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1 break new ground
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2 break the ice
(to overcome the first shyness etc: Let's break the ice by inviting our new neighbours for a meal.) σπάω τον πάγο -
3 Line
subs.P. and V. γραμμή, ἡ (Eur., frag.).Carpenter's line: P. and V. στάθμη, ἡ.Row: P. and V. τάξις, ἡ, στοῖχος, ὁ, P. στίχος, ὁ.In a line: P. κατὰ στοῖχον.In order: P. and V. ἑξῆς, ἐφεξῆς.Line to mark the winning point: Ar. and V. γραμμή, ἡ.Fishing line: V. ὁρμιά, ἡ.Line of a fishing net: V. κλωστὴρ λίνου.File, row: P. and V. στοῖχος, ὁ.Troops in line of battle: P. φάλαγξ, ἡ.In line: of ships, P. μετωπηδόν, opposed to in column, of troops, P. ἐπὶ φάλαγγος (Xen.).Win all along the line: P. νικᾶν διὰ παντός.Break the enemy's line of ships, v.: P. διεκπλεῖν (absol.); see Break.Lines of circumvallation: P. περιτείχισμα, τό, περιτειχισμός, ὁ,Line of poetry: Ar. and P. στίχος, ὁ, ἔπος, τό.Line of march: P. and V. ὁδός, ἡ, πορεία, ἡ.Being thus related through the male and not the female line: P. πρὸς ἀνδρῶν ἔχων τὴν συγγένειαν ταύτην καὶ οὐ πρὸς γυναικῶν (Dem. 1084).Line of action: P. προαίρεσις, ἡ.Draw the line, lay down limits, v.: P. and V. ὁρίζειν (absol.).Strike out a new line: Ar. and P. καινοτομεῖν (absol.).The founders must know the lines they wish poets to follow in their myths: P. οἰκισταῖς τοὺς τύπους προσήκει εἰδέναι ἐν οἷς δεῖ μυθολογεῖν τοὺς ποιητάς (Plat., Rep. 379A).It's a pretty scheme and quite in your line: Ar. τὸ πρᾶγμα κομψὸν καὶ σφόδρʼ ἐκ τοῦ σοῦ τρόπου (Thesm. 93).——————v. trans.Fill, man: P. and V. πληροῦν.Guard: P. and V. φυλάσσειν, φρουρεῖν.Mark, furrow: V. χαράσσειν.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Line
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4 pound
I noun1) ((also pound sterling: usually abbreviated to $L when written with a number) the standard unit of British currency, 100 (new) pence.) λίρα,στερλίνα2) ((usually abbreviated to lb(s) when written with a number) a measure of weight (0.454 kilograms).) λίβραII noun(an enclosure or pen into which stray animals are put: a dog-pound.) μάντραIII verb1) (to hit or strike heavily; to thump: He pounded at the door; The children were pounding on the piano.) κοπανώ2) (to walk or run heavily: He pounded down the road.) περπατώ/τρέχω με βαριά πατήματα3) (to break up (a substance) into powder or liquid: She pounded the dried herbs.) κοπανίζω
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