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    backronym, bacronym = αντακρώνυμο

    DEEPFAKES Accountability Act Defending Each and Every Person from False Appearances by Keeping Exploitation Subject to Accountability Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3230
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    μπαζωμένος χώρος (περιγραφή ακινήτου)

    Δεν ξέρω πώς τα καταφέρνω έτσι μερικές φορές:rolleyes:, αλλά για μια στιγμή το "μπαζωμένος χώρος" το είχα μετατρέψει στο νου μου σε "μπαζωμένη έκταση", εξ ου και το "area".
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    μπαζωμένος χώρος (περιγραφή ακινήτου)

    Επίσης, earth- filled area/ space.
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    Τα καλύτερα μουσικά γιουτιουμπάκια

    Libertango - Bozhyk Duo (Violin and Piano)
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    Χρήσιμο έργο αναφοράς: Οδηγός για τη σύνταξη εγγράφων της ΕΕ στα ελληνικά

    Επικαιροποιημένη Έκδοση 2018 https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/styleguide_greek_dgt_el.pdf
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    Ονόματα για καριέρα στην Ελλάδα (και όχι μόνο)

    Zhu Ting (pronounced shoo-ting) - soccer striker, Qingdao FC Chris Moneymaker - Former World Series Poker Champion. And one who potentially could've made the list is racing cyclist Lance Armstrong, if only his surname was Legstrong.:-)
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    lapsus clavis

    Σε μια στιγμή απόλυτης αφηρημάδας, ψάχνοντας στο Search, αντί να γράψω " κοψίδια και τσιμπολογήματα", έγραψα ...."τσιμπίδια και κομψολογήματα."🙄
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    Κοψίδια και τσιμπολογήματα

    “Someone once asked me why does Mike (Tyson) need four armed bodyguards? And I said, ‘We are not here to protect him, We are here to protect you from him’.” Rudy Gonzalez- Tyson’s confidante, ex bodyguard and chauffeur.
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    junk culture

    Επίσης, σαβουροκουλτούρα.
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    Fire Roads & Terraces

    Επίσης, για το fire roads: δρόμοι αντιπυρικής προστασίας αντιπυρικοί δρόμοι https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/praktika/synedriaseis-olomeleias?sessionRecord=f6b4568b-cb43-4b8b-8281-29905e810a4f
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    Τι είναι το handicap σε αυτή την περίπτωση;

    You'll find it's used in just about any sport that involves handicapping and a race to the finish line.
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    Τι είναι το handicap σε αυτή την περίπτωση;

    Especially so in the case of rowing, where in some competitions a time handicap means that a rower with a handicap begins the race at some delay to the initial starting time. So for example, a rower with a handicap of 10 seconds, begins the race 10 seconds after the initial flagfall which...
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    Τι είναι το handicap σε αυτή την περίπτωση;

    Θεωρητικά το χάντικαπ σε αυτή την περίπτωση θεωρείται ως μειονέκτημα (για τον γράφοντα), καθώς δίνει ένα προβάδισμα 38 δευτερολέπτων σε άλλον/ους κωπηλάτη/ες .
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    The Book That Taught Me What Translation Was

    The Book That Taught Me What Translation Was - Jhumpa Lahiri ...In other words, I believe that invece, a trigger for substitution, is a metaphor for translation itself. ...It points all the way back to Homer’s description of Odysseus, at the start of the Odyssey, as polytropos: the man of “many...
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    woke (adj.)

    What does the word ‘woke’ even mean? We asked our panelists https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/09/woke-word-meaning-definition-progressive
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    Five Pacers = Πέντε Καθοδηγητές;

    I had wanted to add, but was interrupted, that I have a vague feeling that "five pacers/walkers" could be either an incorrect or very loose translation of "wu bu". I have Chinese colleagues who could easily clarify a few things here but as Murphy's law would have it, they're currently out of town.
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    Five Pacers = Πέντε Καθοδηγητές;

    I note that in earlier texts, in reference to the planets, "wu bu" (or "wu pu" under the Wade- Giles system) was often translated as " five walkers". In qi- gong, as well as other Chinese martial arts systems, the term "wu bu", as has been previously mentioned, literally translates as "five...
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    To retire as a verb

    Συναφές νήμα: https://www.lexilogia.gr/threads/someone-who-is-retired-but-without-reference-to-their-pension.18616/
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    Τα καλύτερα μουσικά γιουτιουμπάκια

    Stairway to heaven - 100 covers mashup
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