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21 queen
n. Queen, berömt amerikanskt pop/rock-band* * *[kwi:n]1) (a woman who rules a country, who inherits her position by right of birth: the Queen of England; Queen Elizabeth II.) drottning2) (the wife of a king: The king and his queen were both present.) drottning3) (a woman who is in some way important, excellent or special: a beauty queen; a movie queen.) drottning4) (a playing-card with a picture of a queen on it: I have two aces and a queen.) dam5) (an important chess-piece: a bishop, a king and a queen.) drottning, dam6) (the egg-laying female of certain kinds of insect (especially bees, ants and wasps).) drottning7) ((slang) a homosexual man who assumes the female role.) bög, fjolla•- queenly- queen mother -
22 rival
n. rival, konkurrent--------v. rivalisera, konkurrera* * *1. noun(a person etc who tries to compete with another; a person who wants the same thing as someone else: For students of English, this dictionary is without a rival; The two brothers are rivals for the girl next door - they both want to marry her; ( also adjective) rival companies; rival teams.) rival, rivaliserande2. verb(to (try to) be as good as someone or something else: He rivals his brother as a chess-player; Nothing rivals football for excitement and entertainment.) tävla (rivalisera, konkurrera) med- rivalry -
23 rook
n. råka; lurendrejare; torn--------v. bedra, plocka någon på pengar* * *[ruk]1) (a kind of crow.) råka2) ((usually castle) a chess-piece.) torn -
24 show
n. uppvisning; föreställning; program; utställning; demonstration; sken; avslöjande; affär; tolkning, återgivande--------v. visa; uppenbara; röja; vittna om, bevisa; ställa ut, skylta med; synas, visas; visa vägen, leda* * *[ʃəu] 1. past tense - showed; verb1) (to allow or cause to be seen: Show me your new dress; Please show your membership card when you come to the club; His work is showing signs of improvement.) visa []2) (to be able to be seen: The tear in your dress hardly shows; a faint light showing through the curtains.) synas3) (to offer or display, or to be offered or displayed, for the public to look at: Which picture is showing at the cinema?; They are showing a new film; His paintings are being shown at the art gallery.) visa[]4) (to point out or point to: He showed me the road to take; Show me the man you saw yesterday.) visa5) ((often with (a)round) to guide or conduct: Please show this lady to the door; They showed him (a)round (the factory).) visa []6) (to demonstrate to: Will you show me how to do it?; He showed me a clever trick.) visa7) (to prove: That just shows / goes to show how stupid he is.) bevisa8) (to give or offer (someone) kindness etc: He showed him no mercy.) visa2. noun1) (an entertainment, public exhibition, performance etc: a horse-show; a flower show; the new show at the theatre; a TV show.)2) (a display or act of showing: a show of strength.) förevisning, uppvisning, []demonstration3) (an act of pretending to be, do etc (something): He made a show of working, but he wasn't really concentrating.) [] syns [], [] sken []4) (appearance, impression: They just did it for show, in order to make themselves seem more important than they are.) för att briljera (skryta)5) (an effort or attempt: He put up a good show in the chess competition.) [] insats•- showy- showiness
- show-business
- showcase
- showdown
- showground
- show-jumping
- showman
- showroom
- give the show away
- good show!
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25 stalemate
n. pattställning (i schack); dödläge--------v. göra patt (i schack); vara i dödläge; köra fast* * *['steilmeit]1) (a position in chess in which a player cannot move without putting his king in danger.) remi2) (in any contest, dispute etc, a position in which neither side can win: The recent discussions ended in stalemate.) dödläge -
26 to my
(it is a cause of shame to me, him etc that: To my shame, my daughter always beats me at chess.) till min (hans etc.) skam, skam till sägandes -
27 war of nerves
nervkrig* * *(a war, contest etc in which each side tries to win by making the other nervous, eg by bluff, rather than by actually fighting: That game of chess was a war of nerves.) nervkrig
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chess — chess·man; chess; chess·tree; … English syllables
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chess — [tʃes] n [U] [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: esches, plural of escec; CHECK2] a game for two players, who move their playing pieces according to particular rules across a special board to try to trap their opponent s ↑king (=most… … Dictionary of contemporary English
chess — ► NOUN ▪ a board game for two players, the object of which is to put the opponent s king under a direct attack, leading to checkmate. ORIGIN from Old French esches plural of eschec a check , from a Persian word meaning king … English terms dictionary
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