————v. trans.Fix: P. and V. πηγνύναι.Set ( as a task): P. and V. προτιθέναι (τί τινι), προστιθέναι (τί τινι), προστάσσειν (τί τινι), ἐπιτάσσειν (τί τινι), ἐπιβάλλειν (τί τινι), προσβάλλειν (τί τινι).Set to music: P. ἐντείνειν (Plat., Prot. 326B).Words set to music: P. λόγος ᾀδόμενος (Plat., Rep. 398D).Set ( in a particular direction): use guide.I set you in the track that is best: V. ἐς τὸ λῷστον ἐμβιβάζω σʼ ἴχνος (Eur., H.F. 856).Set an example: P. παράδειγμα διδόναι.Set one's heart on: see Desire.To obtain that on which you have set your hearts: P. κατασχεῖν ἐφʼ ἃ ὥρμησθε (Thuc. 6, 9).V. intrans. Of the sun: P. and V. δύνειν, δύεσθαι (Plat., Pol. 269A), V. φθίνειν.Becume fixed: P. and V. πήγνυσθαι.Set about: P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.). ἐπιχειρεῖν (dat.). αἵρεσθαι (acc.), ἀναιρεῖσθαι (acc.); see Undertake.Set against, plant against: P. and V. προσβάλλειν (τί τινι).Match one against another: P. and V. ἀντιτάσσειν (τινά τινι, or τινα πρός τινα).met., make hostile: P. ἐκπολεμεῖν.Set one thing in the balance against another: P. ἀντιτάσσεσθαι (τί τινι, or τι πρός τι), P. and V. ἀντιτιθέναι (τί τινος).Set apart: P. and V. ἀπολαμβάνειν (Eur., Or. 451); see set aside, separate.Set aside: P. χωρὶς τίθεσθαι, ἀποχωρίζειν.Set at defiance: see Defy.Set at naught: P. and V. ἀμελεῖν (gen.), παραμελεῖν (gen.), καταμελεῖν (gen.), P. παρορᾶν (acc.), ἐν οὐδένι λόγῳ ποιεῖσθαι (acc.), V. διʼ οὐδένος ποιεῖσθαι (acc.), ἀκηδεῖν (gen.); see Disregard.Set before: P. and V. προτιθέναι.Set eyes on: see Behold.Set foot on: P. and V. ἐμβαίνειν (P. εἰς, acc., V. acc., gen. or dat.), ἐπιβαίνειν (gen.), V. ἐπεμβαίνειν (acc., gen. or dat.), ἐμβατεύειν (acc. or gen.).Set forth: P. and V. προτιθέναι.Set off, be equivalent to: P. ἀντάξιος εἶναι (gen.); see also Balance.Set on, urge against anyone: P. and V. ἐφιέναι (τί τινι), V. ἐπισείειν (τί τινι), P. ἐπιπέμπειν (τί τινι); see also encourage, launch against.Put on: P. and V. ἐφιστάναι.Set on fire: see Burn.Set out, expose, put out: P. and V. προτιθέναι; v. intrans.: start: P. and V. ὁρμᾶν, ὁρμᾶσθαι, ἀφορμᾶν, ἀφορμᾶσθαι, ἐξορμᾶν, ἐξορμᾶσθαι, ἀπαίρειν, V. στέλλεσθαι, ἀποστέλλεσθαι; see Start.Set over: P. and V. ἐφιστάναι (τινά τινι).Set right: see Correct.Set round: P. περιιστάναι.Set the fashion of, be the first to introduce: P. and V. ἄρχειν (gen.).Set to, he set the army to the work of fighting: P. καθίστη εἰς πόλεμον τὸν στρατόν (Thuc. 2, 75).The servants all set their hands to work: V. δμῶες πρὸς ἔργον πάντες ἵεσαν χέρας (Eur., El. 799).Every man set to work: V. πᾶς ἀνὴρ ἔσχεν πόνον (Eur., I.T. 309).They set to and fought: P. καταστάντες ἐμάχοντο (Thuc. 1, 49).They are setting up a brazen statue to Philip: P. Φίλιππον χαλκοῦν ἵστασι (Dem. 425).Be set up ( of a statue): P. ἀνακεῖσθαι.Set up a shout: V. κραυγὴν ἱστάναι (Eur., Or. 1529), κραυγὴν τιθέναι (Eur., Or. 1510), P. κραυγῇ χρῆσθαι (Thuc. 2, 4).Set up as, pretend to be: Ar. and P. προσποιεῖσθαι (infin.).Set upon: P. and V. προσβάλλειν (acc. and dat.); see set on.Attack: see Attack.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Set
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