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1 play into someone's hands
(to do exactly what an opponent or enemy wants one to do.) παίζω με το παιχνίδι του αντιπάλου -
2 play
[plei] 1. verb1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) παίζω2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) παίζω3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) παίζω (ρόλο)4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) παίζομαι5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) παίζω6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) παίζω7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) παίζω8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) (τρεμο)παίζω,παιχνιδίζω9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) κατευθύνω,στρέφω10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) παίζω,ρίχνω2. noun1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) διασκέδαση,παιχνίδι2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) θεατρικό έργο3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) παιχνίδι4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) τζόγος,παίξιμο•- player- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
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3 Play
v. trans.Act a part: P. ὑποκρίνεσθαι.Play Antigone: P. Ἀντιγόνην ὑποκρίνεσθαι.Play the second part: Ar. δευτεριάζειν.Play third rate parts: P. τριταγωνιστεῖν.Play the man: P. ἀνδραγαθίζεσθαι.Play a part, pretend: Ar. and P. προσποιεῖσθαι.Play a game: Ar. and P. παιδιὰν παίζειν.Play a double game, met.: P. ἐπαμφοτερίζειν.Play the pipe: P. and V. αὐλεῖν.Play pipe to: Ar. προσαυλεῖν (Eccl. 892).Act in jest: P. and V. παίζειν.Play an instrument: Ar. and P. ψάλλειν.The flute girl played: Ar. αὐλητρὶς ἐνεφύσησε (Vesp. 1219).Gamble: Ar. and P. κυβεύειν.Play at: P. παίζειν (dat.).Play at dice: P. ἀστραγάλοις παίζειν (Plat., Alci. I. 110B).Play into—not thinking they were playing into the hands of Agoratus: P. οὐκ οἰόμενοι Ἀγοράτῳ συμπράσσειν ( Lys. 138).Play off—play off the Greeks one against another: P. αὐτοὺς περὶ ἑαυτοὺς τοὺς Ἕλληνας κατατρῖψαι (Thuc. 8, 46).Play on (play on words, etc.): P. κομψεύεσθαι (acc.), V. κομψεύειν (acc.); see also play upon.Play upon, turn to account: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).Play with, mock: P. and V. παίζειν πρός (acc.), P. προσπαίζειν (dat.).——————subs.P. and V. παιδιά, ἡ.Speak in play: P. and V. παίζων εἰπεῖν.Piece for acting: Ar. and P. δρᾶμα, τό.Give play to, exercise: Ar. and P. μελετᾶν, P. and V. γυμνάζειν. Use, put into operation: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).Make a display of: P. and V. ἐνδείκνυσθαι.Fair play: P. ἐπιείκεια, ἡ.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Play
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4 join
[‹oin] 1. verb1) ((often with up, on etc) to put together or connect: The electrician joined the wires (up) wrongly; You must join this piece (on) to that piece; He joined the two stories together to make a play; The island is joined to the mainland by a sandbank at low tide.) ενώνω2) (to connect (two points) eg by a line, as in geometry: Join point A to point B.) συνδέω, ενώνω3) (to become a member of (a group): Join our club!) γίνομαι μέλος4) ((sometimes with up) to meet and come together (with): This lane joins the main road; Do you know where the two rivers join?; They joined up with us for the remainder of the holiday.) συναντώ, ενώνομαι με, σμίγω5) (to come into the company of: I'll join you later in the restaurant.) συναντώ, σμίγω2. noun(a place where two things are joined: You can hardly see the joins in the material.) ένωση- join hands
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5 stop
[stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) σταματώ2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) σταματώ,εμποδίζω3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) (αυτοπ.)σταματώ4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) κλείνω,βουλώνω5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) παίζω νότα πνευστού οργάνου(με τρύπες)6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) μένω2. noun1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) στάση,σταμάτημα2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) στάση3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) τελεία4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) σαν τρύπα(φλάουτου),κλειδί(κλαρίνου)5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) πώμα,τάπα,τακάκι•- stoppage- stopper
- stopping
- stopcock
- stopgap
- stopwatch
- put a stop to
- stop at nothing
- stop dead
- stop off
- stop over
- stop up
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