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TABLE

Urdt 2.'6

OF

CONTENTS

'B.1yi.ng things'

I3a.sic Dialog1.1e .. 329

Response Drill
Narrat1 V

'

.... 332

333

ReS!'ODBe Drill ' 3)1.

P.ronouns L and :

335

Respol1.Be Ex.ercise

)3 6

Note 26.1

'Making hotel reservat10ns by phone

Un1t 27

Basic D:i.alogu.e

338

Narrati'V

.341

Response

..

111

342

27.1

Continuous Past in sentences ....

343

27.2

'if eentences ........

343

27.3

Adjecti'Vs

in

......................................

344

.Adjecti'V'eS in

........................................

344

345

Adjecti :1n -

27.5

Response Exerc1se
'

Unit 28

............................................................... 345

the hotel '

.................................................................
Response Dril1 ..................................................................
Third decl. noun
...........................................
Note 28.1
Third Declension Nouns ............................................

Bas1c Dialogue

347

351
352
352

28.2.1

Notat1on

. . . . .

354

28.3

Class verbs : 1st.pers.plur. Present/Future endings in katharevusa

354

\11 th

- infix i.n plural

355

356

Topics for Dis CSSiOI .............

358

Nouns
Response

Unit 29
'Basic

~erCise

IWeather Report
Dia1.ogtl

.......................................
1

360

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Response Drill
Na~t1ve

11

362

.. 362

Third declension masc.nouns in -

Not8 29.1

29.2

F1rst decl. case end1ngs in katharevusa 365

29.3

'1hird decl. munine nouns in - and - ..

365

29.4

Idiomatic UBage

.................................

366

for Discussion

366

TOp:l.CB

Unit 30

'

Party"'

Bas1c D1.aloglle
RespOIlse Drill

Narrat1ve

'

..

ReSPOIlSe Drlll

'

371

11 11 11 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . .

~72

373

Irregular'

Note 30.1

3'68

11

11 11

adjectives in

.11

11 11.11.11 11 11

11 11

11 11 11.11

374

30.2

Katharevus8 superlat1ves

374

30.3

Verbs w1th prefixes

374

..............................................................

377

......................................

378

Grarmatical

Drills

Response Exercise
Re v i e v

(units 26 - 30)

Grarranatical D1"1ll

379

......................................................................

380

Narrative

Unit 31
Ba&1c

'm a Cafe'

383

3 88

Neuter unB in. -- / -0"L

388

D:l..minutives

388

"

~90

391

Dt-1ll. .

39!)

D1alogle

D1"ill

Note 31.1

Response

Eercise

IDriving'

Unit 32

IJas1c D:alog11e

Resp()Ilse

Note 32.1
32.2

Use ! ( ) in

clauses.......................................

396

Prepoaitions /

396

ResponBe Ex:ercise

396

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Un1t 33

'Driving' (cont.)

Bas1c D:i.aJ.oge

397

Response Drill

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.3

Grarnnatical

Drills ............................ 403

Response EX.erc1se 405

'

Unit 34

the Harbor l

Bas1c :D:i.aloge

. 407

Dri II

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 411

Resporse

Note 34.,

'Mixed' conjuRation . 41,

Granmat1cal Dr111s

Response Exerc1se
Unit 35

................................................
..........................................................

412

413

'At the Airport

Basic D:i.alog1le

. . . . . . . . . . . . 415

~erc1Be

Res})Ol1Se

Di.scuss1m

Top1.cs for
Gra:rrmatical

Re v 1 e w

421
421

Drill ................

422

(thits 31 - 35)

Grarnrnatical Dril1.s ... , ......................

Narrative
Unit 36

'At the U.S.Consu1ate'

Basic Di.alog'U.e

. .. . . . . . . . . . . . .

430

RespOI1Se Drill

. . . . . . . . .

433

Note 36.,

F'1ture

Perfect ...............

Gramma.t1cal Dril1B

Response Ex:erc1se
Un1t 37

433
433

..........................................................

435

'App]ying for a visa

Bas1c DialOg'U.e

. . . . . . .

437

Res'POIse

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

439

Unit 38

DriU

'App]ying for a v1sa (cont.)

Basic Dialogtl..e

. . . . . . . .

L.4o

ResJ)01'lse Drill

. . . . . . . .

44,

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Unit 39

Bas1c

the V1ce Consul.ls Ofi'ice

IIn

11 11 11

Dialoge

ReSpOIlSe Dr:tll

442

11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 1 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 1 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 1 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11

44.3

..

IGreek Islands l

Unit 40
Ba.s1c

11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11

11 11 11 11

D1aJ.oge

Respnse

11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 1

~Jarrat1ve

11

11

11

.........

Dr111
11

11

11

11

'

Response Dril1

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

.. .. .. ..

'..'-$.4

..

446

11

446

1 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 1 11 11 1 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11

448

"".~~.,.,

11

11

11

11

11

11

11 1 1 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11

11

..

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

..

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11 11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

R e v i e w (Units 35 - 40)
Gra.mmat1cal Dril1s
Narrative
Unit 41
Basic

11

11 11

11 11

11

11

449
11 11

:Ba.sic

Dialoge

1m

Basic

11 11

11

11

11

11 11

11

11 11

11

11

11 11

11

11

11

11

11 11

11

11

11

11

11

11 11

11 11

11

11

11

11 11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11 11

11 11

11 11 11

11

11

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .
. . . .

the Courtroom'

D1aJ.ogle

Grarrmat1cal

Unit 43

11 11

451

IIn the Courtroom l

Grarrnnatical D1'il1.s
Unit 42

11

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

'In the Courtroom

llialoge

455

(cnt.)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dr:tlls

453;

( cont.

458
461

..............................................................

46~:

ReSPOIlSe Drill .............................................

465

GI-arrmatical Dril1s

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

466

Top:i.CS for d1.scussion .........

469

Unit 44

Polit1cal

Discuss1nl

Dialoge

. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

470

ResJ>OrlSe DI"i11

472

Basic

Unit 45

'

Political

13asic D::i.a.logu.e

Note 45.1

Discussinl

(cont.)

Katharevusa verb forms

474

476

......................................................

477

....................................

478

45.2

Dat1ve case

45.3

Third decl.noun

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Top:Lcs for

Re v i e w

D:scussion

..............

(Units 41-45 )

481

GraI11l'l8.tical Drills
tTnit 46

478

'F:iJle

'

:Basic D:f..alog'U.e

....................................................
) ....................................................

485

Unit 47

'F:lne Arts' (cont.)

487

Unit 48

'F:iJle Arts' (cnt.

489

Un1t 49

'F:iJle Arts

Unit 50

'The Greek Theatre'

Narrative
Note 50.1

(cont.) ..................................................

.....................................................................

496

verb foI'!IJS

501

KatJarewsa

Past tense augment in

'Dhimotild. suffix

Ietter-numerals

katharvusa

................................
.................................
--

501
503
503

...........................................

503

......................................................

505

506

'h1rd Declensin NomB

Response EJcercise
Glossa

491

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Unit 26

Basic D:i.alogu.e

(the) taxicab

~o, -,

~ree,

, L ~o;

Tax:i., are you

independent, single
(bachelor)

~ree?

HrnB

(the) clothes

Take

rn

to

HrnB

street

clothes:

(the) dreBs

(the) skirt

(the) blouse

(the) vest

(the) pu110ver

(the) scar:f

(the) raincoat

(the)

(t11e) ~iance

[can] buy sorne

pair

a dress, a skirt, a blouae

a vest, a pul1over, a
and a pair

o~

shoes

~or

scar~,

~or

a raincoat,

:fiance.

-,

islander

a piece o:f handwork

wel1

(the) (ancient) vase

329

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(the) jewel

kind of coarse woolen carpet

, -, -

popu1ar

(the) record, plate, disk

' L 6 -& \J

Since you are a local person you may Imow

where can find [some] handwork made by

, -& , ,

the islanders as well as [some] ancient

6 "-

vases,jewe]xy, carpets and the most I>pular

folk records.

(the) parliament

(the) Constitution; regiment

-& You'll find records near the old Parliament,

and towards the end of Herres street near

-&

Constitution square you '11 find mary stores

, -&-

whicll have anything you want.

name of a section of Athens

/()

(the) antique shop

- You can also go to !1onastyraki, where the

, .

antique shops are.

name of a section of Athens

(the) foot of the mountain

Do you Imow Mon!3styraki?

It's near Plaka-

the oldest section of Athens at the foot

of Acropolis.

-&, 6

name of the cathedral in Athens

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1s i t near (Iin ) Metropolis?

26

~, -, -

cathedral

(the) shoe store

6 ~6

(.)

Yes, it's this side of Metropolis cathedral.

1tIs where

many

shoe stores are.

.
, -,

made

-,-6

sof't

6 cc

\the) skin, leather

(the) store window

'~, ;

Have you ever been (Igone I ) there,1'f.iss?

uExovv

bey

6 .

the softest leathers.

have the best shoes there made

and see the store

nrnst go there

WindO~IS.

(the) shoe store

somm~here

()

to drive s.o. crazy

(the) corn (on the foot)

C,

C ~

else

wife always prefers those shoe stores,

because if she buys shoes from somewhere

else the corns

' .

crazy.

her feet drive her

(the) look, glance

to look over, to examine

to find (something) hard to do

(o~)

a womanIs shoe, pump

-,

wide, broad, flat

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: -

npw'rtX

.. Can you stop there first

that

~ ~, ~

~ 6 ~

for me (' have difficulty') to find shoes

to [fit] m:y feet.

', ~,

~.

can have a 100k, because it.s very hard

feet.

()

(3)

to notice, to observe

! ! !

6, -,

ohI

-6

narrow, tight

to be frank .

, 6 ~ .
,

You lmow, have flat

6~

Yes,

noticed it as

into the car.

OhJ

on

as you stepped

what a footJ

thought

~ 6

But to be frank it's better than m:y sister's

6 ~ , 6 .

foot,which is narrow.

6, -,

bare-footed

, , J

You lmmI she ('the poor one l ) can1t find

~ o~ -- ~

shoes [in her size] anywhere and she either

'\1 , , .

has to have them made to order or walk

bare-footed.

6 6 ;
-- ~;
~ -- ~ ;

~ -- 'o~;

6 ' o~, -- 'o~;

~ ;
~ 6 ;

E~ M6o~;
~ ooo~ Mo~;
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' ;

;
~ , .
6;

;
~ ;
'6 ~

Narrative
(~)

to :1lIIag:ine

, -,

taken :in the proper sense

mania, rage, frenz.y

a ldnd

o~ (o~)

to add, to join

collection, assortment; meditation

, -,

man' S shoes

fat, coarse, thick, rude

so16 (of shoes)

crepe

natura1]y

, -,

particu1ar, specia1

()

shoe, sanda1

(,)

to wear, to put

, -, -

sincere, frank, true

()

to attribute, to return, to give back,

[to grant
coquetry, f1irta tin

()

to uncover, disc10se, revea1

thought

(o~)

to devise, to invent

a 10t

(oo~)

to justify

argument

()

prove, to
he prove<i

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demnstrate

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joke
-,

of the soul

satisfaction

500 drachma bill

everything, the whole

',

~wo .
~ ,
.

'

"

'

~o

o~o 6

6 ,

'

~ ~

'l;) ~o

~o

, ' o~o o~o.

' npocrna~ouv
,

,
'.

~o

', '

;
' ~,
;

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26

6 ;
;

o~o ' '

;

o~o ;

Grammatical Notes
Note

26.1

Pronom.: The use !

, 6

, -,

'who, which, that', and

'

'whatever', 'anything'.

Acropolis was in the center

Q~QlQ

'whoever, whichever, anyone', ,

whoever took

it~

the city and

...

In addition to a11 this

~~21~ ~~

and

have to

have) appendicitis

operation ('which has

to be operated')
', ~.

Whatever you want.

,

The word

-,

is an indefinite pronoun corresponding in meaning to

English 'whoever, whichever, anyone' declined regularly as an adjective.

The word

to

-,

-,

(note that the stress is the ~;~~ syllable opposed

where i t is

the first

is a declinable relati pronoun

corresponding in meaning to English 'who , which, that'.

,-,-

i6 ~~~~I! used with the definite article

Thi6 pronoun is sometimes used interchangeably with the pronoun

HoweVer since
in om contexts

6.

'that, which'.

i6 indeclinable and does not indicate the gender ! the noun it refers to,
,-,-

must be used to avoid ambjguity.

For example in such a

sentence , ~ ~o ~

Greece).
pronoun

(The mother

may refer either to

friend who was in the theatre with us wi11 go to

or to

, -, - is used, the meaning is clear:

",
pronoW1.

wherea6 i f the

'The mother ! friend who (i.e.the mother) was w1th us....

(not to be coJl1'ue4i v1 ti the conjuction 'that') is another indafin1te

It corresponds in meaning to English 'whatever, anything' or sometimes 'everything'

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and is invariable.

() ()

for some reason

()

(,)

()

to renew

(ox~)
()

~o ~~P,

(,)

to

w~tch

, -,

Koo~ (Koo~) (3)

(, :~ol:!-o...

dress

, -,

, -, -

local

(~)

:'"

tru t.

x~

cr.i(~nce

:riendstIi;;

a ;

~ ';

a ;
'' , ~ ;

ox~

~ ,

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, oo~
~ ,

;
;

, ~ ~
x~ ~;

;
;

;
;
' ~~;

x~, ,

(, x~, , , ...)
;

p~ ;

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Unit 27
-------

;
,

-,

Hotel, please?
-

next, followi:ng

15

Is this (t\~hat is there ) the Xenia

Hello!

I'd like you to reserve a room for

for

the 15th of the next month

......................
6 ,
,

-,

know it's too early now,

-()

occupied

but

(' would find all rooms occupied') if

6,

thought

might not find

ar.y

vacancy

called laterbecause

',

-,

Olympic

(the) contest

' .

because of the Olympic games.

()
,

-,

-/-,

to light, to take fire

-

burning

(the) torch

saint, sacred, holy

space, area, place

Can you tell me, if you ImO.I, what time

they carry the burning

from the sacred

possible

338

place1

torch

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~ ~ ,

And then,

, ~

w}~t

Ilj

27

like to know, i f it's possible,

time the museum is open.

(the) profession

1Je '11 o~

~ ,

stay for two days and because

of our profession--

(the) archeologist

, , ~o-

we '::-e archeologists you know-.we want

'

to enjoy your famous

Hernis

as much as we

can,

'

(the) pediment

Zeus

Centaurus

(the) battle, fight

()

(the) sculpture

',

, ,

as well as Apollo, the pediments of Zeus s

temple, the battles of Centauri

and

various other famous sculptures.

.........................
Part
! .

Oh, yes.

It's for me and my wife.

, -~,

double

(the) side

We'd prefer a double bed and our room should

be

____:~~_~~~~~i_wv.
* See

Note 28.3
339

the side [facing] the ruins.

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(the)midnight

Virg:in Mary

15

We'll arrive August 15 at m1dn1ght

day

the

Virg1n Mary.

(the) ferry-boat

the day

The ferry-boat arrives :iD Patras late at

n1ght.

(the) car, carriage

Olympia

'

~o

and i t will take us 3 to 4 hours by (our)

car to get to 01ympia.

'.

.
()

to be late

outs1de-door, street-door

,
,

(3)

-,

unlocked

Ye8, i f we're very late you can leave the

back street-door unlocked,

(the) chamber maid

and leave the key of our room '.dth the

chamber maid,
-,

()

(3)

night duty

to annoy, to bother, to trouble

6 6

or with your n1ght clerk;

di8turb you too

30

that we won't

m.ch

.................
()

to note, to put do.m, to jot down

hank

340

you very much.

You 'd better put down

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rrry

nare

right away.

(xo~)

to be busy, occupied

, -,

busy

(the) excavation

-/-,

southern

because I'm very busy with

work in southern

, -,

',

to call back, to call again

and

time to call you again.

'

excavation

Ita~,

~ -

required, necessary

()

January

don't know i f I'll have the (required)

'

Ju1y

C5

February

August

March

September

'

April

'

May

November

June

December

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'

October

Narrative

thanks to

po~

effort,

baron

performance, execution

()

to be interrupted

, -,

endea"Vr

Byzantine

~oo /-

emperor

(the F1rst)

visitor

()

globe

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~o,

-,

human

oo~ (oo~) (3)

to

obsere,

to follow

result, issue, outcame

beginning

appearance

runner

()

to carry, to transfer

flame

(~)

to be taken, to be received

()

to symbolize

~o,

-,

:immortal

youth,
(~)

gereration

to compete

track, race-course

ideal

1896, o~ Pierre de

' ,

Coubertin,

K~ ,
.

'

, oo~o .

'.

~~~~~~~_p::~!!

1896;

' ;
K~ : ;

~~ *

~ .

noble

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~ ;

' ;

;
;
6;

Grammatical Notes
1!~~~_~~! Verb: SUbjW1ctive: Use ! Continuous Past Ion:s in
' ~ ~

And then

sentences.

like to Imow

with the Continuous Past may be used instead ! with the SubjW1ctive to express

a polite request or a wishful thinking, e.g.

~ 6 .

wish

cou1d

~ .

wish

cou1d go to New York.

~~~_~1~~.

that play.

Verb: 'if'-sentences.

" , ' .

~ u.t , < 6...

1! we1re very late you can leave the back streetdoor unlocked
(11 would find a11 rooms occupied'}
if ca11ed later" "

As in English, conditions expressed in 'if'-sentences may be either simple (Iif he comes,

1'11 go'), indefinite (Iif he came, IId go') or hypothetical ('if he had come, would have
gone').
Simple Condition is expressed in Greek much the same as in English, but the verb

the 'if I -clause is either the perfective stem form or future, e.g.
" (~~ i) ,

1! you

friend tell him to come here.

~ .

Other corobinations

tenses in IifI-sentences to express simple condition are also

possible, e.g.
" (or ~ ) -

I f you go to the movies 1'11 come with you.

~ ~ .

" , ~ .

If we don't work we don't eat.

" 6 ~o.

If told you made a mistake.

Indefinite and hypothetical conditions in Iifl-sentences are usually not distinguished

in Greekj i.e. they are both expressed by the Cont. Past (1

+ Cont~past)

in the Iif.Lclause

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(protasis) and ~ plus Continuous Past in the main clause (apodosis).

" ( ~

'6 ~

Thus the sentence

.

can mean

either 1' you went to New York, would go with you' (indefinite condition) or '! you had
would have gone with you', (hypothetical condition) depending on the

gone to New York

context.

other examples:
x~,

would be very happy i f you did it for me.

6 .

or

would have been very happy i f you had

done it for me.

6 , .

would tell i t to you i f

could.

or

~~~~_~7~~

would have told you if

had been able to.

Adjective: Adjectives in -

flat foot

Adjectives ending in _

have the feminine form in -

and the neuter

in

- e.g.
Sing.
.

G.

()

()

F.

()

Pl.

()

()

G.

()

()

()

()

The katharevusa declension

~~~_~l~~ Adjective:

these adjectives will be discussed in later units.

Adjectives in -
give the key to the night clerk

~ 6 6 6

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'Ihe above sentence illustrates the use

which are

adjectives in

the regular present active participial forms in

UNIT 27

hB

katharevusa~

adjecti

will be discussed

in later units.
heir

declension (in katmrevusa and

kathomi1meni)

is as

fol1ws:

~~~.

F.

()

G.

G.

'interesting'

~!.

~~~~_~I:.~

Adjective: Adjectives in -

in katharevusa

from the holy city

Adjectives in -iJ have the feminin"J form in -

e.g.

,-,-

interesting

category

comparison

compared to

()

to describe

contest

hymn,

( v).

national anthem

''Av

vL

/ ~

vL
;

~;

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" & & , a & '~ &

;
!
;
a ..'J , ..'J '
~'

~"
'

L ;

' ;

' ;

" , &

L, , ;

6 ..'J

' ;

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Unit 28

Basic Dialogue
Part
'

the hote1'

(the) element

&

to register the dOCUJllents

6-.

(the) identity

Will you please

' 6 6

register rny documents1

Herels rny passport and rny identification

card.

"

(the) objection, contradiction

to object

6 6

(the) traveler's check

hope you wonlt refuse (11 donlt believe

you too will object to )

checks?
6

ry

traveler s

(the) Custamhouse

6 6 6

Because at the

luggage was ex:amined this morning

where

6 6

(the) amount,

,-,-

taxab1e, dutiab1e

6,-,-

who1e, entire

(and)

x~

6 .

had to pay a considerable amount

money for

dutiab1e objects (that

had); they wouldn t accept rny trave1er s

a11 sorts

troub1e.
What are you talking about, Sir!

347

ry

Bun

checks (Ithem ) and caused

Custnhouse

1t l s an

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( .

o~

honor for us to have custamers 1ike you.

We '11 do everything possib1e to be

service to you.
(the) ground-f1oor, 1eve1

6 6~o()
6 (/)

(the) branch (loca1 office)

6 , -, -6

cODllercia1

-&

di.rector, nana;er

6 6

Besides, the ground.floor ! the next

( / -

bui1ding there is a branch ! the Comnercia1

Bank

( -&

Greece, whose manager is our

customer.

()

to cash

()

to facilitate, to make it easier

/ 6

his

branch a1ways cashes a11 our customers'

checks for us and they do everything

possib1e to make [things] easier for us.

, -, -

indiscreet

6 (-&

(the) last name

( -& -

don't want to appear indiscreet, but your

6 (-&6 (

1ast name seems fami1iar to me.

6.

multi-mi1lionaire

-&/-&

he was busy

(the) tomb

Pharaoh

-& ( -

Are you by any chance the famous French

6 ( , -

archeologist and. multimi11ionaire

-& (

excavated ('wasbusywithexcavationsl)

the tombs ! the Pharaohs?

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who

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' ,

The archeologist,yesj but don't Imow ('

doubt ) [about l1\ being] a mu1 t1Inillionaire.

Part

(the) relative

(the) chemistry

(the) prize, award

Then you must be a relative

~o ,

professor

prize.

chemistry who got the Nobel

Charge dIAffaires

(the) secretary

the French

He came here several times last summer

w1th the Charge d Affa1res and the First

'

Secretary of the French EJnbassy.

morning; breakfast

&

remember how they enjoyed spend.i.ng their

mornings in the stad1um.

(the) luck

o~ (o~~) (3)

to adopt

~ (~)

to d1e

(the) heir

' '.

\ are relatives by blooo. However he

o~~ ~o

was fortunate enough

, ~ &

unCle, who made him h1s princ1pal heir after

his death ('when he died ).

,-/-,-

be ad.opted by

celebrated, famous

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(the) painter, artist

(the) erudite, 1earned man

He's a150

and 1earned

the m05t famous painters

our times.

(the) sleep

(~)

to suffer, to be exhaustea.

' ~.

But enough

to go to bed.

the trip.

that Time flies and we have

wife is exhausted from

.
, -,

photographic

(the) machine,

(the) flower

, ~

Bell

by

('litt1e

) J

take those

Buitcases, the CaMera, and those flowers

to room 23.

23;

b1ue

(the) jacket

(the) tuxedo

~
.

my

the big suitcase

have a b1ue jacket and

tuxedo.

6 ~

(the) c1eaner's shop

()

to iron, to press

~ ~o
~o

Can you take them to the c1eaner' s to be

c1eaned and pressed?

;
()
, -0:,

to shine, to polish
dark

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And

want you

to

shine these dark shoes

1m wearing.

()

to serve

(the) meal

Whs.t time do they serve the meals in the

6;

restaurant~

;J 6 6
6 ;

Can

you

bring

our breakfast to our room? The

usual cafe oomplet

6 ~o

Glad1y J sir.

Response Dr111

6 6 ;

6 6 ;
';
/ '6 ;

';

6 ~o

' o~ J ~;
6 6 ;
~ ' ;

x~*o ;

~ 6 ;

~o ;

*
,
(x~~)

'to

continued l

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6 ;

~ 6 ;
;

Grammatica1 Notes
Note 28.1 Nom: Third dec1ension om 6 .
This 3rd dec1ension noun is dec1ined as fo11ows:

~~~.

1.

----

G.

Note 28.2' Noun: Thi.rd Dec1ension NOUI1B.

As can be

Dec1ension
!

nOUI1B"

from Note 28.1, as we11 as

frn

the previOUB notes dealing with Third

their forms cannot be a1ways predicted

frn

the nominative case 1ike those

1st and 2nd dec1ension nOUI1B.

The stem

the

hird

Dec1ension noun appears in the genitive case.

his

stem is the

genitive case minus its ending (- or - ,sometimes - or -). Al1 other cases are
formed by affixing case endings (ii' any) to this stem.
There are

course a few exceptions to this rule J but they are not

The fo11owing chart il1ustrates the katharevusa dec1ension

which have already occurred in the previous units:

~~.
.

I'l.

'6 '

~~.

G.
.

I'l.

3$2

nuneroUB.

3rd Dec1ension

uns

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(~~~_!.~!.!. )

~~.
.

G.
.

Pl.

G.

-&'~

(Transferred in 'dhlmot1k:i to the 1st decl.

Sg.

-&~

-&-

-&

-&~

-&~

G.
.

~ ~6 (Transferred in 'dh:iIn.ot1ld. I

-&

to the 1st decl.

~~.

Pl.
~

~~6

~~6-o

~~o

~~6

~~6

G.
.

,).

~~6').

~~6

,).

Pl.

-&-~

Pl.

(Transferred in 1dhimotik1 I to the 1st decl.

~~.
.

,) .

(Transferred in 'dhlmotiki' to the 1st decl. '

28

(!!~~~_!.:!.~ )

, (Transferred 1n 'dhimotiki' to the 1st decl.

~~.

o~

G.
.

, (Transferred in dhimotik1 to the 1st decl.

~~.

~.

o~

G.
.

).

Pl.

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' '

Pl.
.

G.

(~~!~-~!~!.)
' '

Pl.

~~.

G.

'

~~.

1.

G.

6-

~~.

G.

Hote

28.2.1

Notation.

Beginning with Unit

29

the Genitive case of the

Third

Dec1ension nouns wi1l be given in

the bui1d-ups in parentheses.

~~!~_~~!.~

Verb: Class verb present/future 1st .1. end1ngs in katharevusa.

The katharevusa ending is

a150 be

someti1res

We '11 OnJ.y stay for two days

(present)

(future), but

used in spoken Greek instead of the regu1ar ending

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-- may

-.

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~~!~_~~!.!.!. :

number

and

Mascu1ine and ferninine

!

mascu1ine

Iorn

in

their p1ura1

-,

means

by

with -0- 1nfix in plura1.

-,

-,

and

ferninine

in

-,

the infix -0-.

~~E!~~

P1ura1

'fi8herman'

'coffee'

'grandfather

'coffee-house keeper'

grandother

'hors d'oeuvre'

'fox'

'I18~'

It shou1d be noted:
,)

that most

2)

that they are usually stressed

3)

that the majority of masculine nouns in -

with the suffix e.g.

these

are 10anwords,

(sometirnes a1so

the last sy11ab1e,

-,

are occupation or profession

etc.)

(.-

'baker'

'greengrocer

'01d-c1othes- rnan'

'pa1nter (buildings ,etc)

'haberdasher'

'butcher'

'grocer l

'porter l

o~

'shoe maker

'garbage co11ector'

'owner

'n:1.11er'

'priest'

a tavern'

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made

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Using V for 'vowel' the declension pattern

these

~~~=.

may be shown as follows:

P1ur.

~~!!:~~=.

Masc.

Fem.

-Vs

-V

-VOes

G.

-V

-Vs

-VOon
,

-v

-v

-VOes

~E~~~:

~~f'

Plur.

o~

G.

~~~~~~-~~~~~~~

Usufu1 words
, o~

poet

o~,

muaic1an

.
.

civil engineer

agriculturist

any

adm1ral

general

A.F. general

colnel

()

6)

to inherit

nEp~ouoCa

fortune, property, wealth

'

Egypt

aphinx

pyramid

()

to declare

perfume

fur

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UNIT 28

style

dress, garment, clothes

, -/-, -

official

reception,

-&/

etiquette

protocol

white

black

-,

, -, -
-&,

-,

-&,--

-/,-,-

red

azure,

pink

purple

-,

-u

part;y

sky

blue

orange

light green

pure white

pure black

pure red

gray

pure yellow

-& , , , ...;
, , ;

'

-& ;

o-&~ ;
;

' ';

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'' , ;

, 6
;

~o ; (,
, , ...).

" x~ ' ' .

;
;
~o

' 6 6

'

? ~
,

(~o/,

);

Topics for Discussion

---------------------

to compare

6,

-,

Asiatic

-6

"

let's

fluent1y

o~ (o~)

to suppose, aSSUMe, presume

while

~oox

reception, welcome

fomal1ty

Stay;

disposal, disposit1on, mood

lett1ng, lease, rent1ng

' 6 6 6

( 6 ,
, 2-3 , ...).

' '6
C 6 .

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' ~o
, ~ ,

' ~o .

.-

******
" o~o

'~o

~oo,

' ,

~,

":

~ ~ao

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Unit 29

Part

'Weather Report'

--------------

( -)

(the; masteIt'iece

~-& -&
~o;

Why

didn't you CO to George's party

yesterday~

You missed a lot, it 1ias a

masterp1ece

(the) doubt

(the) year

, ~

There s

doubt tha t i t was

best parties

the

the year.

-& -&,

tell you the truth, tried but d1dn 1 t

~-&.

make it.

( ox~)

~ ~'O ox~-

(the) obl1gation
As

usual the reason 1ias rrw job (Iobligations').

'.

()

to

electrical engineer

-/( )

(the) interpreter

(the) stranger's guide

(the) cement

Chalkis

'

- -

accompary

had to escort an American electrical

engineer as his interpreter and guide

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UNIT 29

to the canent factory in Challd.s~

(the) contact

;. -. -

special. special1st

! -.

complicated.

(the) functionjl1 turgy,mass

where

specialists. (and) 'We explained to h1m

a11 the cnplicated functions ! the

factory.

brought him into contact w1th the

/ - / ( )
'

(the) storm, hurricane .squa11

After that could 'nt get back to Athens

'-&. -

because ! the storm.

( )

o~ ;

" .

(the) pretext, false excuse

rlhat storm?

. -.

-()

useless}l
meteorological
(the) report, bulletin

(.)

very, very much

. -.

(.)
.

(rleave those ), you

'

don' t need. any excuses ( The pretexts are

Cne

cloudy
,

-.

-6()

upon, over

fil'm, fixed

the mainland ! Greece

. -. - ( )

sporadic .. scattered

Well, didn't you listen to the weather report

6 : ' -

thisl!!orning (whichsaid): '(rleather}very

&* l.-

cloudy over the mainland ! Greece with

scattered showers

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, -,

Apri1 (adj.)

Don't believe everything you hear. It was

one

(here)

the rnost beautiful April days

all about the party

But

o~ .

imagine you 're anx:iou5 to know

everything about the party ('fun ).

, ;

Certain1y.

Tell rne how i t was.

& ~*;
;

~ ;

~;
;

;
L

~ ;
!:!~I..?j;i~

ff~QQQ~Q~_fQ~
, -,

next, corning

24/

twenty four hour period

'

at first

little, 111 a srnall degree

,
,

-,

-,

higher, superior

falling

(.)

in

north

~_~__~~5

~Qy~h

___________
*

~,

-,

yesterday (adj.)
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east

west

, -,
, -,

north~estern

northern

, -,

afternoon (adj.)

in detail

, -,

eastern

oo~o, -,

north-eastern

genera1]y

( )/

cloud

fog

p1a1n

//

early

!/ !

,

morning

()
-,

Saronikos (bay)

c10udy

wind

()/

()/ (1)

, -,

, -,

variab1e, changeab1e

, -,

,
,

to b10w

-,

western

-/, -,

-,

even1ng (adj.)
strengthened, fortif1ed

moderate, fair

high sea

Ionian Sea

,
,

-,

-,

rough, agitated

-/-,

remaining, 1eft
-

still, quiet

'

-,

Attica
-

oo~~,

-,

thin, slim, de1icate, 1ight

-,

south-eastern
south-western

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Euboea

( -8-)

to fluctuate

-8-

degree
-

-,

-,

b1ggest, largest

very sma11, least,

m:1nimur,

-8- 24 -8- '

-8-
.

-8- ,

,

' -8- -8- -8-

' .

-8- -8-

-8-

' -8- -8-.

-8-
-8-, .a- -8-~

20

-8-

-8-

-8-

.-

Note:

'Ihe above vreather Bureau Report is written in katharevusa e:xact]y as 1t would appear

in a Greek newspaper.
Words in

. 1

represent the dhirootiki equivalents which are normal]y used 1n

spoken Greek.
atharevusa

participial

fors

appear

vocabulary 1tems.

participles wi11 be explained in later units.

364

'Ihe

foration !

these

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Grammatical Notes
!!~~~_~2:.1. Nun: Third dec1ension masculine nouns in - (~

The katharevusa dec1ension

this group

! oUS

1n dhimotild)

his interpreter

1s:
1.

G.

The dhimotiki form in -

1s declined. like 1st dec1ens1on masculine nouns in

except for the genitive p1ural ending

which is ~~~~~~~ (See a1so Note 14.2)

!!!:~~_~2:.:; : First dec1ens1on case endings ! feminine nouns in -

b

comp1ete set

in katharevusa.

these eIXJ.ings in katharevusa is:

1.

G.

~~~:.

1.

G.

!!~~~_:;2:.~

Third dec1ension feminine nouns in - aIXJ. -.

6 XK~~~

The factory

6 K~~

because

The above examp1es illustrate the use

Challds

the storm

katharevusa genitive forms

feminine

ous

in -.

Third dec1ension feminine nouns in katharevusa:

have the follow1ng case endings in

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~~.

G.

~~!~~

~~~~.

G.
.

Pl.

For the dhimotiki declension

this group

nouns which end in --

see

Note 14.1.2

!!~~~_~2:.~ Idiomatic usage ! :::~.

''

a11 about the party

The plural neuter article i5 used here idiomatical],y as an equivalent to English

'a11 about (something)'.

The noun which follows

is in the geni tive case.

a11 about war

a11 about peace

Useful Words

beach, seashore

6 -&'' '

water-ski

sw.imming, bathing

'

rowing

(small) boat

-&'',
'

'6,
6 '

-,

( ')

-,

-6

( '

situated near the sea

diving, sinking
cool

forest

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L,

-,

O(V)

inland (adj.)

-&

stoI'Il!

LVL

Bnol

sky

'

star

lightning

thunderbolt

ful1

1t l s

laI'Il!

1t ls cold

itls cool

vL

vL

vL

EiVaL narWVLtx

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itls freezing

itls

lindy

i t s raining

LvL

it IS

snoling

'L L -& L

, ~ L LL.
' L -& -&.

LL

rLI LV .

'L L L.

' 'L -& LL

-& L

rLti.

6 -&

rECOU.

**********
L

Lv

EiVaL L vL ,

L,

L v6L.

L,

LL

6 ~ L L

Xp6VLa.

rLI 6 L Lv

VL

vL

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Part
'

Party'

,6

(the) journalist

'm going to describe the party to you

exactly

in the social column

a journalist would ('does')

!

a newspaper.

/ (o~)

to be given

(.)

was given

(the) vil1a

6 ( )

(the) pair, couple

Ekali

'

, , 6~*

The party as you Imow was gi in the villa

'.

()
6, -,

that couple in Ekali.

to stress, emphasize

-6

charming, fascinating

(the) landlord, host

(the) mistress ! a house, hostess

It's not necessary to emphasize how charming

and hospitable the host and hostess were.

6.

~o, -,

blootning

/-

(the) almond-tree

____________ ~~_~q~9S~ __ :9S~__:9J_~L

*6~

(katharevusa past ten5e, later units).

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fragrant

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aong,

'

6
oo~

(oo~)

, -,

the garden

bloming

30

between
the vi11a, under beautiful

a1mond-trees and among the most

fragrant flowers,

(3)

to place, put, Bet

many-colored

(the) table-cloth

,-,-0/6

Japanese

6 /

(the) sma11 lantern/l.antern

oo~

they had put

with many-colored table-cloths and little

Japanese lanterns;

11

kinds

(the) middle

(the) fountain

(the) orches tra

6, -,

small tables

the most beautiful

~ ( ~)

(the) composition

(the) composer

while right in the middle

~ ,

next to the fountain, there was

6 ~

playing beautiful works

~.

modern

the garden,

orchestra

classical and

cmposers.

ow6 ( )

(the) personality, personage

()

to ca11, invite

(2)

-,

invited

'6

(the) Sl-liss

'

(the)

(the) sculptor

(the) Swede

/-

(the) Swedish woman

( )

(the) ambassador

Swiss woman

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Many well-known foreign dignitaries were

~ .. . &

among the guests- a Swiss SCUlptor, a

Swedish poet, many foreign ambassadors,

, ...

etc.

(the) compatriot

(the) crown prince

(the) crown princess

( )

(the) prince

(the) princess

(the) aide-de-camp

( )J -

(the) king

(the)

quen

An:i among our compatriots:

, -

Irene, the aide-de-camp

the Princess
!

the

ing,

"

'

(the) Minister ! Public Works

(the) education

(the) Minister ! Education

(the) Minister ! Coordina.tion

(the) defense

'&

',

'

(the) Minister ! Nationa.l DefeDSe

' '&

the Minister
!

Public Works, the M1nister

Education, the Minister

and the Minister

Coordination

Nationa.l Defense.

(the) beautiful women

(the) lovely dress

(the) uniirm

adorned the setting (.were

taking and giv1ng')

Beautiful women,love~ dresses an:;i o.i:ficial

uniforms adorned the setting,

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()

to serve

chosen, select, choice

-,

K~

30

(the) cellar

K~ ~

and waiters served the choicest

( K~ K~

foods and wines from our friend's cellar.

( .

K~

(the) hUI:10r, good mood

'

despite all these

ox~

(the) worry

Ko~~( )

(the) relief

~ ~ ( K~

'Ihe atmosphere was

joy and good

( ~ ~o, o~

spirits and

ox~ ~ ~K

your worries you would have found

x(~ ( Ko~~,

pleasure and rellef there,

, -,

1m sure tha t despite all

v1thout charm, dull

o~

(the) mishap, misfortune

(the) period, t:ime

~ (

(thing) which 1s indispensable in this

( o~ (

dull and miserable ('without charm and full

.-

misfortune')

time that live ir..

( o~ ~ ~~ ;
~ ~;

~ OL ;

oo~~ ~o K~ ~ ;
~ *
~K
( ~o

o~K

~;

o~oc ~ Ko~

K~;

, -, -

' ;

'covered'
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~ ;
' ;
;

~ ;
, ~
;

Narrative
, -,

neighboring

name of a

inscription, sign

, -,
, -,

deceitful, deceptive
origin, descent, extraction

1egitimate, 1awful, genuine

~,-,-

deep

( )

knwledge,

( )

tradition; surrerxl.er

mentality

expert

adorer, worsh1pper

literature

( )

poetry

()

to recite

poetry line

o~ (o~)

to

'

Hner

Kavafis

Seferis

erudition

menorize,

in Athens

surprising

, -,

neighborhoi

verse; turn

( )

pon

contents

teclmique

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-,

30

intellectual

old-t1mer

-,

rare

o~ ~ ~

~,

,
o~ ~ ,

~ , ~o '.

~~,

, ; ~ ', ~ 6
~ ~

7 ,

'

~ ,

, o~ ' .

, ~ ~

~ ~

EX\J,

6 .-

~~!!~~~-~!~

~ ;

~ ;

7 "

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, o~ '
;

Grammat1cal Notes
Note 30.1 Adjective: 'Irregular

'

adjectives in -

The adjective

among the most fragrant flowers.

'fragrant' belongs to a

which have ident1cal mascul1ne and feminine forms 1n

snall

group

adjectives 1n -

- ,e.g.

.
~c;.!:~_~2:.~

Adjective: Katharevusa superlative.

~ ,

~ ~

As stated

Note 16.4 the spoken Greek

to form the s\perlat1ve. The form

the middle

the garden there

an

orchestra playing beautitul composit1ons

uses the article before the COIIIparative

cornon1y

, , 1s example !

the katharevusa superlative form which will be discussed in later units.

~c;.!:~_~2:.~
Sme

Verb: Verbs with prefixes.

verbs with prefixes were listed in Note 18.2.

Here are

other such verbs which have occurred since then in our uni ts:
Cla.ss

Verbs
Past tenses

-----------

Present

Continuous

to doubt

to disappoint

to prove

to grant

to reveal

to enjoy

o.J.

to recite

.J.

*
*
*

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to decide

to avoid

to separate

to return

to a110w

to advertise

to carry

to translate

/-

to deliver

/-

to describe

-&

to add

-&

-&

to of.fer

to surpass

to submit

to sign

30

*
*

(See Note 18.2)

to depart

to obtain

to last

-&

to observe

-&

to notice

to provoke

on-&

to try

'lb.e verb

-&

*
*
-& *

on-&o

(Note 22.3) has the f110wing forms:

Past tenses

Present

Continuous

In Notes 10.3 and 15.2 it was stated that a stressed augment

1s prefixed to the Class

and

diss11abic

(or sometimes

Vr-)

"fflrbs whenever a syllable past te=e ending

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15 added to the verb stem (e.g. --, --, --&-, etc.)

Verbs 10Iith prefixes such as listed above (see a1Bo Note , 8.2) their S1mp1e and
Continuous Past tense5 according to the same princip1e, but the augment 1s
past ste ! the verb

.!!:ie.!

and the .!:

) i5 10st before the augment.

prefi:ed

to the

the prefix, and the VOW'e1 ! the pNi: (exCept the ~ !

to

trans1ate' ,

'to describe'
ContinuoUB Past

1.

~~.

~~.

1.

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

'Q\!~

--

'QUt.

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

'Q:!

--

but

--

--

--

Verbs with asterisks may be used in the past tenses either with augments (,more onal
speech) or wit,hout

As can be

then,

i.e. like any other po]ysy11Bbic verbs.

from the above list

arxl.

hus,

for examp1e, both

etc, may be heard.

verbs, the augment does not appear in the Continuous

Past ! the Class verbs with persona1 endings 1n -, -j!tc. (e.g.

, -& -

-&, etc.)

The Simp1e Past ! the Class (M1dd1e/Passive) verbs fonned by ! the suffix
--

(Note 20.2) as 1oIe11 as t,he Cont1nuous Past ! this c1ass ! verbs in -

(Note

20.3) do not have an augment either, e.g...

Cont.Past

~~E!~_~~~~

Verb

--------

-&

It should be noted that 1n katharevusa, 10Ihich has d1fferent sets

the past tense augment is

~!~~!~

persona1 erxl.ings,

used both 10Iith simple verbs arxl. verbs with prefixes.

Other verb prefixes (and their different fonns in various phonetic environments) 1oIi11 be
discussed in detail in the Notes

Volume

10Ihich deal with katharevusa

gr&ar.

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Grammatical Drills
Transformation Drill
Change the

11derined.

verbs into the Past tense.

~~~!~~~~Q~Y K~6o .

~~~~2~~~ ~~21Qn!~Q~~~~ .
8 6 ~~2f1~2~~~ .
, ~ ~~Q~~~2~Y .
~~2~~~~~~2Qy .
~~2~~~~~Y2~Y 6 6 !.
~~2~!n~~~Q~~~ 6 6 .

~~Q~~~!~~!5 K~ 6 6 .

~2~1f!~ ~~Q~~Q12~Y ;

~~2~e~2!~! .
f~!~!ef~2~~~ 6 6

15 6.

~~!!ef~~ 6 .
~!~~~12~Y 6 ~o

'&.

~~!~~~e~!f ~ .
~ ~f!~~e~~ 6 ~o .

8 ~~e~~~2~Y .
~fe~1e~~~ ~~2e~ 6 6 .

~e2~~~~f!f 6 !2Q.
~eQ~~fe2~~f 6.
6 .

~~2~~~2~Y .

~~21e~~5 6 6 ~o.
~ ~~~e~2~ 6 .

~~Q~!Q]5 6 ~~~f!5.
6 6 ~o ~ ~!~e~~~ ~.
6 ~~e~~2~2~~ff.

~~e~!ne~ ~e2~fXf!5.
6 ~e2~~~~f .

~e2~~~~ ~ .

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, -,

sur.romd:ings,

-6

env1roI1Ment

world1y, Bocial

( )

concentration, gathering

6 ( ~o)

question, issue

~o, -,

drunk

, -, -

important, signi1'icant

, ;
' , ,

~ ,
;

~ ' , , ..
,

, , ~ , ...;

, ' ;
' ~o;

,
;

, , ;

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REVIEW
(Un:1.ts

26 - 30)

Rev1ew Dr111

Change the underlined verbs 1n the

f0wing

sentences from Active to Passive and

change the direct object ! the sente~e (if 8r.\Y) 1nto the subject ! the new sentence.
.~ j_~~~~_~~: . .

. ~~~~l~_~~E .

K~ ~~_~~~~~~ . . ..
~~~~~9Y_~ . .
1lfl'~~1~_ ~..
. f~y_~~~g_~ . .

,
O ~~'.

''
~
~_~~

__

f '
~

..

~ ~~~~9~J.
.~

K~

/ .._~Ii~l'~~~_ .

~~~~}_~~9~!Lq~ K~ .

~~g~~~~1~_

' .

. . ~~_~x~~~~ L .

~~!_~~~E~~

'&. L.

~~~~~=J_~~~~~_~~: .
E_~I~SEJ . ~. .
1lP9_~~~gg_~~ .
~~_~~g~_~~ ' . .~

K~.o

g_~~~e~_~~ ..

~1~JVQYY_ .

~ ~ ~~JtqQYY

~ g,y_~QiqQ~1
. ~~_~~~_qf

..

13.P-~~~B~~f .

. 6 ~~~~~:~~~~ .. 1960.
. . ~ ~~e~g_~~~ . .
x~ocpo ~ oJl2~q~.LL ~.

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' J_~~~~ ~.

l_:~~~~~ .
~ !~~2_~~!fu!-~~~ ' .
gjQ~~E_~ .

Narrative
, -, -

archaeologica1

, -,

mediterranean

Mediterranean Sea

~o6

enthusiasm

sea shore

~, -

native

, -,

friendJ.y

( )

manifestation, expression

( )

aston1shment, surprise

()

to

force, compel, oblige

()

to

descern, to

for, for the sake

, -,

cne

dcnm

Egyptian

camel

admiration

()

to

( )

height

, -, -

gecnetrical

conversation

, -, -

amusing

reward,

~ (~)

to

for the first time

recoropene,

admire

hierogJ.ypha

~sticism

hospitality

a()

Mour

salaIY

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Egyptian

()

to

(/-)

to charm

, -, -

historica1

we1cme

~ ~

, A~o.

~ 6, ~
, ~

~,
, ...,

~ , ~

, l, ~ .
~o ~ ,
'

~ -

~ l
, ", .

'

~ l~
~~
~.
' ,

f -

,
, ~ ~
.

L~

, '

fo

~ , '

, ,
~

' ~ ~o , ,

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-&, L, L, ' L ,
, L ... -& L
L.

L -&-& LL ,

L -& L L -&
6 6, L -&L L
L L L ,
L-&

L ,

L6L 6

6 L-& -& L

'

6 L yLa L , ~ -&L.
-& -&-&

yLa

6 -&

L ~ 6 L L.
6 6 -& L~

yLa

LL

.
-&,

L L
L

LL

L L L LL.

-&

L6.

'

L L L~ '
~

6 .

L LL6 .

6 L L-& L

-& , , ,
,

L L.

LL6 , L L
L L
L L

yLa

L .-

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'

3'

~'

() <jt *

a retired colonel

()

another retired person

L L

-)

(the) uncle, old man

'

~ '~

' LL
--

One

the things that enables me to stay

('not to want to leave') in Greece, is

('thia-here I

uncle Kostds cafe.

~L

K~)

L L LL

L,

to estab1ish oneself, to settle

You know that

have children settled abroad,

who beg me to go and live with them.

( )

(the) page

stereotyped

-,

K~ ,

Each time get word ('WB') from them

there's always the same

LL L L:

phrase

'L,

L v

the first page

stereo~~ed
!

their letter:

'Why don't you cne to stay w.l.th us,Dad7'

(the) housekeeper

LL

(the) cook (f.)

()

to take care

~ ,

L ,

* ; in retirement(army)

(f.)

How can you l i ve by yourself, without any

relatives ('your wn ) but ] with a

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6 L,

and s female cook to take care

housekeeper

! yo~1

6, -,

' 6 L.

absolute

KL

They sre sbsolute],y right.

you SnBWer

And

hw

do

then~

6 L

(the) h;ymn

6 'L L

the s8lne old story

K~

nIPLO:

6 LL

''

Each ti.n answer them wi.th the same old

story.

IAre there cafes ..,here you Uve1

()

(1)

to trest

, -L, -

heavy, strong

6, -LI,

S'o/eet, pleasing, kind

-6

6 ,

80

Bno

can go

the morning, when you

~, ~ ,

are st work, to f1nd h1s fr1ends, to treat

~, nL~ 6

them, to drink his Turk1sh ('strong, S'o/eet')

6 ,

coffee,

()

(1)

to discuss

LL

(the) polit1cs

6 L/L

(the) backgammon

a killd

eard game

~ LL

to discuss h1s politics, to play h1s

~ 6 L

backgammon, or his prefai'

8XL.

(the) age

~~

6L,

Certain1y not.

..,

can th1s 'gemitl;lich

( full ! ..,annth ) a tmosphere wh1ch is

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imIX>rtant ('special') for men ! our

&

-,

age be found there_

! alamata (a town in PeloIX>ne-

sus)

(the) olive

(the) octapus

'feta' cheese; slice

,_

with

uzo and

olive, the little

octopus and feta cheese

()

alamata

to solve
,

which put you in a good mood as soon as you

put them in your mouth,

to discuss and solve

~ .

and intern.ationa1.

11

prob1ems domestic

( )

(the) solution

everything

- t

With two or three little glasses

~ ,
(

-,

-,

uzo you

find the solution to everything,

)

(
,

that you want

(the) government

-)

(the) IX>liticalopposition

democratic, republican

-()

extreme

for the present ('new') government, for

the IX>litical opposition, for the Democratic

party, the extreme right, the center.

(the ) increase

(the) employer

Russia

China

(the) astronaut

For

increase

salary for employees, for

the workers, for the employers, for Russia,

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6, , ,

China, astronauts etc.etc,

, ...

-------

Part

6,

-,

-6

entire, whole, precise, right

' 6 .

You are

right.

You are absolute]y right.

, , ' -

But you lmow, my friend, in our country

now there are not maqy cafes like this.

6.
o~o (o~j-~)

6 o~.
.

to be spoiled, adulterated

Most of them have been spoiled.

"A,~

They are

not arry more as we used to know them.

hY

have changed.

Tourists and

wnen

go

there now ('they put in tourists and women')

6

(the) parfait

(the) ta1kativeness, chatter

~ , ,

v.i th the1r sweet things, the1r parfai ts,

L .

their tea and the1r chatter.

L (~)

to stand, to hold out, to stop

6 L

(the) canomile

quiet]y

~v ~ 6

Hw

can you exist over there , how can you

L L~

drink your camomile tea and read your

newspaper quiet:ly?

oc

hey youl you over

there~

L (L)

to empty

(the) corner, angle

ywvCajYWVLa

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They look at you as if they 're

' ~ ;

trying

to say:

'Whs.t do you want here, you poor

fellow?

Why don 't you get out of here

('empty the corner 1)1

~ ~

Why don 't you let Bn younger [fellow] take

your place,

6.

that he can make the

a tmosphere more a ttract1 V

(, gi

interest

to the atmosphere')1
(the) youth

"

Let the young people ('youth') enjoy

6 .

Your t:!lne

thenselves.

past'.

"

'

(the) little corner

.

You are right.

60

-,

In a

little while our little corner might not

exist

ay

more.

Things are changing.

(the) science
-(}

(.)

ho]y, saint

( )

(the) mountain

6 ' '()

Mount Athos ('the Holy Mountain l

Women take everything.

, 6

everywhere.

science;

6 "

They've

gotten in

Even in political li.fe, in

they might

go to Mount Athosl

'.
6 6

(the) slacks, trousers

6 6
.

They wear slacks.

ha1r grow.

Men are letting the1r

The world 1s falling apart.

6.

()

(1)

to degenerate (1nto), to be
reduced to, to go

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L ;

Poor. beautifu1 Athens.

L~

you?

What 1s 1eft

'

Where is the past (Ithose years\)1

Where are the old days1

, L , ~~ '~~

';

, K~
;
;

L ;

L
;
~ ,

2-3

o~o;

, ', ;
Grammatica1 Notes
~~~_~!.:.!

Noun: Plura1 forms of neuter nouns

The p1ura1 ending of neuter nouns in

-,

and _ 0'1:.

and -

The following

"

1s -

e.g.

diminutive forms have oceurred in our units:

, ,

, , , , etc.
Greek has a number ' diminutive suffixes which denote diminutiveness 1 s1ze and/or
the affectionate attitude

commoner than the indication

the speaker.
' pl:;rs1ca1

For the most part, the emot1ona1 connotation 1s

size.

The diminutive noun suffiXes are divided into three groups 8ccording to the gender
the noun.

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31

These sui'fixes are affixed to the stems of the nouns.

,) can be from our units, the most cmon dilninutive suffix is the ~~';~~~_~~!:~

_ ,

This sui'fix is also the most productive

neuter noun

and can be affixed to practically any

(it also occurs in the adverb LL

'a little bit').

2) The most frequentJ.y used ~I!:.';!~~ diminutive sui'fixes are:

(occurs 1n proper names on1y)

e.g. L

John

L6

Nick, etc.

'11ttle man'

little old man

dear little husband

The diminutive for

L6

Johnz:\y

Nickolas L

e.g. -&

is

'daddy' and that for

L6

is

'dear little son'.

3) The commonest !:~~~~ aui'fixes are:

_(

e.g. (

little corner

li t tle chair

The sui'fix is also found in fem1nine proper names,

e.g. (

11ttle Helen

e.g.

little sister

The diminuti of
LL6:

little heart

i8

etc.

'little mother' and that of YLaYLO:

'11ttle grand mother'.

The most frequentJ.y

U8ed

- , -, -L

adjectival d:l.mi.nutive sui'fixes are:

(denoting for the most part physical smallness),

e.g. L, L, LL

- L, -/-L, -

'11ttle one'

(denoting usual1y that the quality possessed is somewhat

limited or restricted),

e.g. L, L, L 'pretty good'

-,

-6

e.g. 6, , 6

'plump'

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LL, -,

-()

, -,

industrial

-()

trad.itional

L L L;

L L, L L

L L LL L;

L L LL L ;
L ' ' L;
L L L L L;
L L ~ L ~ L ;

L L

' L LL ;

L L LL LL ~ L L ;

L , L L L L
L L L;

L L L;
L LL L ~ x~ L
L ;

L ;

, L;

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Part

32

'Driving'

'

Ep1daurus

'

Antigone

'

You don't know how long llve wanted to go to

'

Epidaurus to

~.

I've never

Ant1gone

but

[smehow]

nade it.

(o~)

to reason, think, consider

all the t:ime

Germa~

always kept postponing i t because didn't

have

'

' '.

from Gennany with his ( car ).

('II\V own') a car; and all the time

was th:Wking:

'

wish II\V friend had

() (3)

to realize, to

(the) w1sh

~oo, -, -

enthusiastic

oo~ ~

accanpl1sh,

cane

come
true

And now that your wish has come true, can

, ~

1magine how happy ('enthusiastic') you are.

~oo.

~oo, -, -

ver,y enthusiastic

~~

indeed

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(the) circulation, traft1c

(the) dri ver 's license

K~oo, ~.

Yes indeed. ('very enthusiastic indeed'). But

can you te11 me 1 when did you get [your]

driver's license7

recent]y

(the) cap1tal letter

(the) windw pane

Qu1te recent]y, perhaps7 ( Because ) doesn't

''

thia capital

car mean

'

'N'W

in the rear

'Win:iow !

your

driver '7

';

(the) ace

, -,

innate

(the) talent

, , ,

, .

Yes you are right, but don't worry,

'

because am the best ( ace ).

fr1end,

have an

innate talent [for driving] .

' ,

Bes1des,I've been dr1v1ng more than a month.

, , '

As you know

' .

Germany.

'.
~ .

"'

K~ .

1m

brought this car trom

not worrying about i t at a11.

wanted. to know.

simp]y

And what do [the letters]

., .. ..

.., .. and ..that other cars have,

meani

L, -,

L ( )

private, personsl
(the) use

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(the)

.. , ..

~ ..

rnis sion

stands ('means') for cars for personal

use,

..

[for cars] for commercial (Ifree')

[use] and ..(fr cars] from forein

missiona.
here is; there is; here you are

)2

()

(the) filling station

()

to turn

6 6

(the) spare part

But here i8 a filling station.

have to

turn to the right to get gas and to see

i f they have some parts that

need.

Part

()

to

(the) brake

, ,

Young fe11ow, fi11 it uP, p1ease, and check

the brakes, and put air in the tires.

.
()/

to

(the)

(the) battery

, 6

Is

the mechanic inside? Because it uses a

, 6

lot

is weak.

, .

consume

gas, it 10ses oi1 and the battery

Yes , sir.

(the) spark p1ug

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(the) points (automobi1e)

o~

..

Tell him a1so to 100k at the spark

p1ugs and the points.

, -, -

paved with aspha1t

Do you know if the highway to Epidaurus 1s

paved with aspha1t7

(the)soi1,dirt,earth,ground,1and

(the) d1rt road

, ,

For the most part, sir, but towards the end

it is a dirt road.

()

(the) to

(the) gate, door

Do you (Isomeone )

have to pay a to at the

various gates7

(the) workshop

( )

~the) 1ubrication

don1t know.

How can tell you7

Wou1d you

do me a favor and take your car to the

~ -

workshop for 1ubrication ard to 1et the

mechanic

1t.

to park

(the) truck

P1ease park next to the big truck.

(the) tube (auto)

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32

When did you put ne", tubes in your tires7

6, -, -

irom.emorial

()

to belong

(the) industrialist

6 , , 6

Ages ago

('before :iJmemorial years'). don't

knw

6 .

German industria11st.

because the car belonged to

-- (--)

to offend,to Wound

mean"'hile

6, -,
6, -,

-6

old

one's
feel1ngs

affirmative

-6

negative

( )

aIlBWer, rep1y

6 ;

6 ;
6 ;
'

-- --~ ;

-- 6 ;

6 6 6 6 --~;
~;

K~
6 ;
, ;

-- '6 ;

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llOLX , L , L;

L , ~ LL
L ;

Grammatical Notes

:!~!=_~~:!. Use ! ( ) in clauses.

'
~ '

One

the things that makes

Greece

( not

~~!~_~~:.~ Preposition:

/ 'from, , account of'.

This preposition is

stay in

to want to leave )

It should be noted that ( ) 1 the regular negati ve after

~,

e.g.

...

before COnBOnants am

follo\~s i t is in the geniti case, . g.

before vowels;

but

L (L)

to di.ffer,

meaning

the noun that

~.

be different

~ L i L;
, , L

nOL6v

llOLX L L L

L rLX

L ~o

~~o;

'

L;

L L L ~ L;
L L ~ L~ ;

llOLOL

Tennesy Williams;

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.3.3

'Driving' (cont.)

Part

"

mtil,

60, -,
6 ,

unforseen, unexpected

til1

Well Lak:l., to go on with our ta1k

mechanic gets through:

mtil

trip to

the

Germav,

as told you, was full ! surprises

('unforseen [things]').

60.
,

-()

legal

(the) adviser

wo

representative

-,

6wo

You know that

went there a8 a legal adviser

and representative

our

CompaV.

(the) return

6 ( )

(the) frontier, bomdary

Yougoslavia

()

(1)

to bypass

, -, -

, 6,

vertiginous
Then, trip back, when Was crossing

, -

the bomdary ! Greece and Yugoslavia a

60-,

car [going] like a rocket (lwith vertig1nous

'& 6

speed t

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()

hardly do so-and-so

~, -, -

unusual,

(the) t,ype, character

6 6{)

(the) phenomenon, appearance

judging by appearance

()

to enjoy

peculiar

(the) crown

heads and tails

could hardly see the driver, a pecu1.iar

~ ,

character

enjoyed play1ng games ('heads and tails')

.~! th

long hair, who apparent],y

with his 1ife.

.
,

-,

stupid, silly, foolish

(the) steering wheel

'! ',K~K
.

'Here i8 some kind

'

and

nut J

thought J

didn't attach ('give') much importance

[to it].

the road and to the steering, because

didn't have much driving experience.

devoted a11 attention to

(the) intersect10n

/- ( )

(the) sign

~o ( K~o)

guiding, conducting

, -, -

abbreviated, shortened

, , ~ K~o

Then at an intersection followed a road

sign which said to turn right to take a

short cut,

, -,

hilly

(the)

(the) destin;, fate, fortune

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L ~K

and at a dangerous turn of this road,,,hich

~ -

was rather hilJyJ

found our friend

again J but this time, "hat a di:fference

('iro~ of fate')J

()

to turn upside do'WI1

(the) precipice

(the) bridge

o~

(the) river

~K, -, -

impetuous

( )

(the) current J streaJn

~ oo~o

His car

"8S

upside down near a precipice

and a very narrow bridge, under "hich a

roaring stream

o~ ~K .

stream') "as passing.

'

at first

, -,

KL 6,

motionlesB

evident~J c1ear~,

'-&~ ( -& )

(the) fee1ing Jsensation Jperception

( )

(the) stroke, blo"J knock

' ~

' ,

middle

the road J because apparent1y

he had 10st his senses as a result

sudd~

(the) second

Ko~

to get up, stand up

(-&)

(strong) crash,

~K

~K

apparent1y

And "hi1e he "as motionless at first in the

~~

~ -&~

-6'

( 'river 'Wi th impetUOU8

(the)trouble,disorderJagitation

a11

~K

a sudden in a matter

seconds, he

got Up as ii' nothjng had happened to him;

and 'Wi thout the slightest embarassment,

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'~

(the) paper. map. chart

have a flat tire

he told me that he had had a flat tire and

' ~ .

a$ked me whether

had a road map.

~~E~5
~;

And what did you do?

-,

ecstatic. enraptured

-&

(the) apathy. indifference

near
-,

' -&

police (adj.)
remained flabbergasted ~ h1s nonchalance

and told him that he had obvious]y had an

accident and that i f he wanted me to.

-& -&

police stat10n.

'

under any circumstances

-&

would give him a ride to the nearest

absolutely
But he didn't want that under a.n;y circum-

stances and he told me that noth1ng had

happened at a11.

(the) motorcycle

, ,

over against. oppos1te. in front

motorcycle had been

comig

the wrong

, -

side ! the road; the motorcycl1st (!

~ -&

which I ) was drunk and didn't know where

he was going;

-&( -&)

(the) direction

(the) dead

o~

and he. in order to avoid him. made a turn

-&

(Itook another direction I ) 1nto a road

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33

' '.

which had a sign 'dead eOO I

( )

(the) result

But it seem5 that he made a very sharp

, -

('steep ) turn .,ith the result that he

-&~ .

ended up where 1und him.

And 'olhat happened to the other [man] with

the motorcycle?

(-&)

to disappear

, -,

vanished

()

to search, to look for, to seek

~ .
' .

-&'l' That ' the strangest [thing]. He disappeared.

He vanished.

-&.

",

We searched everywhere[but]

couldn't find him.

('[He was] nowhere').

(the) cO!1Bequence

(the) exit

-&, -,

improbable

" -&

Maybe

he was afraid

the consequences and

-&

took (followed) a snall ex1t road towards

, -&,

the public road, which is rather improbable

(the) construct1on,manufacture

, -/-, -()

impassable

(the) earth

()

to swallow

**

because this road was under construction

and was impassable at that t1me, or

the eart.h opened up and swallowed him.

* -& 1s katharev.sa Past tense

later units )

** - katharevusa Cont:l.nuoUB Past(see

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Lw (Lw)

(1)

to huah

(the) apy

LL (L~)

to 1nterfere w1th,to be 1nvo1ved

(the) police

But 1t waa a150 very strange (fact) that the

, L ~ L

other [fellow] wanted to hU5h up the

6 .

who1e th1ng. Maybe

' ~

he was aome sort

~ L-

apy and he didn' t want to get

x~~ .

with the po1ice.

L6

1nv1ved

not at all, not in the 1east

, -,

L, -,
L6 .

strange, odd, queer

-

excit1ng, captivat1ng

L L

L.

wouldn't be surprised. ('[it wouldn't] be

s trange a t a11').
was very excitingl

that your trip

'~~~~Q~
LL, -,

-6

excit1ng

L, -, -

endless

LL (L~)

to re1ate, to te11

7 6

You're te1ling

LL , L

that

'd

me~

Ful1

excit1ng events

need end1ess hours to tell you.

L ~ L L~.

L( )

(the) performance

L L

But

think the mechanic has finished and

L L~ ~-

we have to hurry if we don't want to be

'

1ate and miss the performance.-

L.-

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~ &

UNIT 33

;
;
;

~ ;

;
~ '

, ;
o~
x~

o~~;

;
;

;
oo~ ' ~;
Gramnatical

Drills

!!l~~~L:2!-~l
.
~ .

~~~!!Q~2r~ei~_

~.

oo~ .

K~ , 6 6
.

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~ ~ ' ~.

, .

.
~ .

~~2Q.!:~~L:2Q~.!:_
o~ 'o~ .

o~ ~ .

~~~f.!:r~Q~L:2~.!:_
~ ~o ' ~o.
o~ x~~ .

" l 6 ~o, 1") .

(l~ ~x .

~_~1Q~!JQ,!:~_
~o ,
~ ~ .

~~E~x_
~~ .

~~~'!:~Qf_~~Q.!:2_
' ~ ~ ' ,
~ .

~~~2~Q~~~_e~~2
~ 6 6 .

2_~~2~~fQ~_
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.3.3

~ ~~ .

!~~f!!~~~_
~ .
'
~
L.'

'~

*.

!!)
6 6
.

" ~ .

6,

to OW'e

is due

are due

6,

-,

winter (adj.)

-6

6 , , ~o ~
;

6 ~ 6 ~;

;
, ,
" ;

;
6 ;

' ;

6 ~
;

~ , ~ ~o '6 ;

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Washington

Was~n

;
fJ

-& ;

' ;
-&-&

-&

' ;

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'

34

the Harbor'

(the) swan

UL L& U & &-

All 'iknos' passengers p1ease go this 8

, .

('from here').

LLL ( LL~)

(the) embarcat10n

(the) race ! sailing boats

LL

(the) open

'L&

LL LLL, LL

~'xo

nEL

The embarcation 1s about to start, because

LL -

the boat races are going to begin in a

& L 'L&.

litt1e 'Whi1e, and

have to be

the open.

(the ) small change

(the) hat

L (L)

to float

U (U
,

-,

(the) 'Wave

insupportab1e,tiresome,unbearab1e

a11 at once

~! ! & L& ,

n&EL

Oh, my goodnessJ

lRL-

gone!

change and my hat

I.ook ho'W i t 1s [the hat] f10ating

L & . &

the W8ve8. (&1t) what unbearab1e

L L

situat10n (that 1s)J

~o U L

Such a crowd and they a11 'Wsntto get

L.

board at the same t1me.

(the) cruise

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TC

Aegean Sea

C ~

LL

They told me 50 ("" ) What did want

this cruise in the Aegean Sea for,

(Iwith') this bad weather?

(the) line, row, turn, order

(the) mooologue, soll1oquy

to weigh anchor, to depart (sh1p)

L ,

LC.

KaC

'C

L~.

[Stay] in l1ne, M1ss.

and hurry upl

~ ~ L .

LC C;

Stop talking to your5elf,

The sh1p is leaving 1n half

hour.

(the) t1me-table, 1t1nerary

L L ~ C .

Wby so soon?

TC

Accord1ng to the 5chedule 1t's

supposed to leave in an hour.

ElvaL ;

to blame

(the) harbor-master

~o, -,

What's all

this about?

respons1ble

, L.

ElvaL ~o.

.L

Don't blame me, sirl

&

ItIs the harbor-master

who is responsible.

L L.

He i5 the

who

changes the schedule.

Well doneJ Well 5aidl Good(for you)

Congratulations! N1ce jobl

L6, -,

organized

( )

(the) spirit, ghost, m1nd

()

to congratulate

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()
~o!

(3)

34

to create, to produce

~ .

Good for himJ

real brain for organization

' ~ x~ . Ko~

('organizing spirit')J

~ ~~ .

congratulations.

He deserves

wok at the

situatin

he has createdJ

(~ )

(the) organization

()

to warn

(3)

~ ~oo

(the) agency

~ .

You"j expect better ('more') organization.

'

They shou1d have warned

~ox~o ~ ~oo.

(from) the agency leastJ

UB

in advance--

(the) season

x~, , o~ ~

Don't forget, sir, that are now in [the

~o~ ~

middle

traffic in the harbor is very heavy.

of] tne tourist season the

"

whenever

oo~ ~

oo~

random,

it comes to your
mind

~ ~ ~o
o~

oo~ ~

And what about people who don't know that

you change schedules at random1

6 ;
,

~o ,

o~ ~ x~ ~

friend, for example, who I'm sure is

going to miss the ship:l

o~o (o~)

, -, -()

to prearrange, to set beforehand

(t:ime)
integral, entire

in whole, in fulJ.

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6 o~

Ha.lf an hour ahead ! the schedu1ed time

1s not at a1.1 iJnportant.

friend missed the sh1p his fare would be

x~

6 , ~

Bes1des i1' your

reimbursed to him 1n fu1l.

1t 's very k1nd

YOU

(the) young nan

(the) group ! fr1en:is

Wonderfull It's very ldnd ! YOU. The fact 1s,

6 6 , ,

YOUDg fellow,

had a1.1 dec1ded to go 1n

group.

(the) port off1ce

()

to be

6
.

ashazed

And YOU and your Port office are golng

ru1n our plans.

ashazed !

to

We1.1 now, aren' t you

yoursel.f7

to be smart alecky

believe 'm somebody

', , 6 .

Don't scold them, Evangeli.a, you're wast1ng

your time.

They are very smart-alecky and

they th.U1k theY're somebody.

6 .
()

to blame, to blame oneself

(the) old worthless ship

(the) tempest, Bton

(But) don't fuss with them.

410

It's our own

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f.auJ.t ('We[shouJ.d] blare ourselves')

L '

we are

L.

1s1ands

~.-

l.lling

ourselves to visit the

their wreck
..

like this.

a ship 1n a stonn

then, let's suf'f'erJ

choice , change

according to what he sa1d

in ti.me

L ~ 'V

that

LL L

OL L;

;
~ ;

~o

yLa

L ~ L ;
L ~L ;

~ L,
,

, ~ L,
~ ;

L~ LL L ;

L OXL;
K~o

L L

Lp ;
Grammatica1 Notes

~~~~_~~!.

Verb: 'Mixed' Conjugat1n

The verb

described 1n Note 23.3;

1t

canes

to your mind

'to desceoo' belongs to tlIe verbB

1ts SiJnple Past is Ionned like that

'mixed' conjugation

the Class

verb6, 1.e.

, , , , , .

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against

()

(2)

to i.nvite

f~l~~~_

5!~n!!1e~
, .

~~l~~e~L:~Q~!!~_
.
o~ .

~e~~~~~~~~~L:~Q~!!l
, .

Q~~!~_5!~~_~!!!~~_
~o.

o~

~eQ~!!~Qe1~L:Q~!!l
~ o~ ~ .
o~~ .

~!e~~Q~9:l_
' , ~o ' .

5!~Q_~~~~_!2~_~~~~~~__

~9:1e~~_~~~_5!Q~9:e~_!Q~_e2Q_~Q~_
'

~,

~E9:1~_
L

, ,

' L.

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Q'!~~~~~X!~_
'

!~-~~~~

.

~~~e!J::~s;_
;

:~~~:~~~_

~.

~o.

i_Q'f~e~_
' ~

~~fQ~~~~~_
"

t ~o ' .

!2_~e~~~f!f~_
,

Q'2_~~~f!~~~_

&~

' ,

~ .

()

to quote, to mention

relativeJ.y. in regard to

()

to cross

ocean

Caribbean

whoever, llhichever

seasickness

';
~ ;

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1 6;

~;

' ;
,

;
" ,

" , 6 ;
, 6 ;
~,o o~
x~ 6 6;
o~ ~ 6 6 ;

GREEK BASIC COURSE

Part

dear

-6

This is it!That's fina1JNo morel

(the) separation

.
.

-,

35

Well, dear, this is itJ

The tiJne ! (our)

separation has come.

-& " -&

we'll

short1y, brief1y,

c 6.

Don 't be

dramaticJ

each other again

We 'll

-& .

could be together again in

12 ~

This time it depends

12

each other
you.

We

hours.

(-&)

to be nonexistent, annihi1ated

( )

(the) distance

, -,

ultra-modern

UO .

(the) communication

-& * '-

Distances cbn't exist arv more with ultra-

- UO,-

modern communication devices.

" '~o -

Hwever,

-& , ,

-----------------------------------------------* already; (w. negation) ay more, arv longer

415

1et's 1eave a11 th1s

10

and 1et's

get busy Wi th various formalities, because

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don t ha.ve enough tilne (at ~ diSPJsal).

-& .

(the) handbag, brlefcase

()

to conta:in

-&, -,

frag11e, brittle

-()

()

to lock

' ,

D1d you write

the big briefcase that 1t

-&

contains fragile

it secure1y?

objec~q,

and did you lock

(the) instruction, direction

. -&

Certainly,

[ollwOO

a11 your instructions.

()

to check,

of customs

-,-6

verily,control,exazd.ne

(the) examination, inspection

-&()

duty free

hope tha.t when they examine things ('them')

at Kennedy Ai.rport, where the customs

inspection takes place, they'll tell me

-& .

, -,

tha.t they are duty free.

'6.

sure, certain
Don't count

**********

it~

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35

Part 11

, -,

cloudy, overcast

-& '

route

The sky seems to be overcast.

Imagine having

bad weather (tstorm I ) routel

-&
-&' 1

at an;,y rate,

({7)

to

/(

(the) airport

Par1s

'9 '

lan:i

Don 't say tha.t:

Paris
You 'll start me worrying

x~,

about you again.

{7

to send me a cable, as

at the Paris Airport.

At an;,y rate don't forget

as you land

(the) worry

( )

(the) nervousness

, -,

nervous

( )

C .

(the) smok:1ng

Ohl You

an:i your worries:

Somet.ilnes

you

exaggerate and make me nervous too.

,
.

And when my nerves get hold

too much.

me

smoke

hope smoking is permitted

the plane (at least).

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()

to 1'ace, to oonf'ront,to

( )

(the) crisls, judgment,opinion

6, -,

-6

wlth

01' aviatlon

', ~
.

Certainly, because otherwise the airlines

would be 1'aced with a crisis.

(the) steam navigation

by ship

(the) railroad

bytrain

~ , ~

There might be a great number 01' passengers

'6 6 6 6

who would pre1'er to travel by

train just 1'or that reason.

or by

6, -,

-6

elegant

, -,

channing

, -,

stewardess
-()

1'lying

paradlse

b//( xo~

(the) eharm

~. o~o
.

Yes, maybe.

But you've 1'orgotten the most

important advantage 01' planes.

The elegant

o~o

their charm) [their best] to make your

travel a 1'lying paradise.

charming stewardessea who try (wi th

.
, -,

6, -,

uninterrupted

-6

(~)

boring, armoying
to be depri ved

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(the) annyance, importunity

6 ( )

And although you somet1mes get a little

annoyed by their continuouB interest, do you

think many [people] could be deprived !

~o

this pleasant annoyance?

6;

But time is flying.

Which gate shall we go to

to wait1

( )

(the) night

United States

America

Wait, let me ask the Information [desk] and

~ , ~ ~

a150 i f the flight for the U.S.A will be

delayed

.. .... ... ....

6

(the) pilot

~ ( ~.o)

(the) signal, emblem, symbol

( )

(the) departure

" ~o.

Everything's ready.

In a while they're go1ng

to take away the stairs and the pilot will

~ .

be cleared for departure.

(~)

to tie oneself, to fasten

(the) belt,

(o~)

to take

~oo()

(tlle) jet

x~ ~

't

o~ 6 ~o-

forget to fasten ('yourself ) the

safety belt before the plane takes oIf.

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, . -

., ,. Goodby,

: .

Basil,

Tha.nks

everything.

( )

(2 )

to k1ss

<1

(the) s tudies

( )

(the) diplma, degree,graduation

~
~

Have a nice tripJ

Evangeline for

V~

Till we meet againJ

iBB

and tel1 her to keep

her studies (tor graduation).

~ ( ~)

(the) will

( )

(the) prom1se

' ~ ~.

Everything's going to be f'ine with a little

good wil1.

yourse1f and remember your promise.

For the present take Care

~ .

won 't f'orget it.

Word ! honorJ Have a

nice trip, dear, and hope that things

~ .-

wi11 work a11 right! (' fortune will

bring things to you in the right way ) ._

()

to ex:change

6 , 6 , ~
~o

6 ;'

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~~ ;

~ ~ ' 6 6

35

~xo

6 ~ 6 'x~;

~ 6 6 ~oo

6,

~ 6,

~o 6

~o

x~ ~,

6 ~ 6 ~oo;

~ , ,
;

';

~ 6 ;

''

~ ~ '~

K'~ 8

K~' '

'

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6 .

K~' ' ~ ~ ~~ 6
.-

()

to suffer, to tolerate

6 ~o.
.

.
.
.

.
~

~ ' L.
.

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REVIEW 31 -35

REVIEW

-----------

Review Drills
Fill

each blank With the Past Part1c1p1e forms

"

the verbs given

o~

'
" ~

.
.

"

'.

~ .

6 .

~o

E~

~ .
L

"

"

~o -

the right.

'.

' ~\'

_
6 .

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& & o~ ~
&

~.

~ &

~x~ &~

o~
&

& &

&

o~ .

X~ ' .

__________

fJ

& & &.

o~

~ o~

' o~

o~

o~

&

o~

o~o

, ,

' &

&

o~~

~x

'

&

'o~ .

K~ .

~o ~ o~

I~

~o

&

& & &

& ~

& .

& ~ &.

&

1963

&

~
~o

.
;

o~

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6 ~

6 -

6 ;

----------

6 4 6 .

'

'

__________
6

&6 .

6 6

~;

6 6 ,

'

o&wo.

, 6

&

.&

__ ~

':

&

'.

'6 6 &.

6 o&wo _---------.

6 '

6 6

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Narrative
LLL, -,

Spring (adj.)

monastery

~stery

LO

monk

w"L

mosaics

low

morning

npw"Lv6

L,

-,

incomparable

-&6

noise

silhouette

/(

' LO ( )

character

front yard

barbarian

calm, tranquili ty

( L)

/
,

-,

o~

vanity

icon

austere

(Lw)

(1)

to say

L L'

L~

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Basic Dialogue

--------------

IAt the U.S.Consulate'

, -

candidate

(the) emigrant, inmigrant

~o (~~)

to appJ.;y for

(the) emigration, immigration

Excuse me, sir, who should

talk to to

'~-

find out

~ ~ -

for immigration ('for my immi,ration') to

America2

exact~

what is needed to appJ.;y

';

(the) eyeglasses

course.

Do you that employee with

the glasses2

He is the (in charge)

, ~ ~ -

who will tell

to do.

exactly what you'll have

Thank you

, -

Gan you {'ho" can appear to be

much.

useful to you'),sir2

( )

(the) applicat10n

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LL

36

I'd like to submit an applicat10n for

immigration to the U.S.A.

L.

~~~2
LLj-j( LL6)
L ~

L.

Why do you want to go to

" L L ~ ~x

nOLav

(the) specia1ty
Anerica?

])

you

have relatives there, or are you a

LL;

special.ist :iJl something ('you have Bn

specialty'

)~

:~:~~~Q:!J
(-)

to emigrate, to :iInm1grate

cit1zen (of a countr,y)

want

, L6L ~x

L.

ElvaL

L6 ~L

to go there ('to imnigrate') because

have a

Anerican

' .

whos settled there.

He's

citizen arxl he wants me to go

and stay with hiln.

~~~~2
L (L)

(3)

to author1ze, to entitle

L ( L)

(the) preference

(the) quota, analogy

LL

That entitles you to submit

L ~o L

application

for second preference in the Greek quota.

L
.

MLa

Lw L LL

Just a minuteJ Let

jot down

your

data.

(the) date

L ( )

(the) birth

,, L

Your

431

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please.

Your age and al50 the

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date

your birth.

'5
.

1917.

10

name is Gerasimus Nicho1as Leventis.

50

was born the 10th

to say

1m

! Ma.Y,1917;

that is

50 years old.

, -,-

divorced, separated

(the) widower

E~ ,

Are you married, divorced or a widower:i'

(the) divorce
(the) space ! eight years

vlas divorced

('1 took

divorcJ) eight years

ago.

; '

Wha.t is your occupat1on?

in

Are you a specialist

snething?

(the) contractor

()

to undertake, to resume

( -)

(the) construction, bui1ding

(the) home

()

to comp1ete

(the) space ! twenty years

.
.

' -

11m a contractor.

bui1d houses. 1'11

have completed 20 years in this f1e1d

'

next year.

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L L ~~ LL ;
L ~~ ;

llOLa L L, L

L ~ ~~ L;
~o ~L ,

0XL

o~

~o;

L ~ L L L~

L

L Lj

Grammatical Notes
!!~~~_J.~~l Verb:

Future Per!ect

~ L

1111 have completed twent,y years next

year.

The above example 111ustrates the use

by hav1ng the future part1cle ~

The usage

the Future Perfect which is formed in Greek

precede the Present Perfect form ! the verb.

the Future Per!ect 1n Greek 1s about the same as 1n English.

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~ LL L .
' ~ LL L.
Gramnatical

Drill

Fill in each blank with the proper form of the word g1ven

the r1ght.

L ~
L

L
L

LL L LL

'

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~O

' ~ ,

~~

~ ~

'

~ .
~o

.
~
'

OL

~o

~.

A~o

L.

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~ox

>&

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~o
~o

~ ~

" ~ ,

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~x

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U

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~ t~o

- U

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t
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~x

'

(1)

to moet

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~o ~, ~ ' ;
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~;~_~e~~:~:~_(uL)

6,

-,

LL6,

-6()

-,

white

-6()

penal, criminal

6 Wo

reg1ster, matriculation ,book

L ,

Excuse tor [ask1ng you] this question.

L 6 LL Wo.

but do you have a police record ('is your

penal register white')1

(the) transaction, dealings

L (o~)

to be accused

6.

None whatsocver ('the whitest'). I've never

had

~ L 6 L6.

a:nyth:ng

to do with the police aIXI.

have never been accused

the slightest
thing

~L

the

6 ~o()
.

follwing

(the) docunent

( ~ ~

Very well.

Now, in order to get your v1sa

you 'll have to produce the toUo_r.!.ng

~L .

docunents.

6 LLL6()

(the) certifi ca te

6 6 ( )

(the)opinion, sentiment

LL6,

military

-,

-6()

~(

' LLL6 ,

(the) military serv1ce

437

birth certificate, a police record, a

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LLL ,

VWVLXWV

XOL-

certificate of po1itica1 (lsocia1 1 )

L' LL-

reliability (Ibelief') and of mi1i tary

-&.

service.
(the) testimony, eidence

~o (

(the) weight, burden

L()
L-&

L~,

~o

You a1so need

L -&

SOlfiC

evidence which shows that

you will not become a pub1ic charge.

L
,

(the) pub1ic, state, treasur,y

L -& ~

L ~o

This means that you must prove that you

haV

enough money for your expenses,

()

L L
L

'

to support, to sustain

or that somebody in the U.S.A. can

surt

you.

, -,

of the same racej a Greek

1iving abl'oad

, -/-, -

L EivaL -&L
~.

~L

o~ .

wel1-to-do

r-t'

is in a position to support me. He is

considered by the Greelc commur,ity as

we11-to-do.

, -/-, -()

who has sworn; a juror

, -,

written

-()

' L -&

(the) affida vit

In that case he must send us an affidavit of

~ ~oo

support together with other certificates

w!lich wi11 show his financial status.

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('possibilities').

~~~;~~_~!!
( )

fault

he 'Would prove

;
Ko~ ~ ;

o~;
~;
~ ;

;
~ ;
~o ~ ;

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fina1]y

(o~)

to be submitted to

, -, -

d e tai1ed, thorough

, -,

med1ca1

-()

( )

examination, investigation

~ o~

Fina1]y you have to undergo a thorough

med.ica1 examination.

' x~

You l 11 a1so need three passport-size pictures.

(.)

for

(the) subndssion; suggestion

(~)

to

~o

anount

to, to conle up

The fee for submitting the app1ication amounts

35 ,

to 35 d011ars,that is to say 1.050 drachmas.

, -~, -()

certain, re1ative

, -~, -()

chronical, of time

( )

(the) space, distance, course

()

(the) period

( )

(the) granting, issuing, issue

'

After the date of the submi8sion of the

app1ication and the various certifjcates

~ ~

you 111 have to wa1t a certain pel'iod of

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time unti1 the American Vice Consul ca11s

you for the issu:il1g

'

your visa.

~ ~ -

How long w111

have to wa1t, approximately'l

'

(the) march, course, route

(the) 1nvestigation, research

personally

It depends

the course

various

, L ~

invest1gations wh1ch w111 be carr1ed out

( for you ).

5-6

Persona1J.y

th1nk 1t will

take 5 or 6 months.

, -, -()
' , l;

~o

favorab1e
-

Quite a long timel

At 1east

.. ,

fut what can be done?

hope everything's go:il1g to be

..

~ o~~ o~ ;

~ ~ ;
;

~ ~, ;
r;J ;
~ ' ;

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Unit 39

-------

1In the Vice Consul s Office'

---------------------------

~.

(the) envelope, file

K~

Come

in, Mr.Leventis. Have a seat, please.

have here your file with a11 the fOnTIS

and certificates.

~o

You sa1d you were born in Thebes in , 917

1917;

, .

~-

Yes, Mr. Vice ('.onsul.

was born in

hebes

but am a resident ! Athens.

~.

~o ~

Do you have another child here in Gre~ce?

'.

' ,

(the) on1y
-

'

have

o~,

one

child-w

on1;)' son who

has invi ted me to [come to] .America.

two grandchildren.

as long as

And

GREEK BASIC COURSE

'

Your file seeJS to be .. and as long as

' 6

your s has completed the form 1-130

'

you can leave for America soon.

1-130,

'.

()

to raise, to lift, to pick up

(-&)
--

to S,lear

- stand up, raise your right hand and

-- ,

swear that everything you have said and

' -&.

written is true.

39

(the) witness, martyr

' ,

-&

s,,,ear that what

said and wrote 15 true.

50 help God (Iand God is \ witness ).

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Un1t 40

-------

Basic D:La10gue

--------------

'Greek Is1ands'
Frank
(~)

6 6 .

wonder what is1and

Wb;y don' t you go

can spend my vacation

bewitch,

this sUl1U11erJ

(-)

wonder

l;ikns?

charm,to fascinate
- to the island

which has channed a11 foreign tourists?

'

equally

simultaneous]y

", ~!

U ~

Come

, -

J .~

are you telling him to go to

!Vkonos,which is a touristic iBland?

6 ;

U -

'Why

don't you suggest another litt1e is1and

h:im, which is just as beautiful but 1s

' 8, 6

(simultaneously) quiet?
Frank

~6, -,

(t1,e) disagreement, objection

-6

rea1, true, genuine

L U
;

Gan you please tell me the reason for your

objection?
have 10ts

don't care 1f Mikonos does

tourists.

GREEK BASIC COLTRSE

40

What

want i5 a real island environment.

(the) hustling, crowd, thro~

'

Yes,but when you get [there) and the

real thing, that is to say the hustle-

bustle and the commotion so many thousands

, ~'; .

! foreign visitors cause (provoke), you

will change your mind.

[.!:~YY!I~

Frank

Yes.,but don't forget,-Frank,being an American,

' ~o

is used to comfort

and

everyth1ng he needs

think he '11 find

this island.

~ ' .

Frank
~o, -, -()

willing

, -,

rustic

" .

Not always,John.

am willing to live a

~o

rustic

house far from civilization this

life in a simple little country

sumner.

, -,

unkno\m

(the) tourism

, ,
,

Well then, i f that is so, go somewhere el5e-

to

.
, -,

Bm

Iaow

Greek island. that tourists

about
charming, enchanting

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-,

pri1nitive

And there, together with the enchantments

~'o~~ '~

nature, you'll enjoy a real Greek way

life-- simple, perhaps a little primitive,

,~

, %6.

but genuine.
~~:!~~~~)~::!~~

, -, -

certain

()

% o~

Frank

to look !or, to search

~ ;
;

, , ~

Frank;

Frank

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' ;

, ;

' .

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Narrative
()(3)

to glorify

, -,

tiresome

-6

trouble, worry

(%)

to relax

clarity

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()

40

to glitter, to flash

optimisJ1l

caJJnness

( )

glance

(-&)

to wander; to be mistaker

( )

horizon

) (~ -) apex, zenith
) ( -)

-& j

(--&)

surface

, -,
, -,

to reflect (oneself)

microscopic

pir:turesque

windrd.ll

-,

fantastic

-,

artificial

-,

unnatural

brilJiant

'

'

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' ~ ':
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-&-&~,

, ~ '-&~ ~

' .

'
.
, o~o

, ~
o~ ~.
-& ,
~
, ~ .

- " ~ , ' .. ~

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REVIEW

Review Dr1lls
Fill in each blank w1th the proper Simple Past form

the verb given

the righ1o.

~o

' 6 .

()

~.

~ ,

o~ ()

~ 6 .

X~
6

()

oo~

/-

x~

12

~ .

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&

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35 -

110

'

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Narrative
,

-,-

unconcerned, careless

( )

going

( )

decision

, -, -

family (adj.)

the following

( )

emotion

preparation

slope

, , ~

~ ~ ~ L.

L ~ ~o
L .

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, ,

~ ~

~ ~ ,

~ ,
o~ '
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, ...
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G REEK BASIC COURSE

41

'In the Courtroom

LV

(the) cri:ninal court

Why [are there] so many people :iJ' (tlle

L~ ;

of) the Criminal Court?

(the) ]a~l-suit, case,

trial, action
~oo

(the) homicide

~o

Because there's a trlal

accused

~oo

man

murder.

.
,

-,

-()

-/-,

public, common
-()

in confusion

( )

(the) crime

to be carried out,to be executed

-,

(&)
- (

cold

in cold

indeed,

( -)

(the) indignation

' ,

'h

bloi

justifiab~

whole public [opinion] is excited,

because this crime was conunitted

blood and

,oo~ -

indignation indeed.

Ias

provoked a great deal

( )

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(the) de.fense

cold
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()

to present

~, -,

mental~ 11

~o, -/-, -()

irreson.ible

, -,

abominable, atrocious

-()

( )

(the) action

Of course the defense attorneys are trying

o~o ~

their best ('by ] means') to present

their c1ient as mentally

~ ~o

irresponsible for his abominab1e action.

11 an~therefore,

.
( -)

(the) reliminary inquiry

(~)

to be carried out, to be condllcted

( )

(the) arrest, capture

(the) ki11er, murderer

But dur1ng the preliminary investigation,

which was conducted immediately after the

arrest

the murderer,

(o~)

to be provFJd

()

to

, -,

(1)

-6

pr/lleditate

criminal

~ 6

it was proved that he had p1anned his

crime

detail.

()

to s tay near, to remain

, -,

of two months

: ;

'

\Vhat

hapened exact~?

As

OU

6 ,

just returned from England where

for about two months and

sligl1test idea.

451,

know

've
stayed

haven't the

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()

BASC:

(1)

COURSE

to fight, to wage wa.r

punishment

judge

()

to judge

, ,-,-

symphony, symphonic

criminal

41.

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Unit 42

6 ()

(the) motive, stimulus

(the) robbery

~-

It appears that the motive of the crime was

robbery.

6 ~(o ~o)

(the) victim

, -,

regu1ar

regular1y

6 ~(o )

(the) remittance (money)

6 ~ ~

The victim used to get remittances regular1y

from his relatives who live in America.

'.
6 ()

perio<i

( -)
6 ~

Also he received a large payment from the

government six montlls ago.

(the) powld (sterling)

He had aLl this money, the greatest part of

' ,

which was in

six nlontrJS

(the) idemnity, coml)enSation

' ,

powds

sterling and in dollars,

in his house.

(the) autJlor ,perpetra tor, culprit

(the) habit, custom

The criminal knew that, because he observed

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oo~o

the way

victiln for some tiJne.

life and the habits

the

~o.

~,
&~o

27

And he had noticed that the victim _ a

young man hard1y 27 years old -

return home very 1ate at night.

()

period of

to act

()

used to

20

days

50 about twenty days ago he decided to act.

;J.

(the) pass-key

&

He t~ent and opened the door o:f the young

man's house at night using a pass-key

~ ,

to hunt for the money everywhere.

~ .

()

to hide

(the) trunk

'

()

father.

(the) coincidence

()

by chance, accidental]y

an old trunk which he inherited from his

The young man had hidden a11 h1s money in

so happened that the victim came home

early that night,

'

in the very act; f1agrante

delicto

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6 6 '

and he caught the 111urderer in the act

6 .

01: operlinE the trunk.

()

(the) weapon. U

()

to carry arms. to be armed

(the) revolver

(the) twinkle

&6

(the) eye (.)

() (3)

to shoot

& &

~ooo,

But the killer. who carried a revolver.

took it out and shot the victim quick as

~o 6 6 ~

a wink (three tirnes).

()

to hit. to strike

, -, -

unrtunate

(the) brain, head

()

to expire. to die

Two

the bullets hit the unfortunate young

fellow in the head and he died almost

6 .

instantly.

()

to strikejpersuadej
prevail upon

, -/-, -()

repeated, successive

6 /xol(o )

(the) stroke

6 ( )

(the) corpse

oo~

The murderer however was not satisfied that

6 6 6

he had kil1ed the young man with the

x~

revolver ( in continuation') he pulled

&

out a kni!e and stabbed the body repeatedly.

6 .
6

(the) shooting

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,
"

42

Meantime the neighbors, vho heard the shouts

~o

L, ~ L 6

caught the killer just

the vict:un and the shooting, ran and

8

he was leaving.

~
1;J.

L~ (L~)

(3)

to not:if'y

(the) gendanre

K~

to arrive in time,

(~)

()

to arrest

(the) gendarmerie

They notified the police immediately and

6 '~,

in a little while the gevdarmes arrived

and arrested the

~ 6 ~6

Ul'de'e'

and took him to

the gendarrnerie.

Useful words

--------...,----

'L,

-,

()

generO\ls

to send, to dispatch

thief

LL~ (LL~)
L,

-,

(3)

to ridicule. to mock

wild

, L~ (, L)

sc:ientist

I~o )

century

pr:i.son. jail

In the follo,l:ing sentences. change the singular forms into pl1U'cl.

~L o~ . ' 6 crnCTL
~o

L .

,
L~

L 6 ~ LLL

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' o~ .
6 6 6.

, .

6 ~ ' .
~ ooo~ .
.
~ .

~ , ,

.
K~ , ~

1 , ~ .
6 .
" ' , ,
6 .

' .

~ ~ ~
~o.

K~ , .

6 .
o~~, .
~ .
' 6 .

~ ~ .
, .
~ ~ .
.

oo~ , o~

~o, , ~ ~ooo.

x~, ~ ~~.
K~ , .
~ .

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Unit 43

-------

( )

(the) contradiction

(x~)

to contend. to maintain

~ (~)

to assail. assault. attack

There.

luring

the preliminaI'Y investigation

the criJninal fell in a series

contradictions.

x~

~ .

(3)

to follow

as they say

(the) strugc1e. fight

(the) solf-defensc

then

oo~

He contend.ed that the

young man had attacked hiJn first.

oo~ (oo~)

()

to stab
His stoI"J

o~

~)O

that a fight

follo~led

and he

was forced to shoot (finding hiJnself)

-

in self-defense and .t.llen to stab hiJn.

x~.

~o(o ~o)
!

(th(~)

~ol

Can you imaginel

aurlacity, iJrIlldence
I'mat a nerveJ

, -.

-()

medical

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(thc) trace J signJ mark

LLL L

But the coroner's examination did not

L .

shw ay

trace of

str~gle.

( ~ 6 LL ~-

And wh;y was he

in the victim 's house?

, -,

invited; guest

(/L

(the) paperJplaying cards

x(~ L ~

Perhaps he contended that he had been

invited and went there at night to play

L~ L ( ;

cards with

h:iJr?

vL

(the) investigator J examiner

L(

(the) vague speaking

L .

L L

MaYbe /., 'lhey told me that he answered

L L vLv

incoherently ('with a lot of vague

LL.

speaJ.ng')

the questions of the

investigators as to what [he was doing in

the house].
L

L6v vL L

thjl1gs look bad for him

That is the storyJ and as you can see J things

(vL L

look very bad for the murderer.

L6/-/( L6)

(the) feroci~J savagery

, -,

last J extreme

-ov

(the) penaltyJ punishment

, 6 L6

And because of the savagery of the crime he

, VLw(

may face the extreme punishment.

nOLVWV.

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( )

(the) distrj.ct attorne:\,

-&

(the) deat.h

" ~o ~ -&
-& '

~ o~

4.3

If were in thc district atton1ey's p1ace

vIou1d

asl, the death pcna1ty for hj"'n.

-&.

6 ( ~o)

(the) beast, catt1e

to be 1eft a10ne

(-&)

-&

Because there isn t any doulJt that if tlIis

-&~ -

-& ~ ~

hun,1n

beast 1o/as set free, he WQll1d reIJcat,

his crime.

13
,

-,

-()

convinced

(the) president

(-&)

o~

11m convinced t)IJ.t both the jurol's anu the

-&

-& 6 -&

to treat

president

you and

he

the court fee1 exactly as

do, and will dea1 with

]-):im

as

deseres.

.-

-&, -,

irnocent,

-& ( -&6)

not gui1ty

irnocenl~e

contention

-&~o(-&-&)

to be acquitted, found not gui1ty

-& ;
-& o~ -& -& ;
;

6 ; ;

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~ ~' ;

~ ~~, ~
;

Grammatical Dril1

! th~

Fi.ll in eac11 blank with the proper form

word given

the right.

Nouns

'

~oo

'~o

'

~ '

()

'

~o

~o

'

x~

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<1

<1

<1

~o <1 <1~ :

'

<1 ~
<1 <1
X~

<1<1

<1 <1

<1

<1<1 ~ <1 <1<1

<1

<1

<1

<1

'

<1

<1 ~

<1

<1

<1

_
_

'

<1

<1.

<1

"

<1 .

<1~

<1.

<1o~ ~

<1

<1

<1

<1 .

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-&'

" -&

-& .

-&

oo~

'

___.

~x

o~

Verbs

'

-&

Co

'

xo~

'

()

-&.

-&

-&.

'

-&

-&.

' .

_________

-&
.

-& , -&.

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'

",
,

-,

43

guilty

thoft

mill"clEl'

apJ;liC'ation

-& -& -&~ -&

.

" o~ -& &o~ ,

.
' -& Or, -& &jl

, ~ &-&.
'' -& : ,

'. ,
,
.

&

. ' ,

' .-

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Q~l~_Q~~DQl~

Political Discussion

----------------------

!~~:!J~

The (worlt) sessions n the Parliament

40

have been discontinued, and after a

~ .

period of 40 days

are going to have new

elections.

, ,

-()

of service, of office

(the) caretaker governnent

(the) conduct

Do you

lmOH

who is going to be the chairman

of the caretaker government which is to

~ ~

undertake the conduct of the electionsi

~o'(

(the) prime minister

, -, -

capable

, -,

, -,

efficient

, -,

honest.
-

objective

. ~
~o.

'~o ,

think
a

Nr.senos

capa~)le,

wi11 be the Prime Ninister_-

efficient, honest and

objective man.

(~)

to come down

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6, -, -6()

electoral

6 ( )

(the) system

Whic11 parties are participat:.ng ('coming

6 ~ -

down to') the elections7

~~~;

electoral S'Jstern will be used

6,

-,

L ,
6

-6()

basic

-,

:.ndependent

-()

And what
('adopted')1

The same big, basic and traditionaJ parties.

~ -

And probably two

44

independent

three other

m:.nor

as for

6, -, -()

proJjortional

' 6 o~-

As for the electoral systern the simple

~ .

proportional

has been decined

( 18

J.OI)ted )

(the) ~jrit (of voteS)

(tlJe) minority

6, -~, -6()

majority (adj.)

6 6;

I"'hy not the [simple] majol'ity [system]7

,-,-

broad

(the )c'ircum.ference, distr'ict

()

to impl'ove

perceptibJy

( )

(t.he) level

Becaus(~

~ ~ ~

the sir,lplE: prolJ01'tiolk1J system wi 1,11

broader suffrage (lcirc\~erence')i8 going

to im;Pl'ove the qua1ity ('level') ! tho
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consequently

(the) votcr

, -,

-()

eclectj.c, elective

~ ~

T}lerefore i1.. will rnake the voters more

eclectic.

()

to foresee, to anticjrate

()

to concentrate, to coJ.J.ect

(tlle) vote, suffl'age

\.'hat are ' ]1redic:tions ('you foz'esee')

, ,

for the next election5?

~ ~

in

YO~

"rJhich pal'ty,

opinion i5 going

maj'' !

get the

the votes'1

:~~!}
~ (-) -

(the) protJabil:i.ty

(the) victoI'Y

'

think the I1ernocratic party 11a5 the best

chance ('l')abiities ) to win.

.
( )

to

()

to exclude

'

teac~l

But expCI'ience has tauGht

the lJ110x}'6cted.

! '

[n]

nc

In

not to

Utl.f

the l'olitical histoI"j

cOllntry i5 fu11

unexpectec]

~~~r:~;~~_2~~~~
x~o ;
~

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6 ~ 6 ;
~~o , , .;
~o ' ;
6 6 ~ o~~~;
;

~ , , ;
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Unit 45

-------

little while ago you were telling me about

the unexpected [events] of our political

life.

What do you attribute this

(tthis phenomen:n) to~

( )

(the) factor

, -,

sociological

-()

(the) tenperament,idiosyncracy

many factors:

political,

econmic,

sociological and temperamental [factorsJ.

()

(3)

to ignore

()

to win

Ayway,

if for a moment we were to ignore

those unexpected [eventsJ,do you think

the Democratic party can win7

6;

fo11o,er

lXEL

1es, especial1y in the rural areas where

it has a great many followers.

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,
~

~x

-,

-()

civi1, civic, urban

~ ~~

However,

doubt

the possibilities

its success in the 1arge cities

(rurban centers I

( )

-,

o~o

(the) signal, siel1, sym1Jol, emb1em",

slogan

-()

).

(trIe) pror:raro

( ~o)

x~o,

45

at)uated, outnoded

The prograros and slogans

~ x~-

the Democratic

party are very ancient;

(the) progress

oo~,

-,

-()

~o~

~o

~,

-,

o~

and as we know, peop1e in big citics want

parties with progressive ideas--

.
oo~

'

progressive

(o~~)

present, actua1

~ o~~

jdeas and profI'c\Ins Wllich corresponcl to the

present socia1 prob1ems and presstIres.

~~.

~ ~

Yes, but a11 these [ideas and pr'ograI!'JS] often

~ ~~ ~

become

~o ~ ( ~o ~)

dargerotIs

for the

nati,olEll

security

the cotJntry.

(3)

to dispute, to quarre1

o~

~~

think that

o~

discussion has taken an

urifortunate turn ('enterecl an ugly road )

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v~ .

and wilJ. probably end up in a quarrel.

(the) bal1ot-box

" '& ~

Let's wait for the results

. .-

ReSnse

the

the vote(Ibal-

let's talk it over.

think you 'r'e right. So long.

Dri11

()
, -,

and

lot-boxes' )

to call, to name
-()

cautious, reserved

( )

reserve

~o, -, -()

liberal

, -,

conservative

-()

~ ;
&;

, , ,

~, ~
;

'
;

,& ;

K~ ~ ~ ;

& ~o ;

Grammatical Notes

-----------------

~~~~_~~~~

Verb: Some katharevusa verb forms used

spoken Greek.
The party was given in the villa

'E~.

He disappeared.

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45

.this crime was commited in cold blood

, -

durin~ the preliminary investigation

x~

m ich was conducted

x~ " ....

.jt was

..re

~o -

oo~

proed.

murderer

this road

\las

not satisfied

(found) under COJlstructioll.

_las

ft

.and when it was proved t11at he

WD.S

in

good health

The above sentences illustrate

verb fonns whicll are sometimes used in

kathareusa

spoken Greek.
h

first six sentences show the

the Simple Past of Class

ver1Js.

use 01' katharevusa verb forms

cOl'reSr)ondin~

The last two sentences ShOl;l the use of

to

kathareusa

verb

forms corresponding to that of the Continuous Past of Class 111 verbs.

Since

erb

conjugation in katharevusa will be discussed in detail in Volume 111 of

this course, these forms should be memorised as vocabulary items at this stage.
~~~~_~~~~_~~~ Dative

Case.
.
,

'lliank

in any case

...

quick as a \tink (, in a twinkle )

' /f

in the very act

in continuation

'

meant:iJne

in cold blood

in retirement

Cf

above sentences show the use of the Dative Case.

kathareusa

God.

'

Dative Case i5 used in

especially after certain prepositions.

spoken Greek the Dative CaSG is used in sonIe set expressions only as illustrated

by the above sentences,which

hae

been taken from

units.

The dative case wi11 be discussed in detail in Volume 111 of this

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:::~~~_~~:.~ :

3rd Decl.

The katharevusa declension of this

G.

i8:

. .

~~.

ambassador.

:::~~~_!!:~:.!!: :

3rd Decl.

The katharevusa declension

the above

factor.

is:

~~.
.

c..

Pl.

Usef'ul words
----------,-

standpoint,

()

to

() (3)

to function

existence

point of view

be elected

monarchy

absolute monarcby

constitutional monarchy

republic

dictatorship

parliamentary system

-,

-()

parliamentary
authority, power,
government

oo~,

law
-,

-()

oo~

legislative
le~i81ative

power

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branch

&Ca

legislature

executive pm~er

jud:.cia power

assemb]y, meeting

senate

senator

state

TJI.e ll.1J.

& ( ...)

''&

General Assemb]y of the U.N.

'&

'

Security Council

...

'

Asia

sre.ia

Africa

'

Europe

'

North Amcrica

'

South Amcrica

'/

England/Great Britain

Switzerland

Soviet Union

Cypr\ill

'

'

Japan

India

'

Israel

Canada

F'cople , s Re!JulJlic of

Turkey

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~o
.

~ ~ o~ ~ ~
o~ .

~
;

~ ;

~ ~ .o~;

.;
~ . o~ '~;
~

' ~

~~;

~ ~ ~ ~~;
o~o ' ~ 'E&~;
~ ... ;

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REVIEH

s tat.e,

.,

er'

revolution

pronunciation

wrestlAr

evolut.ion
Reviffil Drills

1.

Change the fOnQS

the underlined verbs to past; make other changAs where

neCGS~al~.

~~~~~~x~ ~ .

~~x~~~~~:~: ~.

~ ~~~~~~~ .
~~~~Q~~~ ~ ~ .
~~!~r~E~f!~~ .
~ ~~~~xy .

~ ~~~~~~~Q~ .

~E~~~~~~

' .

~ lQ~Q,!!Q.!:!J~Q'Q~

~~~~~~~.

~-o ~ ~~~~~ .

' ~ ~~~!~~~~~ .
~~~!~2~ ~ .

Ol ~ ~~r~~~!e~QQ2~ .
~ ~~f~~~ .

&~o ~Q~~~! & ~ ~ o~.

~~~EX~ ~ ~ o~o

2.

Q~~ ~ .

Change the present tense forms

the verbs to

futlre;

make otller changes Wllere

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necessary.
~ .

6 ~6o .

~6 ~o .
6 ~ ~~.
o~ 6 o~oo~o .
6 ~ .

~o ~o,

~6, x~ o~ ~~ ~

~o .

~oo 6 ~~ .

~6 .

E~ ~o, o~ 6 ~o~ O .
~ .
~o~~ .
o~6 ~~

~ .
o~ .
~ ~~~ .
~~v ~ .
o~~ 6 ~6 .
6 6 .
6 6 ~~ .
6 o~~ ~~.
o~ 6 6.
6 6 x~ .

3.

Fill in each blaru< with the proper fonn of the word given

6 6

~~

the riEht.

'

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RV.."t/

X~ '

ot

~~o

~ .

________

A~o ~

~'xo 6 6.

pLnv
~o

41 - 1.;$

~6

'

&

'.

'

, ~ -

x~

~~ x~ _
&

~.

~o.

~o

'

~o.

A~o ~ ~o

~ .

~.

o~ ' .

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~o

~o

'

4.

In the following sentences fill the blaw:s with

the items listed below.

;)

'l ~o
'<v

crUVEXECq:
;)

<jl
()

______________ ,

~()

~ ~~

, '

't6

~ .

44

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Unit 46

-------

IFine Arts
(Mr. Courbet)

~.

Good afternoon, sir.

~ .
(.)

r!TlInber

met

(the) opening (of an exhibition)

etc.

~,

met you at the opening

Mrs.Alice

Byadzis [art] exrdbition in Athens, [last]

surrmer.

hope you

l~;

(~)

Yes,

course.

Ho\l are you?

to meet again

~)

6/ ~
, .

it

happened

very well, thank you.

Since we were

~ v~o

fortnnate enougll to meet again 8.t her

~~ ,

exhibition in Paris today,

tms time

~ .

! her works.

: ;

thern?

can ask about your opinion

How do you like (Ifind l

1111 be happy

tell you my oj:;j nion of thenl

and, in order that you might understand

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theQ

better - since you are a foreigner _

-&,

alloI

-&

to tell you a few words about Greek

tradition and the in!1uence it had upon

her works.

me

(-&)

to understand,to perceive

()

to connect, to unite

, -,

contemporary, simu1taneous

-()

As an artist, Mrs.Boyadzis understood the

-& ~

necessity to unite in her works the

(contemporary) present with the past,

-&6, .

[i.e.with) Greek tradition.

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(%)

to be

, ,

crsed,

to consist of

Tlle Greek tl',jdition, as you know, consists

of element3 fl'OlT, 3ncicnt, Dyzantinc and

popuJR r art.

()

to preserve, to maintain

( )

(the) characteristic traits

,, '

Therefore, the intention

a Greek artist

o%~ ~

is to try to presel've certain

charactcristic traits from the ancient

and

~zantine

art,

to apply, to adapt, to fit

(6)

to adjust
, -, -()

specific

(the) condiion,conventi.on,trec:ty

o~

to adapt them to the speciSic condHionr;

, -,

-()

today,
modern Grcek

o~

and then, as time goes

new modern Grcek tradition.

to create a

, -,

easy to understand, intelligiblr,

(the) infinity

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'

forever

(the) art painting

~o 3 ~& &

It is easy to understand that the

p~o ~&

elements

~o ' -

be preserved [unchanged] forever in

miern

( )
p~,

the art

the past will not

Greek painting.

-,

(the) conscience consciousness

They will s:i.mp1y cormect UB with the past,

they will give

UB

the awareness

t.I!.~

~& ( ~)

(tlle) inulse, :i.mpetus

~& ~
&.

and an impulse

tward

a pure new modern

Greek tradition.
(the) way thinJdng

A~ K~

Tllis is the reasoning

~ ' -

certain

farous

Greek artists,

&

and we can understand from the works

this lady that it has a great influence

488

the development

modern Greek art.

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Unit 48

I'd also like to emphasize the importance

of the fact that the works of this

painter have a purely Greek character.

.
6

~o

(the) na tion

( )

(the) movement, gesture,

step

K~ ~o

nation nlust preserve its

01,m

~ -

elements in its art, despite any

, ~ .

international trends.

-,

-()

pure

hereditary

(the) physiognomy,
countenance, look

People look for

Si~1S

the traditional

('hereditary') everywhere today.

'
,

(the) originality

Yes, but sometimes for originality too!

'
.

And that 's why the tecJ1ique art has

been forgotten nowadays.

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()

(1)

to investigate, to search

Because the artists search for origina1ity

()

and forget their heritage ('lmoH1edge ).

(2)

to

side by side

And

a10ng with the old heritage ('know1edge')

they have forgotten ('side by side)the prob1erns of art,

to be changed, to change (intr.)

(~)

(the) inventor

()
~

to discover, to revea1

and they have been transformed into

'.

inventoI's who are on1y interested in

d.is COveI"Y

(x~)
,

forget

to deve10p, to progress

But tlle world and ideas and art do undergo

, .

an evolution, sirl

(~)

to depend

'

50 hm, can

ignore the present and its

needs and depend entirely

the past?

~o ~;
()

to

over100k

rnust not overlook the fact that the

modern painters a150 create mirac1es in

'

their o~m Hay today.

~.

!1odern ar't a150 has a 10t to offer.

";] .

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49

(the) example

)

'

for

;;(

For cxar'iJJ]e }et's

~o -

loo]~

at a Picasso pictUl'8

in the ot-!!er room.

()

to l'osist" t.o be

( )

gainst

(the) rule, law, precept

It's against the rules

painting, but

the art

ever;jfore erjcys

j.t.

Yes, maybe,but don't forget that there's

only

Pi(~asso.

Let me finish,

(th) spectatoJ'

~
,
'

,
~

~ ~

<!

-,

-()

o~

crec,ti.ve

model"11 pictU1'e, in my opinion, must

provoke the

spe(~t&tor

to participate

creat.ively (Iin he creetive art').

The spectator must think and create the

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L~ ,

picture together with the artist.

L.
L

(the) violin

L~ .. 6 L

For examp1e when we 100k at the Picassols

L,

'Vi01in you and

LL,

ways,

it in different

(the) irnagination

6 ~%/%

(the) fee1ing, sentiment

( L~)
L

since, as

% '

each

irnagination, emotions [or] fee1ings

us 1etting a part

his

, L% ,

[work] (Iin it I ) since therels enough

L L

room in i t for both

rLO:

! us.

L,

L L ELvaL

NatlIra11y this

'

art is more

difficu1t for someone to understand than

L 6 L,

the picture by Mrs.Boyadzis--

6 ,

which, believe me,

L',

(w. genitive case)

admire as mlIch as

do.
above, over, beyond

LL L %

I3ecause above a11 it masks its fee1ings

L L

and elicits your emotion.

L 6 ELvaL 6 nL6

this is the most important thing a

painter can achieve.

L~

And

think

()

to

We11, it was

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again

good seeing you again.

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Especial1y since we had the opportunity

'

of exchanging a

()

()

to incline
(the) surreaism

words (and ideas).

to draw a concltJsion, to infer

fevl

'

hope that you di(jn 't mislJnderstand what

sai(l and draw a concltJsion that

am

inclined to.Tards surrealisrn.

49

()

to adore, to worship

You must know that

adore art and adrrire

~ ~ ~o

every work which is really worth while,

whether it's classical or modern;

(the) colHsion, conflict

-,

-()

artistical

(the) developnent

;"nd

kn~r

cOI~lict

.-

as well as you do that the

of artistic styles is an

important factor in the development of

art.

~ ~o;
~ ;

. Courbet

.~ ~ ;

.~;
;

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, .~o,
' ;

~ ;
.

.~

Cou:rbet

.~o ';
.

Cou:rbet

6 ;

Renaissance

'J~ef~~lQ!~~ ~ .

rxpEv.o

~eQ~~~Qre~~if f~~fYD QX2~!~ ~!!~~~.

portrait

, -, -

favorable

()

comment

critic

~~~E~~~~~~ ~~~e~Q~
~ * 6 g~~.
, -,

-()

abstract

, -, -()

concrete

( )

eJqJl'ession

( )

shar e

~~.

( )

li.ght

~ ~ D~~QY2

Y~~ .

creCltion

**********

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to p\1rsue
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IThe Greek Theatre I

(o~)

( )

()

(3)

/ (~)/

to originate, to come from

verb
to act
to move

(o~)

, ,

in front

~ ( -)

illusion

especial1y

(o~)

( )
,

-,

to consist

narrat10n

-()

( -

representation

stage, scene

~oo (

-)

moralizat1on

B.C.

A.D.

/ ()

to chant

altar

as t:iJne passes

dancer

(o~)

to be detached, separated

~oo

(o~)

to respond

(o~)

to [eign, to pretend

(o~)

to play a part

ans.erer

to appoint

()

goat

like

( )

6 q

herce

-,

feminj.ne

( )

6 6

mask

(~)

to

( )

~o,

-()

vertical

-,

drssed

-/

( )

stripe, flutine of a colvnnl

(~)

distinguished

busl<.in

-,

bJ

sl10e

~oo

to be lifted, raised

(x~)

' -,

to be separated

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each, every

(~)

to compete

teaching

(),

()

( )

to rarticipate(trley were participating)

notDble, elder

to be saved, to be presel'ved.

(~)

place, location

name

~6

gradual]~'

()

to build, to construct

wooden

-,

an altar

6 ()

semi-circle

seat

( ~o)

-,

-()

ho] J OW, concave

~ ()

to substitute

construction

( -

)
,

-,

oblong

()

front of a stage

side-scene
obl ique, lat.c['al

-,

-()

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passaEe

-&,

-,-

stone (adj.)

-&()

openair

food

, ,

, -, -%~o, ,(.)

this, that

6 ()

point

-&6, -,

moral

-6()

(-&)

to

semi-chorus

chanter

()

to present

()

(1)

:initate

to contain, to hold

rom

for

Cognates

coryphaeus, leader of tl1e chor-W;j

drama

( )

, -,

-()

lyric

-&

dithyramb

epos

( )

dialogue

6 6()

choral part of a dance

-,

-,

-6()

tragic

-6()

comic

comedy

6-&

"

satyr
ode
( -&

( )

,
,

hypothesis, affair, plot

hero
tetralogy

-,
-,

-()
-()

satyric
marble (adj.)

hypocrite

Chorus, dance

(J

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c: () R S

So

cycle

(-)
, .

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~,

~ oo~o .
o~

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,

~~oo ~.

~, .

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~o.

6 ~
~
o~ , 6 ~o.

~o
o~

6 6 .
o~o

, ~

~ o~

~ o~o

, o~ ~.

o~ '

( 6 ~ .

~ 6

' 6

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~

1.1/2

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~ ' .

* ~
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~ oo~o .

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~

~ .
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~ .

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UNI'

6 &x~o &. '

~ & &x~o &.

6 6
.

50

& &.

6 o~o

&~

&
.

, ' .

' .

' ,

& ~ ',
~

'.

Grannnatical Notes
The jcatharevusa style seems to be mOl'e appl'opriate to the suJJject

mat~er

o.f tJle above

narrative.
Therefore, the student
,

&,

\~i11

find in i t a nUl1lber of katharevusa preposit.ions, SUCfl as

etc., as well as katharevusa verb, noun and adjecti endillgs, most of wJlich

have already teen discussed in our previous

and Continuous Past endings

--

and

GraI1JIatical

; final -

Notes, e. g. 3rd pers. s1nc;.

of

nelltr

nOlli1S and

Sime

adjeciVc3;

the

of the accusative case of masc. and fem. nouns, etc.

~~~~_~~:.~

Katharevusa verb forllls.

The 3rd pers. plur. Continuous Past endinc; of Class 111 (l~iddle-Passive) i8
, , , etc.

-,

It should be noted that the dhimotiki equivalent he VlJrb

is

'to move, to shake', which is inflected like

a~J

to

'

other Class 111 verb III

Note 50.2 Verb: Past tense

au~~ent

in katharevusa.

Note 30.3 it was stated tllat in the katharevusa st;yle of the Greelc

augrr.cnt is always used with the past tens9 fonns

Although

kathareusa

1angua~e

the v01'b, nottlithstandjnc; tlle

tllC

nUi~ber

verb forms will be discussed in detail in the IJotes of Volwne

of this Course. some statement3 concerning the past tense aUfJTIcnt, based

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which occur in the above

narr~tive

are given here:

The augment ( )

according to traditional Greek grammars, can have

two forms:
(,) a sabic prefix (

)when the verb stem beg:i.ns with a

COIlSOl1Hnt, or
(2) a modification of the initial vwel ( ) when the verb stem

begins

wit~

a vowel.

,) ~oL~~~~~:_~~~~~r;~
i:; auclont

prefiX cs, thc auvnent

and

consists
-

the syllable

prefi.xed to the verb stem.

follows those prefi.xes.

In verbs with

final vowe1 of the prefi.x (except for

is lost.

n'J'-&

( nc; t

-&

( + -

It sl,0u1(1 be noted that the prefix t)t-has the fonn - before the augment,
e.E;.,

(fro)~

the verb

).

2) Y~~~l:~~~!~~~~~~~_~~~~~!.
hB

<J.HD"lent consists

Thus, verbs
IJGgin with 0-

\~hich

a change of the initial vowe1 of the verb stem.

boe;in with

change it to

or

change this

o.Iel

to

,and those 'W'hich

w-

Pres.tense

----------

~~~~~-~~~~

~~~~!_~~~~

)rd P.Sg.

)rd p.Sg.

3rd r.Sg.

()

()

()

()

-&

()

()

-&

-&( )

-&

(For more details

vowel changes see Volume 111 of this Course).

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~~~~_~~:.~

Verb: Dhimotiki suffix

$0

:!1~:

As seen from Note 45.1 the C1ass

verb S:imp1e Past suffix

does not occur in

--

katharevusa.

Notes

~3.3

and 34.1 some examples of verbs of 'Mixed' conjugation were given.

C1ass verbs, 5uch as

(, C, C

These

etc. a1so fonn their Simple Past wi th the

suffix -- (, , etc.)
Actua1ly the use of the suffix -

in

dh:imotiki i5 predictab1e, the genera1 rule

being as f0110ws:
Ary

verb in dhirnotiki,

matter wlIich c1ass i t be10ngs to takes the suffix -

EJcamples:

-&

-&

-&

-&

Note 50.4 Letter-numera1s

'(C)

The Ancient Greeks used 1etters of the alphabet to write numbers.

used sometirnes to designate ordinal nwnerals, for

ex~mple

This custon\ is stil1

to mark the numbers of a police

precinct, etc.
Tnese letter-numera1s are as follows:
'

'

'

10

'

11

12

'

13

'

'

20

'

7
~~~~_~~:.~

Noun: )rd dec1. nouns.

'

'

(transferab1e in dhirnotiki to the 1st decl. ')

P1ur.

~~!2~:.

'

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'

etc.

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G.

"

'

'

(transferable in dhilTlotiki to the 1st decl. )

Sincr

Plur.

--_11.

(tI'~l1JsffJrable in dhimotiki to the 1st decl. )

Sin:;.

f.

Plur.

:'

(transfera.blf! in dhimotiki to the 1st decl. )

Sing.

Plur.

G.

(transferablF.J in dhj.;tiki to the 1st decl. )

Sing.

Pl\Jr.

(tr<rJsfera\Jle in dhjn1nti.ki to the 1st decl.

Sing.
.

G.

Plur.

(trilnsferable in dhimot.iki 1.0 the 1st decl. )

Sing.
.

G.

Plur.

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, ,

(transferable

50

jn dhinotiki to the 1st decl. )

Plur.

G.

PIU1'

tr.

G.

-&

reliv.on

-&

tJIeOI',1i

~ ' ';

' -&
.

' ;

' -& -& ~

' ;

-&
;

;
-&

';

;
' -& ;

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Gl.OSSARY

()

indign.-1ti.on

()

E~ptian

dear, beloved

f~~FJtian

()

ancient

()

EL;yptian

Eneland

' ()

Fgypt

( )

()

'-& ()

ho]y, saint

45

(adj)

'-& ()

' ' () HountAthos

(f.)

fceli.ng, sensation,
perception

-&

percfptibly

()

optimism

\oIild, savage

' ()

alicatin

ferocity, savaLery

/ ()

cent.ry

/ ()

contest, struggle

integral, entirA

()

contest

to empty

irlIpassable

-&

uninterrupted

()

seashore, beach

indiscreet

sG8shore

dead end

ext.rAIe

-&()

jet

-&

true, genuine

()

change, choice

repeated, successive

()

car, carriage

i.mremorial

rmIard, salary

to i/pore

()

31

()

/-

airport

()

in Wll01e, in full
motionless

26

()

to follow

()

pediment

-&

immortal

/-

-&

innocent, not

-& ()

innocence

()

defense

to be acquHted

()

doubt

-&

43

aviation

() Aegean Sea

gIilty

506

()

alrrond-trAe

()

upon, over

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27

()

30 R

48

light, take fire

the day

T1Pnaissanco

to force, oblige

-&

blooming

to investigat,e

-&

human

()

worry

48

to discover, reveal

-& ()

"nomicide

()

re1ief

spring ; I1.d:J )

invest.iEator

()

open sea

to

6 (6)

srare part
to exchange

()

36

lmd,~rtake, reSI1le

()

ta

rroportional

33

(letR:il

to ', to be

35

49

-&

50

arnong, between

()

burning

[ (6)

to ronew

()

representation

to rEJlax

26

40

()

mishap,

33

mj.sfortme

to turn upside

dov.n

to correspond
to be against,resist
to subst,itute

involved

45

objective
(6)

object
pass-key

47
35
()

to understand, perceive
to face, confront
political opposition

nn

representation

objection,contradiction

()

()

developnent

()

excavation

in confusion

()

east,

eastern

to quote, mention

-&

()

departure

required, necessary

wind

answer

independent

34

()

38

irresponsj.ble

to belong

()

30

apathy, indifference

()

'

vague spca!d.ng
to recite

()

(6)

507

contradiction
higher, superior

to amomt to, come upto 6

-&

32

()

to object

27

to be busy, occupied
deceitful, deceptive
infinity
forever

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opposite, in front

-&

26

to part with

to apply

()

separation

antiquated,outdated

()

standpoint

busy

April (adj.)

-&

improbable

()

April

to take

unforseen,unexpected

afternoon (adj.)

fluent1y

to be proved

to be late

36

35

41

26

to

prove,demor~trate

27

()

to atribte,retvrr, Lrant

26

negative

()

indemnity, comfje!1Sat,j.on

to reveul,uncovel',dis
close
to exclude

26

44

() j

masterp1ece

()

fiance
archaeological
archaeologist

()

notable, elder

()

perfume

to respond

let's

ansHerer'

' ()

Asia

Asiatic

absolute

~ ()

song

absolut~~1y

()

ace

to hush

joke

apex, zenHh

()

50

()

'

()

33

to be dctachad,sepal'ated ()

50

()

()

66

distanco

42

liglrtning
to glitter, flash

40

to sencl, dispatcll
to memorizc ,learn by
heart

( )

rIission

()

astronaut

()

retirenlf>nt (a/1~)

civil, civic, urban

()

resnlt

()

po1ice

50

to consj.st

()

police (adj.)

41

abominable,atrocious

incomparable

decision

-&

unusual, pecu1iar

to say goodbye

paved with asphalt

-&

30

()

40

35 R

508

()

star

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end1ess

nt ()

steam navigation

basic

n'~

b;)' ship

kng

()

Attica

unfortunate

()

queen

u ( )

August

to

()

increase

lit

austere

()

villa

()

Austra1ia

industria1

' ()

seli'-defense

()

industrialist

j -

ElnperoI'

()

store windo,:

()

ch3racteristic trait

in the very act

()

g1ance

in the very act

()

steering \'Ihee1

vanished

northe<Jstcrn

'9

abstract, absent-

nort.hwestern

nort~lern

()

'

m:1Jded

()

baron

()

44

:iJo

green

43

to be 1eft a10ne

insupportab1e, tiresol!le

()

nol'th

()

Africa

parliamentary

unnatura.1

()

parliament

without charm, dtu.1

() ()

prize, award

cl! onJ hey youl

() North America

...

34

YOU

over thcrel

to b1amc

-&6

v-adualJy

Byz:>ntine

-&6 ()

degree

a1tar

-&

decp

barbarian

()

(small)boat

(6)

weight, burden

heavy, strong

29

()

s}y

()

blue

callTlness

42

to ridi c, to

)1I00'k

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32

to

. . .

General Assemply of

( )

'

{lPE-

()

()

()

picturesque

()

eye[lasses

to shine. poliHh

28

generous

feminine

old-t:i1ner

to look for. seek

()

birth

40

/ ()

corner. ang1e

()

1H,tle corner

Senate
()

senator

/q, ()

torCfJ

()

bridge

fOl'est

geometrical

()

toI'cfI

agricu1tm'al

()

lJecember

earth

( )

repoI't. bulJetin

Japanese

vest

()

reception. party

()

second

()

()

() Yugoslav1.a

()

35

to tie oncself

()

precipice

gray

{l

s,eet

scu1ptor

()

creation

scu1pture

cl'cati e

legitirnate.genuine .1awfu1

to create. prodllce

knowledge. erudition

'

expert

democratic. I'epub1ican

woman 's shoes.

jol~nalist.

()

()

()

()

()

()

as they say
28

to declare

()

fascinating.charr~ng

() ()

pub1ic

to charm

popu1ar

fur

for

secretary

writ.ten

lubrication

()

30 R

()

()

510

50

to coJrJPete

crO\om prince
()

divorce

newspaperman

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-&

()

27

disposal,mood,disposition
to be interrupted

50

to be dist1nished

dj.aJ.ogue

()

dictatorship

il1tellectual

famous, celebrated

()

amus1ng

not 1n the least

(6)

space,d1stance,curse

double

34

to cross

(6)

diplcma.

wi.1ling

record. disc

to preserve. ma1ntain

fomality

: ()

()

-&

47

()

night duty

judicia1 power

()

()

1awsu1t,case,trial

/
(6)

()
()

two months

30 to be given

ton

degree

Idller, murderer
transaction. dealings

()

clarit.y

32

to differ

()

disag.reement.objection

teach:ing

to teach

() () time-table

()

conduct

cool

41

to be carried out

to act

()

interpreter

possible

40

to wontier

west

{}

()

director.

28

()

44

m..':l1aGer

to faciHtate

()

narration

33

to relate. to tell

-&

()

dith;yramb

41

judge

justifiab~.indeed

26

to justif'y

( ) ()

court ! justice .courtroom

judge

()

(6)

efficient
cu1prit.author.perpetrator
runner

()

42

()

26

to f1nd it hard to do
western

( )

()

-&

()

511

to establlsh onese1f
opening (exhibition,etc)
in

31

document

()

(6)

t1Je

brain. head
crime

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()

crim:inal

crirn:iJlal (a. )

local

()

-& ()

etiquette

() () motive)st:imulus

-&

nation

very small, minimum

specialist

' ()

Switzer1and

()

speciaJty

' ()

Sw1ss woman

to notify

'

Swiss

/ ()

icon, picture

()

inspection, examination

space

to check,i nspect,exam:i.ne

(6)

42

()

! 20

( ) ( 6) peril !
( )

()

()

years

20

days

41

to be executed,carr1ed out
expression

()

35

24 hrs. peril

()

execut1ve power

free, independent, single

-& duty free

()

o1ive
rernittance (money)

sincere, i'rank

(6)

pe.ce

irony

()

appearance

1rmate

()

()

in

()

()

district attorney

1t

()

()

45

26

W t~t

against
()

beginning

each, every

dressed

resu1t, issue, event

interestin

manifestati,e-pressi ()

dress,garment,clothes

to be elected

,6

eclectic, elective

~oo

enthusiastic

chosen, select

-& ( )

enthus1asm

elector1\l

strengthened,fortified

35

to be armihiJ.a.ted

()

lease, renting,letting

astonishnJunt, surprise

juror

( )

50

to expire, to die

ecstatic

()

()

performance,execution

42

to act

affidavit

6, ()

annyance,

boring, armoy1ng

512

importunity

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27

t.o

()

bother,army,bore

34

to float

.
.,

guilty

()

furnish:iJ1g

while

official

:1n front of

()

visitor

earJy

()

science

eccentric

scientist

()

return

period of 6 months

charge'" d' affaires

to cash

-&

to attack,assault,assail

'

( )

()

28

48

(a house)

to depend

33

to d:i sappear

()

surface

()

evolution,development

cautious, reserved

to develop,to progress

'~ () reserve

48

()

()
examination,investigation

the fo110\dnI:;

(,)

()

argument
,

followine

exit

consequentJy

oi

hence

eps

()

authority, power

6 ()

36

to authorize, entitle

()

contractor

to g10rify

()

investigation, research

no ()

street door

-&

red

()

profession

even:1ng (adj.)

-&

43

to follow

last,

()

revolution

()

Evvo5:a

contact

-&

fragile

embarcat.ion

favorat,le

inscription, sign

intellj gjble

favorable

40

()

( )

()

49

-& ( )
-&

()

()

()

pursue

()

extrerle

last name

wish

woI1-to-do

otJlong

broad

level

()

Europe

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applicqtion

()

inv'}f}t,or

'

s,s

&

()

'

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quiet, still

()

()

hero
quiFJt~

()

pair

()

couple, pair

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&<1<1 ( )

()
() ()

painteJ' (artist)

()

belt, zone

!OOJ'a1izaLion

o&~

moral

()

dat':J

()

sCJ.u.-circle

()

''&

& ()

death

30

to admire

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adrniration

& ()

spectator

()

.i

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-&

to offend

32

-& ()

()

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azure

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& ()

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&<1

&

()

caJm, tranquility

<1

()

()

as

cnfidence

()

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-&

* -&

sem3.-chorus
Unite<i Nations

niS

()

audacity, impudence

()

storm

-& ()

victiJ

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religin

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<1

()

'

&

( ...)

io StDtes of

America

()/

()

'

"

()

January

' ()

Japan

Japanese

medical

<1

of medical jurisprudence

()

ideal

(6)

special, palticu1ar
()

tarnperament,idiosyncrasy

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especial1y

invited

private~pcrsonal

artistica1

saint ,holy ,sacec

()

moru{

-&c

nat1ve

( )

corn ( the fOOG)

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satisfaction

()

ballot-box.

t6

capable

30

vertigin o'lls

'

' ()

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' ()!

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()

'

,,

(ot)

' ()

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30 R
()

call, to invHc

to \-Jelcome
ch!lITLlx:; r maid
camQl

()!

( ) ()

raincoat

)'1),'1.(18

ground-floor

()

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, I~ (6)

Israe1

ru1,~, 1a\I, pl'ccept

t'C ()

race of sai1ing boats

' 6

historica1

to contend, maintain

somcn'1!lere e1s{~

t~xup '

cntent:n

'6

scat'f

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trace,sign,marl(

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' ()

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- ()

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quit,e bJ.ack

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43

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everytl1:ing

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ca thedra1 (adj)

-&

vertica1

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seat

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-&

to ref1ect

-&

routq

40

-&

as wel1 as

cr:i.rnina1 court

(6

)
(6 )

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(6)

(6)

32

31

of

33

slol:ine

to

Hhat. ho sald

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oO!Knun~

to be reduced to
to sy:allow

surprislng

'

at first

'

a't,

first

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()

heir

() constructin

to inherit

()

manufacture, construction

spy

()

theft

very white

-& ()

buskin

affirrnative

oLo

hollo\~,

to strike,persuade,pre-

parliamentary system

42

to bui:w., construc-t

-&

42

vail upon
( )
toarrive in time

30R

to come down,descend

28

49

to incline

ooncaw

corron, public

sociolog:i.cal

-& very enthusias"t.ic

red

bay

44

to come

dwn

()

-& ()

direction

( () s.inning, bathing

to be accused

elegant

then

tiresome

'

under any circumstances

leader of a chorus

occupied

()

crO\m

-&

the fl,ing

--

()

cellar

()

Centaurus

()

jewel

()

thunderbolt

worl~,

to treat

cosmopolitan

to move, to sha 'ke

37

31

()

()

heads and tails

social

capital letter

()

]1umor, good mood

()

(,'!1)J1a

()

state, poIi'er

': -

People '3 RepulJlic !

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crisis,opinion,review

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mo vement,ge3ture,step

critic

to mOve

branch

to lock

()

thief

!1croCJ,i:i t'j"

50

()

35

50

()

cruise
to hide

()

beast, cattle

()

()

()

strolce,

bl~

government
cycle

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circulatin,traffic

because

remaininE, 1eft

driver's license

()

fiower

()

swan

()

wave

hil1y

to f1uctuate

-&

stne

CyprUs

/ 31

to solve

Jyric

taken in the proper

sense
generalJy

comic

()

29

()

()

()

()

27

49

(adj)

solution

rO\oring

()

loveJy dress

comedy

()

()

cook (fema1e)

charminE,echantin

to bewitch,fascinate

40

011

()

to be taken,received

soft

to adore,to worship

()

greengrocer

adorer,worshiper

mania, ra ge, frenzy

()

( )

function, liturgy-

marb1e (adj)

45

to function

()

tesim,

( ) ()

valley

witness,

thin,slim,delicate

detai1ed,thorough

6 ()

wmdty

white

()

1ook, glance

48

to

()

r01)bery

very,

}'

much

na

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frge

()

()

eVidence

to 100k over, exam:ine

black

43

to st&b

( ) (6) port office

()

battle, fight

()

harbor-master

largest, bi gest

()

pound ster1ing

-&

drunk, intoxicated

erudite,learned man

()

minority

()

literature

.517

41

to study

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IILl.ddle, waist

a11 at once

()

roid.nii~ht

()

motorcyc1e

mediterranean

mumy

inland

()

musician

r~) Mediterranean Sea

wi th (.)

48

to be chenged,alterd

()

uncle,

()

goU1G

()

battery

()

ernigration, :L~)datin

blue

to irrrd.[':rate, enlizrate

()

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()

emiLTant ,immigrant

()

painter (of buildings)

rneanwh:ne

V81'iable

to CBrry, transfE,r

36

27

()

grocer

()

trunk

()

(!

bravol well done

()

ret..eorologj.cal

()

miller

moderate, fair

() ()

mystery

()

register

()

rn;ysticism

()

machine, a ,'paratus

purple

()

mosaics

50

--nl~'~~ll:,nical engineer

man

spark plug

to partjcipate

a traveler)

windmill

since

o~o

microscopj.c

here is; here you are

to imitate

()

admiral

() ()

,'J"JJ,

()

seasickness

monarchy

()

young man

abso1ute monarchy

()

young woman

modern Greek (adj)

()

youth

nervous

50

()

()

()

CO!lstj. ttinal
mon1'l.rchy

()

monastery

()

nervousness

()

the on]y son

cloudy

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cloud

strangerls guide

cloudy

illJconcerned,careless

islander

wooden

/ ()

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bare-footed

()

victor.v

45

to conquer,defeat,win

()

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()

meaning

-&

legislature

-&

legislative

-&

le;islatj.ve

power

()

1aw
()

southwest (adj.)

southern
'A~

()

()

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south

o1d.-fas11ioned

to be asharned

34

dressed

()

dres8

to

49

falllil,y (ad.1)

27

()

landlol'd

crstruction,buiJing

()

()

()
()

46 to meet again

housekeeper
space

years

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little (adv.)

a11 the trne

whole, entire

'

()

OJympia

'

O:lympic

'

Homer

()

()

conversatjon

fog

()

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housewife

()

home
,

'

mentality

()

()

instrucYjon,direction

legal

()

-& ()

to be sroi1ed,adulte;'ated '

31

45

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to name, to call

lmwn,

follower

()

()

42

to cal1 back

sdden

"

n'locked

519

weapon,

called

gn

to can'Y anns, be armed

whenevl',wld cheveI'
\~henever

at randorn

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organization

()

shoemaker

organized

()

shoeshop

50

to appoint

instead

()

horizon

to swear

()

factor

impetuous

()

example

mountain

39

()

48

to overlook

()

for ex.arnp1e

()

orchestra

()

paradise

as for .

()

tradition, surrender

whatever,anything

-&

situated near the sea

none

-&

to

()

sky

parallel

to

to stay near, to remain

()

stay; eve

strange, queer

()

fault

()

side-scene

-&

33
()

w,

to be due

()

27

()

frost

()

education

()

perforrnance

stupid, foolish

to notice,

()

wrestler

()

()

struggle, fight

()/

old-clothes man

32

to park

( )

passage

/ ()

26

group

50

to

obsere,

obsere

friends

to present

'

despite al1 these

to present

41

()

old \oIorthless sh1r>

(6)

parfait

everyLlline, the Hh01e

()/

fatherland

traditional
shoe, sandal

()

()

Virgin

()

full moon

( )

/-

slacks

()

high sea

(6)

Ionian Sea

()

at any rate

Iollw

()

520

(6)

500 drachrna bill

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convinced

o~ ()

poetry

~o (6)

surrounclligs

o~ ()

poet

to describe

penalty,punishment

27

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()

contents

( )

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penal,criroincl

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35

to contain

()

period, time

o~ ()

~o ()

41

to fight,wage war
state

fortune,property,wealth ()

citizen

complicated

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politics

o~~6-x~-

civ11 engineer

~o~o~

43

to treat, entertain

( )

(6)

revolver

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circumference ,cistrict

~oxo

multi-inillionncir"e

to throw a\lay,to ]

()

chatter 1 talkativenOS3

alreadY,any mor'e

mm1J'-c:olored

probability

()

marC}l,course ,

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pilot

orange

~/- ()

sign

() ()

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falling

riv(:J'

26

~-&6

()

29

~oo~~6 ()

certificate

(6)

6 ()

pu11oer'

~ ()

slope

~o

oblique,lateral

() ()

~~/-

to wander,to 1)e mistaken ~ ()

32

agency

stat.ion

()

points (allto)

wide, broarj ,flat

()

am1Jassador

()

majority

()

~o~6

majority (adj)

! ()

)Jrinc<Jss

()

side

()

princo

near

o~~ ()

preliminary inquiry

tohit,tostril(('

o~o()

front yard

spirit,joBt,mind

44

()

42

()

29
()

to blo,"1
poem

to realize ,<\ccmplisll

actiol1

~o() -

40

, l>

()

()

()

kind

card game

to foresee ,anticipa'e

'esidcn

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50

to warn
to

riginate,ce

from

primitive

()

protocol

()

preparctlon

()

oriv,nality

-&

34

to prea:rI'ange

()

fliE;ht

hardJy do so-and-so

()

corpse

to preJJlOditate

gat~

progres si

()

pyrarnid

progress

()

shooting

to shoot

33

41

()

( )

foot

the mountain

for,for the

47

35

stu~e

26

add, to form

ot

34

invito

()

stripe

()

current, stream

()

verb

()

t.inkle

~ -&

quick as a

invHed,guest

( )

front ! the stage

-&

()

effort, endeavor

33

to bypass

-ink

pinlc
()

clothes

()

Russia

personalJ.y

oh

-&

!!!

to land

nex.t

()

42

appJy,fit , adjust

to att;'v. f'c

47

()

()

()

peraonality,pel'sonage

'; ()

portrait

()

preference

evident~,apparentJ.y

()

pre't.ex.t

pronunciation

()

pr:ime minif>ter

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mOl'ning

breaJfast,mrning

()

30 n

()

()

34

t:ime

jacket
to Heigh anchor

()

tube (tire)

satyric

satyr

see .for the first

season

-& ()

mask

()

()

line,row,turn,order

/-

()

page

()

September

to

522

30

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!J

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39

()

()

27

get up, stand up

to 11ft ,to ra1se

()

main1and

important,significant

firm, fixe,i

point

stcTeotype rJ

to bc derJresscd

not"

35

sure ,certiIin

()

to iron, to preGs

()

verse,

by train

() ()

eJemcnt

railroad

silhouette

28

()

()

()

Grcece

1ine

!: ,'

rnan's shoes

()

WIj.forl71

covered

()

arny

thought

militDry

stage, scene

32

to turn

trouble, Horroy

()

garbace co2.1ector'

dark

Air Force genera]

tuxedo

serious:I;y

()

to concentrate,co11 (~i,
concentration J sather"in;'

Soviet lJnj.on

()

emotion

Bxcitinr:;

()

COll1]IHll1ication

Sl-Iede

28

to compose

surrea1ism

()

compa1'ison

()
()

()

()

()

()

'-

()
()

sole
()

()

26

a shoe)

V01'50,

()

relat1ye
concI'EJte (adj)

44

rarc

sporaiic

()

s-udies

()

31

()

34

narroVl, tiEht

()

,/

()

523

to bc comjJosed J fornIc!
collis1.on,confJict
to

31

to stand,stop

compared

47

( )

turn

st1

devise, invsnt

goneral

cn;ratul.'1te

to discuss

42

to arrest, conc,'iVIe
arrest, capture
collection

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to reason, t}link,consider

()

stewardess

to symbolize

neighboring

() ()

frontier,boundary

()

Constitution,regiment

27

' - Security Counci1

...

U.N.

adviser

()

colonel

()

cOlllpatriot

retired person

conservative

49

to

46

to COlllplete

shortly.,

coincicIence

abbreviated,shortened

fountain

()

by

dra~)

a conclusion

chance, accidental1;y

()

as time passes

()

symphony,agreement

SymPl10niC

to assemble,gather

feeling,sentiment

to meet

relatively,in regard
to
certain,relative

captivating,exciting

()

shape

27

-&

()

36

hustling,throng,crwd

()

system

()

sphynx

( )

()

()

comment

to cmll1ect,join,unite

()

conscience,coJlsciousness

a lot

()

assemj,1y ,m,~eting

entire,whole,precise

()

consequence

47

()

()

28

to be continued

( )

ha')it, custom

-&

( )

composition

-&

()

COl1lpOSer

-&

()

treaty,condition

()

signal,sign,emblem,
slogan
overcasl., cloudy

to accmnpany,escort

-&

-&

29

to be saved,preserved

workshop
continuation

()

50

()

()

tavern owner
backgamon

regularly

regular

28

()

()

to suffer,be exhausted
talent
taxicab

()

traveler's check

()

trouble, disorder

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identity

way of thinking

-& ()

()
6

simu:.t.aneus'1

()

tomb

()

briefcase,handbag

recent).y

()

cement

't"

finalJy

type, character

customhouse

of customs

rough, agitated

()

tetralogy

artificial

()

technique

(6)

window pane

.&

honest

()

punisl111lent

-&

such, such as

to stress, emphasize

to put,set,place

()

place, location

()

tourism

ultra-rooern

()

Turkey

-&

responsible

{)

thiR, that

of service,

tragic

()

goat

()

()

30

-&

30

n ()

()

()
6

26

()

' -

()

food

()
()

destiny,fate,fortune
present, actual

()

table-cloth

to drive 8.0. crazy

()

28

to adopt (a C}lild)

()

( )

land and water,sphere,

g10be

national antrIem
()

()

a1r

existfJi1ce
()

aide-de-ca

above ,, be~'ord
()

defense

office

caretaker goven11llent

()

()

sleep

tempest, storm

()

to be subjected to,
tc unclergo
8\'hndssion,suggestion

hYTnn

()

shoe

s!loe store

the samc old

sto~

()

()

38

()

()

for some rea80n

()

reception, welcom0

50

tr play a part

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hypothesis,affair,plot

()

&

to suppose,assume,praS1..111E'

~;~

28

()

bra":lch

50

(ofj

ce)

slice,'Feta'
()

chee~

flirtation,coquetry

&

liberal

to feign, pretcnd

()

frienship

()

hypocritc

friendJ.y

to sUPIJort

()

literature,philology

()

prallise

45

to dispute,quarrel

ministry of public

()

hospitality

to kiss

37

' ()

&

minis"t.ry of defense

()

()

works

miniser

of education

()

minister of ceoorrlination

()

35

/ ()

flame

()

a kind of Greek carpet

()

murder

()

dress

truck

()

26

to wear, to put

to suffer, tolerate

()

obligation

ca'ldj.date

()

heigh

to be lifted,raiFed

35

50

()

()

( )

()

()
()

( )

envelopc, file

()

26

()

31

()

to take care

34

to be wrong,to make
a mistake, to blame
onesel!

to keep, to watch

naturally

Httle lantern

to im;3.gin9

imaeination

fantastic

February

prison, j1.il

26

()

opinion,sentiment

()

dress
brake

pheromenon, aPJJearance

judGinc; by appearance

ba!{er
blouse

()

29
()

()

physiogno~,look

to blow
lit

brilliant
photographic

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low

()

/ -

(adv)

()

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camn.ile

character

()
( )

() (.I\~tap1.lli

50

to bc scparated

di vorccd, separa ted

scc,area,1acc

()

characteristics

()

()

tharks to

x~o

chanrin~

()

paper,map,chart

()

paper

()

()

gendilrTl(~rie

to co.nta::'1j,

50

roOI11 for

p1ay;ing cards

()

butcher

()

chanter

winter (adi)

to look for.

()

a piece of handwork

-& ()

()

chemistry

50

to chant

33

votcr

yesterday (adj)

()

()

snow

()

habordasher

it snows

-&

menta l~v jll

fat,coarse,rude

of

dancer

cold

c ()

granting,issuin8.issue

()

choral parG

()

c110rus, dance

use

()

B.C.

'6

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()

year

he

in 001()

s03rch

()

-&C

29

111

hold

soul

a dance

()
-& ()

ir." Ise, ilc tus

()

ocea.n

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beautiful women

most beautiful

certain

like

until, til1

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