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a smile played around ou on her lips

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1 play

play ⇒ Games and sports, Musical instruments

A n

1 Theat pièce f (about sur) ; the characters in a play les personnages d'une pièce ; a radio play, a play for radio une pièce radiophonique ; a one-/five-act play une pièce en un acte/en cinq actes ;

2 (amusement, recreation) the sound of children at play le bruit d'enfants en train de jouer ; the rich at play les riches dans leurs moments de loisir ; to learn through play apprendre par le jeu ;

3 Sport, Games play starts at 11 la partie commence à 11 heures ; there was no play today il n'y a pas eu de partie aujourd'hui ; rain stopped play la partie a dû être arrêtée à cause de la pluie ; one evening's play ( in cards) une soirée de jeu ; the ball is out of play/in play la balle est hors jeu/en jeu ; there was some good defensive play la défense a été bonne ; there was some fine play from the Danish team l'équipe danoise a bien joué ;

4 (movement, interaction) jeu m ; to come into play entrer en jeu ; it has brought new factors into play cela a introduit de nouveaux éléments ; the play of light on the water/of shadows against the wall le jeu de la lumière sur la surface de l'eau/des ombres contre le mur ; the play of forces beyond our comprehension le jeu de forces qui dépassent notre compréhension ; the free play of the imagination le libre jeu de l'imagination ;

5 ( manipulation) jeu m ; a play on words un jeu de mots ; a play on the idea of reincarnation un jeu sur la notion de la réincarnation ;

6 US ( in football) tactique f ;

7 Mech ( scope for movement) jeu m (between entre ; in dans) ; there's some play in the lock il y a du jeu dans la serrure ;

8 Fishg to give a line more/less play donner du mou à/tendre une ligne.

B vtr

1 ( for amusement) to play football/bridge jouer au football/au bridge ; to play cards/a computer game jouer aux cartes/à un jeu électronique ; to play sb at chess/at tennis, to play chess/tennis with sb jouer aux échecs/au tennis avec qn ; to play a game of chess/of tennis with sb jouer une partie d'échecs/de tennis avec qn ; I'll play you a game of chess on peut faire une partie d'échecs si tu veux ; she plays basketball for her country elle est dans l'équipe nationale de basketball ; to play shop/hide and seek jouer à la marchande/ à cache-cache ; to play a joke on sb jouer un tour à qn ;

2 Mus jouer [symphony, chord] ; to play the guitar/the piano jouer de la guitare/du piano ; to play a tune on a clarinet jouer un air à la clarinette ; to play a piece to ou for sb jouer un morceau à qn ; play them a tune joue-leur un air ; they will play a nationwide tour ils vont en tournée dans tout le pays ; they're playing the jazz club on Saturday ils jouent au club de jazz samedi ;

3 ( act out) Theat interpréter, jouer [role] ; to play (the part of) Cleopatra interpréter or jouer (le rôle de) Cléopâtre ; Cleopatra, played by Elizabeth Taylor Cléopâtre, interprétée or jouée par Elizabeth Taylor ; he plays a young officer il joue un jeune officier ; to play the diplomat/the sympathetic friend fig jouer au diplomate/à l'ami compatissant ; to play a leading role in public affairs jouer un rôle déterminant dans les affaires publiques ; to play a significant part in the creation of a clean environment jouer un rôle important dans la création d'un environnement propre ; I'm not sure how to play things je ne sais pas trop comment procéder ; that's the way I play things ○ c'est ma façon de faire ; to play a line for laughs dire une réplique de façon à faire rire tout le monde ;

4 Audio mettre [tape, video, CD] ; play me the record mets-moi le disque ; to play music écouter de la musique ; the tape was played to the court on a fait entendre la bande au tribunal ; let me play the jazz tape for you je vais vous faire entendre la cassette de jazz ;

5 Sport ( in a position) [coach, manager] faire jouer [player] ; to play goal/wing être gardien de but/ailier ; he plays goal for Fulchester il est gardien de but dans l'équipe de Fulchester ;

6 Sport (hit, kick) [golfer, tennis player] envoyer [ball] ; [basketball player] lancer [ball] ; to play the ball over the goal tirer le ballon par-dessus la cage ; to play the ball to sb passer la balle à qn ; to play a forehand délivrer un coup droit ;

7 Games (in chess, draughts) déplacer [piece] ; ( in cards) jouer [card] ; to play a club jouer du trèfle ; to play the tables ( in roulette) miser ;

8 Fin to play the stock market boursicoter ○ ;

9 Fishg épuiser [fish].

C vi

1 [children] jouer (with avec) ; to play together jouer ensemble ; can Rosie come out to play? est-ce que Rosie peut venir jouer? ; to play at soldiers/at keeping shop jouer aux soldats/à la marchande ; to play at hide and seek jouer à cache-cache ;

2 fig she's only playing at her job elle ne travaille pas vraiment ; to play at being a manager/an artist jouer au directeur/à l'artiste ; what does he think he's playing at ○ ? GB qu'est-ce qu'il fabrique ○ ? ;

3 Sport, Games jouer ; do you play? est-ce que tu sais jouer? ; have you played yet? avez-vous joué? ; to play out of turn jouer avant son tour ; I've seen them play ( team) je les ai vus jouer ; England is playing against Ireland l'Angleterre joue contre l'Irlande ; he plays for Liverpool il joue dans l'équipe de Liverpool ; she played for her club in the semifinal elle a joué dans l'équipe de son club en demi-finale ; to play in goal être dans les buts ; to play for money [cardplayer] jouer pour de l'argent ; to play fair jouer franc jeu ;

4 Sport (hit, shoot) to play into a bunker/the net envoyer la balle dans un bunker/le filet ; to play to sb's backhand jouer sur le revers de qn ;

5 Mus [musician, band, orchestra] jouer (for pour) ; to play on the flute/on the xylophone jouer de la flûte/du xylophone ; to play to large audiences/to small groups jouer devant un grand public/pour de petits groupes ;

6 Cin, Theat [play] se jouer ; [film] passer ; [actor] jouer ; ‘Macbeth’ is playing at the Gate ‘Macbeth’ se joue au Gate ; she's playing opposite him in ‘Macbeth’ elle joue avec lui dans ‘Macbeth’ ; he's playing to packed houses il joue devant des salles combles ;

7 ( make noise) [fountain, water] couler, jaser littér ; a record played softly in the background un disque jouait doucement en arrière-fond ; I could hear music/the tape playing in the next room j'entendais de la musique/la bande dans la pièce à côté ;

8 ( move lightly) sunlight played over the water le soleil jouait sur l'eau ; a breeze played across the lake une brise effleurait la surface du lac ; a smile played around ou on her lips un sourire flottait sur ses lèvres.

Idioms

to play for time essayer de gagner du temps ; we have everything to play for rien n'est encore gagné ; to play sb false ne pas jouer franc jeu avec qn ; they played to her strengths ( in interview) il ne lui ont rien demandé de difficile ; he doesn't play to his own strengths il n'utilise pas ses capacités ; all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) Prov il n'y a pas que le travail dans la vie ; to make a play for sb ○ draguer qn ○ ; to make great play of sth/of the fact that accorder beaucoup d'importance à qch/au fait que.

Phrasal verbs

■ play along

1 ( acquiesce) entrer dans le jeu ; to play along with sb entrer dans le jeu de qn ;

2 ( accompany) I'll sing, you play along on the piano je chante et tu m'accompagnes au piano ; to play along with sb/with a song accompagner qn/une chanson.

■ play around ○

1 ( be promiscuous) coucher à droite et à gauche ○ ;

2 ( act the fool) faire l'imbécile ; to play around with (rearrange, juggle) changer [qch] de place [chairs, ornaments] ; jongler avec [dates, figures] ; ( fiddle) jouer avec [paperclips, pens] ; to play around with the idea of doing caresser vaguement l'idée de faire ; how much time/money do we have to play around with? combien de temps/d'argent avons-nous à notre disposition?

■ play back:

▶ play [sth] back, play back [sth] rejouer [qch] du début [song] ; repasser [film, video] ; to play sth back to sb faire réentendre qch à qn [record, music] ; repasser qch à qn [video, film].

■ play down:

▶ play down [sth] minimiser [defeat, disaster, effects].

■ play off: to play sb off against sb monter qn contre qn (pour en tirer avantage) ; they can play the companies/buyers off against each other ils peuvent créer une concurrence entre les sociétés/acheteurs.

■ play on:

▶ play on

1 [musicians, footballers] continuer à jouer ;

2 ( in cricket) envoyer la balle sur son propre guichet ;

▶ play on [sth] exploiter [fears, prejudices] ; jouer avec [idea].

■ play out:

▶ play out [sth] vivre [fantasy] ; their love affair was played out against a background of war leur histoire d'amour s'est déroulée sur un fond de guerre ; the drama which is being played out in India le drame qui se joue aux Indes.

■ play up:

▶ play up ○ [computer, person] commencer à faire des siennes ○ ; the children are playing up again les enfants recommencent à en faire des leurs ○ ; my rheumatism is playing up mes rhumatismes me taquinent ;

▶ play up [sth] mettre l'accent sur [dangers, advantages, benefits] ; to play up a story Journ monter une histoire en épingle.

■ play upon = play on.

■ play with:

▶ play with [sth]

1 ( fiddle) jouer avec [pen, food, paperclip] ; to play with oneself ○ euph ( masturbate) se tripoter ○ ;

2 ( toy) to play with words jouer avec les mots ; to play with sb's affections jouer avec les sentiments de qn ;

3 ( be insincere) to play with sb jouer avec qn.

Big English-French dictionary > play
2 play

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1. сущ.
1) игра, развлечение, забава All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. ≈ Только работа и никаких игр сделали Джека очень скучным мальчиком. Syn: amusement, recreation, entertainment
2) азартная игра
3) а) пьеса, драма to criticize, pan a play ≈ критиковать пьесу, подвергать пьесу резкой критике to present, produce, put on, perform, stage a play ≈ представлять, ставить, показывать пьесу to rehearse a play ≈ репетировать пьесу to review a play ≈ писать рецензию на пьесу, делать критический обзор пьесы to revive a play ≈ воскрешать, восстанавливать пьесу miracle play morality play mystery play nativity play one-act play passion play straight play б) представление, спектакль to go to the play ≈ идти в театр на спектакль a play closes ≈ спектакль кончается a play opens ≈ спектакль начинается The play ran for two years on Broadway. ≈ Эта пьеса два года шла на Бродвее. grandstand play
4) шутка play on words ≈ игра слов, каламбур in play ≈ в шутку
5) действие, деятельность in full play ≈ в действии, в разгаре bring into play call into play come into play
6) ед. ход, очередь, подача( в игре)
7) простор, свобода
8) игра, переливы play of colours ≈ переливы красок
9) диал. забастовка
10) тех. зазор;
игра;
люфт;
свободный ход;
шатание (части механизма, прибора) ∙ fair play ≈ честная игра;
честность
2. гл.
1) а) забавляться, играть, резвиться The children play indoors when it rains. ≈ Когда идет дождь, дети играют дома. б) сыграть( шутку), разыграть в) поступать, вести себя легкомысленно It's no good playing at business, you have to take it seriously. ≈ В бизнес не играют, это дело серьезное. ∙ Syn: engage in games, amuse oneself, entertain oneself
2) а) играть, участвовать в спортивной игре I played him for championship. ≈ Я играл с ним на звание чемпиона. б) играть в азартные игры Don't play (at) cards against your father, he always wins. ≈ Не играй в карты со своим отцом, он всегда выигрывает.
3) спорт а) использовать в игре, выставлять, заявлять( игрока) The captain wants to play Mills as defence in our next game. ≈ Капитан хочет выставить Миллса защитником в следующем матче. б) принимать в игру( игрока) в) ходить, делать ход г) отбивать (мяч) ;
подавать( мяч) He played the ball back close to the net. ≈ Он подал мяч низко над сеткой.
4) а) исполнять (роль, музыкальное произведение) to play (music) at sight ≈ играть (музыкальное произведение) с листа to play (music) by ear ≈ подбирать( музыкальное произведение, мелодию) на слух б) играть в спектакле
5) давать представление (о труппе) ;
гастролировать
6) играть на музыкальном инструменте
7) а) играть роль, притворяться б) действовать, поступать play safe play false
8) играть (на чем-л.), воспользоваться( чем-л.)
9) подходить для игры, быть в хорошем состоянии
10) а) порхать, носиться;
танцевать б) переливаться, играть;
мелькать
11) бить( о струе)
12) свободно владеть( инструментом и т. п.)
13) приводить в действие, пускать
14) направлять (свет и т. п. на что-л.) (on, over, along) ;
обстреливать (on, upon)
15) тех. иметь люфт
16) диал. бастовать ∙ play about play along play around play back play down play in play off play on play out play over play through play upon play up play up to to play it by ear ≈ принимать решение на месте, в зависимости от обстоятельств to play it cool ≈ вести себя спокойно, не суетиться to play it low on smb. разг. ≈ подло поступить по отношению к кому-л. to play smb. for a fool амер. ≈ выставлять кого-л. дураком, дурачить кого-л. to play smb. like a fish ≈ контролировать( кого-л.), легко управлять( кем-л.) to play a trick on smb. ≈ надуть, обмануть кого-л. to play games with smb. амер. ≈ обманывать кого-л. to play to the gallery ≈ работать на публику play smb. up play for time play hell play havoc play the devil play the mischief play politics play ball игра;
забава - boy's *s мальчишеские игры - equestrian *s (спортивное) конные игры - actual * (спортивное) игра со счетом (очков) /на счет/ - loose * (спортивное) свободная игра (без счета) - to be at * играть - to bring the ball into * (спортивное) ввести мяч в игру - children are fond of * дети любят игры /забавы/ - in *! (спортивное) в игре! - out of *! (спортивное) вне игры! - the ball is in * (спортивное) мяч в игре (спортивное) манера, стиль игры, игра - fair * игра по правилам, честная игра - foul * игра с нарушением правил, грубая игра - fine * красивая игра - to win a match by good * выиграть матч благодаря хорошей игре - to see that fair * is observed следить за соблюдением правил (спортивное) комбинация - tip-off * комбинация, начинающаяся начальным броском - make *s разыгрывать комбинации (спортивное) борьба;
бой - loose * учебно-тренировочный бой азартная игра - high * крупная игра - low * игра по маленькой - to lose money at * проигрывать деньги( в карты) - the * runs high идет крупная игра шутка - in * в шутку - out of mere * ради шутки, в шутку - to do smth. in * сделать что-л. в шутку - he answered part in earnest and part in * он ответил полушутя, полусерьезно - I am not in the humour /mood/ for * я не намерен шутить каламбур - * on words игра слов, каламбур - * upon the meaning of the word обыгрывание значения слова пьеса, драма - the *s of Shakespeare пьесы Шекспира представление, спектакль - broadcast * радиопостановка - to give a * давать представление /пьесу/ - to go to the * идти в театр владение, умение обращаться( с оружием, инструментом и т. п.) - sword * владение мечом - to make * with one's stick вертеть (свою) трость, играть тростью - his * was very correct, and his parries neat он очень ловко владел шпагой и точно парировал движение - child full of * живой /резвый, подвижный/ ребенок - * of muscles игра мышц переливы, игра - * of sunlight upon leaves игра солнечных бликов на листьях - iridescent * of colours радужные переливы красок - * of the waves игра /плеск/ волн - the * of the diamond игра бриллианта - the * of expression in smb.'s face смена выражения на чьем-л. лице свобода, простор - to give /to allow/ free * to one's fancy дать простор /волю/ своему воображению - he gave free * to his faculties его способности полностью раскрылись - give the rope more /let the rope have some/ *! не натягивай веревку! - the (lively) * of fancy (живая) игра воображения действие, деятельность - in full * в действии, в разгаре - out of * в бездействии - to come into * начать действовать - to bring /to call, to put/ into * приводить в действие, пускать в ход - to bring the guns into * пустить в ход пушки действия, поведение( в какой-л. ситуации) ;
игра - double * двойная игра - fair * игра по правилам;
честная игра;
честность;
справедливость - foul * нечестная игра;
подлое поведение;
обман;
жульничество - to rule out foul * исключить возможность грубой игры или жульничества (тк. в ед. ч.) ход, очередь, подача (в игре) - it's your * ваш ход (диалектизм) забастовка каникулы, свободное от занятий время ухаживание;
свадебный танец( у самцов) проигрывание( пластинки) - the record got scratched after a few *s на пластинке появились царапины после того, как ее несколько раз проигрывали "пресса", освещение в прессе - the birth of the baby elephant got a big * все газеты сообщали о рождении слоненка (техническое) зазор игра, люфт, свободный ход;
шатание (части механизма, прибора) - admissible /permissible/ * допустимый люфт /ход, зазор/ (авиация) болтанка > child's * пустяк, ерунда;
"детские игрушки" > as good as a * очень забавно /интересно/ > gallery * стремление к дешевой популярности;
"работа на публику" > grandstand * выступление, рассчитанное на эффект > to keep /to hold/ smb. in * завалить кого-л. работой, не давать кому-л. передышки;
(спортивное) держать противника в напряжении, не давать противнику передышки > to make * (with) (сленг) действовать > making * with both hands действуя обеими руками;
(спортивное) держать противника в напряжении;
не давать противнику передышки;
(спортивное) наносить сильные и точные удары;
действовать энергично;
добиваться результатов;
заострять внимание;
обыгрывать (факт) > she made great * with his disappointed expectations она вволю поиздевалась над его несбывшимися надеждами > to make a * for пустить в ход свои чары, очаровывать;
сделать все возможное, чтобы добиться своего;
ухаживать > all work and no * makes Jack a dull boy (пословица) Джек в дружбе с делом, в ссоре с бездельем - бедняга Джек не знаком с весельем > turn about is fair * (пословица) везет и не везет всем по очереди играть, резвиться, забавляться - to * with a child играть с ребенком - my daughter will * by herself for hours моя дочка может часами играть одна сыграть шутку;
разыграть - to * a joke /a prank/ on smb. подшутить над кем-л. - he *ed a practical joke on us он здорово пошутил над нами( with) шутить;
дурачиться - to * with fire шутить с огнем - I recommend you not to * with the captain советую вам не шутить с капитаном каламбурить, обыгрывать значение слова - to * upon words каламбурить поступать, вести себя легкомысленно (with) флиртовать;
ухаживать, заводить любовную интрижку (австралийское) (разговорное) разыгрывать играть(во что-л.), участвовать в игре - to * (at) tennis играть в теннис - to * a game of tennis сыграть партию в теннис - to * for championship участвовать в чемпионате - to * smb. for championship играть с кем-л. за звание чемпиона - to * smb. at chess играть с кем-л. в шахматы - to * school играть классически - to * right back играть правым защитником - to * at robbes играть в разбойники - to * at shopkeeping играть в магазин - to * politics вести политическую игру - to * over переиграть;
сыграть снова делать ход, бросок и т. п.;
ходить (картой, шашкой и т. п.) - to * a pawn пойти пешкой - to * white( шахматное) играть белыми - to * a stroke сделать удар - to * one's ball into the pocket послать шар в лузу - *! играю! (восклицание подающего в теннисе) - * your cards carefully( карточное) ходи осторожно - he *ed the card reluctantly он неохотно бросил карту (спортивное) отбивать, подавать мяч использовать в игре, выставлять, заставлять( игрока) - the team were *ing three reserves команда использовала трех запасных игроков вводить в игру (игрока) притворяться, прикидываться - to * the fool /the idiot/ валять дурака - to * the host разыгрывать (из себя) хозяина - to * the great man строить /корчить/ из себя великого человека - he is merely *ing business он лишь притворяется, что занят делом поступать, действовать (каким-л. образом) - to * the man поступать, как подобает мужчине - to * safe действовать наверняка - to * fair поступать честно - to * foul /foully/ поступать нечестно, жульничать;
предавать - to * on a hunch действовать по интуиции - to * smb. false, to * false with smb. (устаревшее) обманывать, подводить, предавать кого-л. - if my memory does not * me false если мне не изменяет память - to * it cool (американизм) вести себя спокойно, не суетиться;
не терять головы;
сохранять спокойствие /достоинство/;
не проявлять эмоций - to * hard (американизм) поступать /вести себя/ нечестно или жестоко;
быть неразборчивым в средствах стравливать, натравливать( обыкн. * off) - to * off one person against another натравливать одного на другого рассматривать - to * with a new idea рассмотреть новую мысль /идею/ подходить для игры - the lawn /the ground/ *s well спортивная площадка в хорошем состоянии - the piano *s well у этого рояля хороший звук - the piece *s well эта пьеса очень музыкальна играть в азартные игры;
быть игроком - to * for money играть на деньги - to * high, to * for high stakes играть по большой играть на тотализаторе или на скачках (тж. to * horses) делать ставки, ставить - to * 5 dollars поставить 5 долларов играть (на бирже) исполнять (музыкальное произведение и т. п.) ;
играть - to * a piece сыграть музыкальную пьесу - to * a symphony исполнить симфонию - to * by ear подбирать мелодию на слух исполнять, играть роль (тж. to * a part) - to * Hamlet играть (роль) Гамлета сниматься( в фильме) ;
участвовать, играть (в спектакле) - to * in a film участвовать /играть/ в фильме играть (на музыкальном инструменте) - to * the piano играть на рояле играть (о музыке или муз. инструменте) - the organ was *ing играл орган - just then the music began to * в этот момент заиграла музыка сопровождать музыкой - the band *ed them out of town они уходили из города под звуки оркестра - the organist was *ing the congregation out органист заиграл, и прихожане стали выходить из церкви давать представление;
исполнять пьесу - to * a tragedy ставить трагедию - an old comedy is being *ed again снова играют старую комедию (американизм) гастролировать - to * the larger cities гастролировать в крупных городах refl, pass исполняться - a waltz was being *ed on the radio по радио передавали вальс демонстрировать( фильм) идти (на экране, в театре) - a new film is *ing tonight сегодня вечером идет новый фильм - what's *ing at the theatre? что идет в театре? играть, работать (о радио, магнитофоне, пластинке и т. п.) - his radio is *ing у него работает радио играть (чем-л.) ;
вертеть (что-л. в руках) - to * with one's stick играть палкой - to * the ball too high подбросить мяч слишком высоко (on, upon) играть (на чем-л.), воспользоваться (чем-л.) - to * upon smb.'s credulity играть на чьей-л. доверчивости - the noise *ed on his nerves шум действовал ему на нервы порхать, носиться, танцевать - to allow one's fancy to * round smth. дать волю своей фантазии - butterflies *ed among the flowers среди цветов порхали бабочки - the wind *ed in her hair ветер трепал ее волосы переливаться, играть;
мелькать - lightnings *ed in the sky в небе сверкали молнии - a smile *ed on her lips на ее губах играла улыбка - the searchlight began to * a dazzling ripple замелькали ослепительные вспышки прожектора дрожать, трепетать - a breeze *ed on the water сильный ветер рябил воду - leaves * in the wind листья трепещут на ветру бить (о струе и т. п.) - the fountains will * on Sunday в воскресенье будут бить фонтаны /пустят фонтаны/ (обыкн. on, upon, over) направлять - to * a searchlight upon a boat направить луч прожектора на лодку - to * a hose on a fire направить на огонь струю из брандспойта - to * guns upon the fort обстреливать форт из пушек - to * bullets upon smb. обстреливать кого-л. стрелять - they continued *ing the battery их батарея продолжала вести огонь приводить в действие, пускать (тж. * off) - to * a record поставить /проиграть/ пластинку - to * the record-player включить проигрыватель, послушать пластинки - the engine was *ed off запустили мотор( техническое) иметь люфт;
шататься( диалектизм) бастовать;
быть на каникулах водить, вываживать ( рыбу) (американизм) (сленг) опекать, покровительствовать;
сотрудничать (профессионализм) помещать, располагать( статью, фотографию и т. п.) на определенном месте( в газете, журнале) - * it on page 3 помести это на третьей странице > to * ball (американизм) начинать > to * ball with smb., to * catch with smb. (американизм) вести себя честно;
сотрудничать с кем-л.;
задабривать, умасливать кого-л. > to * the game поступать честно, порядочно > to * a loosing game вести безнадежную игру > to * a waiting game выжидать, использовать выжидательную тактику > to * a winning game играть /бить/ наверняка > to * games with smb. (американизм) обманывать кого-л., мошенничать;
натравливать друг на друга > to * the dozens( американизм) поносить /порочить/ родителей > to * silly buggers, to * the (giddy) goat дурачиться, идиотничать > to * the old soldier строить из себя бывалого человека;
прикидываться больным, немощным;
клянчить( деньги, выпивку) > to * it by ear принимать решение на месте;
действовать /поступать/ в зависимости от обстоятельств > to * jackal to smb. выполнять за кого-л. черную работу > to * one's cards well поступать умно;
хорошо использовать (свои) возможности /обстоятельства/ > to * the wrong card сделать неверный ход > to * for time пытаться выиграть время;
тянуть /оттягивать/ время > to * into the hands of smb. сыграть кому-л. на руку > to * havoc /hell, the devil, the deuce, the dickens, Old Harry, the bear, the mischief/ сеять панику /смуту/;
причинять вред;
опустошать, разорять, губить, коверкать, разрушать;
испортить всю музыку;
перевернуть все вверх дном > to * to the gallery работать на публику, искать дешевую популярность > to * with edged tools играть с огнем > to * a trick on smb. надуть /обмануть/ кого-л.;
скверно поступить с кем-л. > to * tricks with вмешаться и испортить > to * it low on smb. поступить по отношению к кому-л. низко /бесчестно, подло/ > to * fast and loose действовать безответственно;
быть ненадежным > to * (a good) knife and fork (устаревшее) есть с аппетитом > to * both ends against the middle натравливать (две) соперничающие группы друг на друга в собственных интересах;
рисковать ~ игра;
забава, шутка;
to be at play играть;
they are at play они играют;
out of play вне игры ~ off сыграть повторную партию после ничьей;
play on = play upon;
play out: to be played out выдыхаться ~ исполнять (роль, музыкальное произведение) ;
she played Juliet она играла роль Джульетты;
the boy played a concerto мальчик исполнял концерт ~ порхать, носиться;
танцевать;
butterflies play among flowers среди цветов порхают бабочки ~ играть, резвиться, забавляться;
the cat plays with its tail кошка играет со своим хвостом the piano plays well у этого рояля хороший звук;
the drama plays well эта драма очень сценична end ~ тех. осевой люфт end ~ шахм. эндшпиль ~ приводить в действие, пускать;
to play a record поставить пластинку;
the engine was played off запустили мотор ~ тех. зазор;
игра;
люфт;
свободный ход;
шатание (части механизма, прибора) ;
fair play честная игра;
честность;
foul play подлое поведение;
обман ~ свобода, простор;
to give free play to one's imagination дать полный простор своему воображению ~ пьеса, драма;
представление, спектакль;
to go to the play идти в театр ~ подходить для игры, быть в хорошем состоянии;
the ground plays well спортивная площадка в хорошем состоянии guided ~ игра под наблюдением тренера ~ сыграть (шутку), разыграть;
he played a practical joke on us он над нами подшутил ~ играть на музыкальном инструменте;
he plays the violin он играет на скрипке ~ играть (во что-л., на что-л.), участвовать в игре;
to play tennis играть в теннис;
I played him for championship я играл с ним на звание чемпиона to come into ~ начать действовать;
in full play в действии, в разгаре ~ шутка;
a play on words игра слов, каламбур;
in play в шутку ~ переливаться, играть;
мелькать;
lightning plays in the sky в небе сверкает молния;
a smile played on his lips на его губах играла улыбка ~ игра;
забава, шутка;
to be at play играть;
they are at play они играют;
out of play вне игры the piano plays well у этого рояля хороший звук;
the drama plays well эта драма очень сценична play азартная игра ~ диал. бастовать;
play along подыгрывать, поддакивать ~ бить (о фонтане) ~ давать представление (о труппе) ~ дать (время) (рыбе) хорошо клюнуть (тж. перен.) ~ действие, деятельность;
to bring (или to call) into play приводить в действие, пускать в ход ~ диал. забастовка ~ тех. зазор;
игра;
люфт;
свободный ход;
шатание (части механизма, прибора) ;
fair play честная игра;
честность;
foul play подлое поведение;
обман ~ игра;
забава, шутка;
to be at play играть;
they are at play они играют;
out of play вне игры ~ играть (на чем-л.), воспользоваться (чем-л.) ;
to play in favour( of smb., smth.) благоприятствовать( кому-л., чему-л.) ~ играть (во что-л., на что-л.), участвовать в игре;
to play tennis играть в теннис;
I played him for championship я играл с ним на звание чемпиона ~ играть, резвиться, забавляться;
the cat plays with its tail кошка играет со своим хвостом ~ играть в азартные игры ~ играть на музыкальном инструменте;
he plays the violin он играет на скрипке ~ играть роль (кого-л.), быть (кем-л.) ;
to play the man поступать, как подобает мужчине ~ тех. иметь люфт ~ исполнять (роль, музыкальное произведение) ;
she played Juliet она играла роль Джульетты;
the boy played a concerto мальчик исполнял концерт ~ направлять (свет и т. п.;
on, over, along - на что-л.) ;
обстреливать (on, upon) ;
to play a searchlight upon a boat направить прожектор на лодку ~ спорт. отбивать, подавать (мяч) ~ переливаться, играть;
мелькать;
lightning plays in the sky в небе сверкает молния;
a smile played on his lips на его губах играла улыбка ~ переливы, игра;
play of colours переливы красок;
play of the waves плеск волн ~ подходить для игры, быть в хорошем состоянии;
the ground plays well спортивная площадка в хорошем состоянии ~ порхать, носиться;
танцевать;
butterflies play among flowers среди цветов порхают бабочки ~ поступать, действовать;
to play fair поступать честно;
to play foul поступать нечестно, жульничать ~ приводить в действие, пускать;
to play a record поставить пластинку;
the engine was played off запустили мотор ~ принимать в игру (игрока) ~ пьеса, драма;
представление, спектакль;
to go to the play идти в театр ~ свобода, простор;
to give free play to one's imagination дать полный простор своему воображению ~ свободно владеть;
to play a good stick хорошо драться на шпагах;
to play a good knife and fork уписывать за обе щеки;
есть с аппетитом ~ сыграть (шутку), разыграть;
he played a practical joke on us он над нами подшутил ~ ходить (шашкой, картой) ~ шутка;
a play on words игра слов, каламбур;
in play в шутку ~ свободно владеть;
to play a good stick хорошо драться на шпагах;
to play a good knife and fork уписывать за обе щеки;
есть с аппетитом to ~ guns upon the fort обстреливать форт;
to play a hose поливать водой из пожарного рукава ~ приводить в действие, пускать;
to play a record поставить пластинку;
the engine was played off запустили мотор ~ направлять (свет и т. п.;
on, over, along - на что-л.) ;
обстреливать (on, upon) ;
to play a searchlight upon a boat направить прожектор на лодку ~ диал. бастовать;
play along подыгрывать, поддакивать ~ around манипулировать, подтасовывать ~ around разг. флиртовать, заводить любовную интрижку to ~ safe действовать наверняка;
to play ball разг. сотрудничать to ~ both ends against the middle в собственных интересах натравливать друг на друга соперничающие группы ~ поступать, действовать;
to play fair поступать честно;
to play foul поступать нечестно, жульничать to ~ (smb.) up амер. использовать;
to play for time оттягивать время, пытаться выиграть время ~ поступать, действовать;
to play fair поступать честно;
to play foul поступать нечестно, жульничать to ~ guns upon the fort обстреливать форт;
to play a hose поливать водой из пожарного рукава to ~ hell (или the devilthe mischief) разрушать, губить;
to play one's cards well использовать обстоятельства наилучшим образом ~ играть (на чем-л.), воспользоваться (чем-л.) ;
to play in favour (of smb., smth.) благоприятствовать (кому-л., чему-л.) to ~ one's hand for all it is worth полностью использовать обстоятельства;
пустить в ход все средства;
to play into the hands (of smb.) сыграть на руку (кому-л.) to ~ it low (on smb.) разг. подло поступить по отношению (к кому-л.) ;
to play politics вести политическую игру ~ переливы, игра;
play of colours переливы красок;
play of the waves плеск волн ~ переливы, игра;
play of colours переливы красок;
play of the waves плеск волн ~ off выдавать( за что-л.) ~ off заставлять (кого-л.) проявить себя с невыгодной стороны ~ off натравливать (against - на) ;
to play off one against another стравливать (кого-л.) в своих интересах, противопоставлять одно (или одного) другому ~ off разыгрывать (кого-л.) ~ off сыграть повторную партию после ничьей;
play on = play upon;
play out: to be played out выдыхаться ~ off натравливать (against - на) ;
to play off one against another стравливать (кого-л.) в своих интересах, противопоставлять одно (или одного) другому ~ off сыграть повторную партию после ничьей;
play on = play upon;
play out: to be played out выдыхаться ~ шутка;
a play on words игра слов, каламбур;
in play в шутку to ~ hell (или the devilthe mischief) разрушать, губить;
to play one's cards well использовать обстоятельства наилучшим образом to ~ one's hand for all it is worth полностью использовать обстоятельства;
пустить в ход все средства;
to play into the hands (of smb.) сыграть на руку (кому-л.) ~ off сыграть повторную партию после ничьей;
play on = play upon;
play out: to be played out выдыхаться to ~ it low (on smb.) разг. подло поступить по отношению (к кому-л.) ;
to play politics вести политическую игру to ~ safe действовать наверняка;
to play ball разг. сотрудничать ~ играть (во что-л., на что-л.), участвовать в игре;
to play tennis играть в теннис;
I played him for championship я играл с ним на звание чемпиона ~ играть роль (кого-л.), быть (кем-л.) ;
to play the man поступать, как подобает мужчине ~ up вести себя мужественно, героически to ~ (smb.) up амер. использовать;
to play for time оттягивать время, пытаться выиграть время to ~ (smb.) up капризничать, приставать ~ up принимать деятельное участие( в разговоре, деле) to ~ (smb.) up разыгрывать (кого-л.) ~ up амер. рекламировать ~ up стараться играть как можно лучше;
play upon играть (на чьих-л. чувствах) ;
to play upon words каламбурить;
play up to подыгрывать;
перен. подлизываться ~ up стараться играть как можно лучше;
play upon играть (на чьих-л. чувствах) ;
to play upon words каламбурить;
play up to подыгрывать;
перен. подлизываться ~ off сыграть повторную партию после ничьей;
play on = play upon;
play out: to be played out выдыхаться ~ up стараться играть как можно лучше;
play upon играть (на чьих-л. чувствах) ;
to play upon words каламбурить;
play up to подыгрывать;
перен. подлизываться ~ up стараться играть как можно лучше;
play upon играть (на чьих-л. чувствах) ;
to play upon words каламбурить;
play up to подыгрывать;
перен. подлизываться ~ исполнять (роль, музыкальное произведение) ;
she played Juliet она играла роль Джульетты;
the boy played a concerto мальчик исполнял концерт ~ переливаться, играть;
мелькать;
lightning plays in the sky в небе сверкает молния;
a smile played on his lips на его губах играла улыбка ~ игра;
забава, шутка;
to be at play играть;
they are at play они играют;
out of play вне игры

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > play
3 play

plei
1. verb
1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) jugar

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) jugar (a)

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) representar, actuar

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) ser representado

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) tocar

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) gastar una broma (a alguien)

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) jugar contra

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) rielar, bailar

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) dirigir

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) jugar

2. noun
1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) diversión

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) obra

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) partido

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) juego

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- player
- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
- play up

play¹ n

1. obra de teatro

there's a Shakespeare play on at the local theatre representan una obra de Shakespeare en el teatro de la ciudad

2. juego

play is important for learning el juego es importante para aprender

play² vb

1. jugar

he is playing with his friends está jugando con sus amigos

she plays tennis and squash juega a tenis y a squash

2. tocar

he plays the trumpet toca la trompeta

play

tr[pleɪ]

noun

1 (recreation) juego

■ all work and no play mucho trabajo y nada de diversión

■ children at play niños jugando

2 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (action) juego; (match) partido; (move) jugada

■ rain has stopped play la lluvia ha interrumpido el juego

3 SMALLTHEATRE/SMALL obra (de teatro), pieza (teatral)

4 (free and easy movement, slack) juego

5 (action, effect, interaction) juego

transitive verb

1 (game, sport) jugar a

■ some played cards while the others played football algunos jugamos a cartas mientras otros jugaron a fútbol

■ do you play the Stock Exchange? ¿juegas a la Bolsa?

2 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (compete against) jugar contra; (in position) jugar de; (ball) pasar; (card) jugar; (piece) mover

■ Arsenal are playing Manchester tomorrow el Arsenal juega contra el Manchester mañana

■ have you played David at tennis? ¿has jugado al tenis con David?

3 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL tocar

■ she plays the piano toca el piano

■ play us something on the guitar tócanos algo a la guitarra

noun

1 (joke, trick) gastar, hacer

■ they played a dirty trick on me me jugaron una mala pasada

transitive verb

1 SMALLTHEATRE/SMALL (part) hacer el papel de, hacer de; (play) representar, dar

■ she plays the part of Juliet hace de Julieta

■ they're playing King Lear at the Royal representan el Rey Lear en el Royal

2 (record, song, tape) poner

3 (direct - light, water) dirigir

intransitive verb

1 (amuse oneself) jugar (at, a), ( with, con)

2 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (at game) jugar

■ he plays for England juega con la selección inglesa

3 SMALLTHEATRE/SMALL (cast) actuar, trabajar; (show) ser representado,-a

4 (pretend) pretender, jugar a

■ what are you playing at? ¿qué pretendes?, ¿a qué estás jugando?

5 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL tocar

6 (move) recorrer

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

a play on words un juego de palabras

to be in play estar dentro de juego

to be out of play estar fuera de juego

to be played out estar agotado,-a, estar rendido,-a

to bring something into play poner algo en juego

to come into play entrar en juego

to give full play to something dar rienda suelta a algo

to make a play for something/somebody intentar conseguir algo/conquistar a alguien

to play by ear (music) tocar de oído

to play dead hacerse el/la muerto,-a

to play for time tratar de ganar tiempo

to play hard to get hacerse de rogar, hacerse el/la interesante

to play into somebody's hands hacerle el juego a alguien

to play it by ear (improvise) decidir sobre la marcha, improvisar

to play it cool hacer como si nada

to play one's cards right jugar bien sus cartas

to play safe / play it safe ir a lo seguro, no arriesgarse

to play the fool hacer el indio, hacer el tonto

to play the game jugar limpio

to play truant hacer novillos, hacer campana

to play with an idea dar vueltas a una idea

to play with fire jugar con fuego

fair play / foul play juego limpio / juego sucio

play ['pleɪ] vi

1) : jugar

to play with a doll: jugar con una muñeca

to play with an idea: darle vueltas a una idea

2) fiddle, toy: jugar, juguetear

don't play with your food: no juegues con la comida

3) : tocar

to play in a band: tocar en un grupo

4) : actuar (en una obra de teatro)

play vt

1) : jugar (un deporte, etc.), jugar a (un juego), jugar contra (un contrincante)

2) : tocar (música o un instrumento)

3) perform: interpretar, hacer el papel de (un carácter), representar (una obra de teatro)

she plays the lead: hace el papel principal

play n

1) game, recreation: juego m

children at play: niños jugando

a play on words: un juego de palabras

2) action: juego m

the ball is in play: la pelota está en juego

to bring into play: poner en juego

3) drama: obra f de teatro, pieza f (de teatro)

4) movement: juego m (de la luz, una brisa, etc.)

5) slack: juego m

there's not enough play in the wheel: la rueda no da lo suficiente

play

n.

• drama s.m.

• holgura s.f.

• huelgo s.m.

• juego s.m.

• jugada s.f.

• obra dramática s.f.

• pieza s.f.

• recreo s.m. (A role)

v.

• desempeñar v. (An instrument)

v.

• tocar v. (To drum)

v.

• tañer v.

v.

• divertirse v.

• jugar v.

• juguetear v.

• representar v.

• reproducir (Electrónica) v.

• sonar v.

pleɪ
I

noun

1)

a) u ( recreation) juego m

she watched them at play — los observaba mientras jugaban

b) u ( Sport) juego m

play was interrupted — se interrumpió el juego or el partido

to bring something/come into play — poner* algo/entrar en juego

c) c (AmE Sport) ( maneuver) jugada f

to make a play for somebody/something — (also BrE)

he made a play for her — trató de ganársela or de conquistársela

the company made a play for ownership of ABC Industries — la compañía intentó hacerse con ABC Industries

2) u ( interplay) juego m

the play of light and shadow — el juego de luces y sombras

3) u ( slack) ( Tech) juego m

4) c ( Theat) obra f (de teatro), pieza f (teatral), comedia f

radio play — obra f radiofónica

5) c ( pun)

a play on words — un juego de palabras

II
1.

1) transitive verb

Sense I

2)

a) \<\<cards/hopscotch\>\> jugar* a

let's play a game — vamos a jugar

to play a jokeick on somebody — hacerle* or gastarle una broma/una jugarreta a alguien

b) \<\<football/chess\>\> jugar* (AmL exc RPl), jugar* a (Esp, RPl)

3)

a) ( compete against) \<\<opponent\>\> jugar* contra

to play somebody AT something: I used to play her at chess — jugaba ajedrez or (Esp, RPl) al ajedrez con ella

b) \<\<ball\>\> pasar; \<\<card\>\> tirar, jugar*; \<\<piece\>\> mover*

c) ( in particular position) jugar* de

d) ( use in game) \<\<reserve\>\> alinear, sacar* a jugar

4) ( gamble on) jugar* a

to play the market — ( Fin) jugar* a la bolsa

Sense II

5) ( Theat)

a) \<\<villain/Hamlet\>\> representar el papel de, hacer* de, actuar* de

to play the innocent — hacerse* el inocente

b) \<\<scene\>\> representar

to play it cool — hacer* como si nada

to play (it) safe — ir* a la segura, no arriesgarse*

to play (it) straight — ser* sincero or honesto

c) \<\<theater/town\>\> actuar* en

6) ( Mus) \<\<instrument/note\>\> tocar*; \<\<piece\>\> tocar*, interpretar (frml)

7) ( Audio) \<\<tape/record\>\> poner*

Sense III

8) ( move) (+ adv compl)

they played the hoses over the blaze — movían las mangueras sobre las llamas

2.

1) vi

Sense I

2) ( amuse oneself) \<\<children\>\> jugar*

to play AT something — jugar* a algo

what are you playing at? — ¿a qué estás jugando?, ¿qué es lo que te propones?

to play WITH something/somebody — jugar* con algo/alguien

we don't have much time to play with — no disponemos de mucho tiempo

to play with oneself — (euph) toquetearse (euf)

3) (Games, Sport) jugar*

to play fair — jugar* limpio

to play fair with somebody — ser* justo con alguien

Sense II

4)

a) ( Theat) \<\<cast\>\> actuar*, trabajar; \<\<show\>\> ser* representado

the musical has been playing to packed houses — el musical ha estado llenando las salas

b) ( pretend)

to play dead — hacerse* el muerto

to play hard to get — hacerse* el (or la etc) interesante

5) ( Mus) \<\<musician\>\> tocar*

music was playing in the background — se escuchaba una música de fondo

Sense III

6) ( move)

lights played across the sky — un juego de luces recorrió el cielo

a smile played about his lips — un atisbo de sonrisa rondaba sus labios

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Phrasal Verbs:

- play about

- play along

- play around

- play back

- play down

- play off

- play on

- play out

- play up

- play upon

[pleɪ]
1. N

1) (=recreation) juego m

• to be at play — estar jugando

• to do/say sth in play — hacer/decir algo en broma

2) (Sport) juego m; (=move, manoeuvre) jugada f, movida f

neat play — una bonita jugada

a clever piece of play — una hábil jugada

play began at three o'clock — el partido empezó a las tres

to be in play — [ball] estar en juego

to be out of play — [ball] estar fuera de juego
fair I, 1., 1), foul 5.
3) (Theat) obra f (de teatro), pieza f
plays teatro msing
the plays of Lope — las obras dramáticas de Lope, el teatro de Lope

radio/television play — obra f para radio/televisión

to be in a play — [actor] actuar en una obra
radio
4) (Tech etc) juego m

there's not enough play in the rope — la cuerda no da lo suficiente

there's too much play in the clutch — el embrague tiene demasiada holgura or va demasiado suelto

5) (fig) (=interaction)

the play of light on the water — el rielar de la luz sobre el agua

the play of light and dark in this picture — el efecto de luz y sombra en este cuadro

the free play of market forces — la libre interacción de los mercados

the play of ideas in the film is fascinating — el abanico de ideas en la película es fascinante

6) (figurative phrases)

• to bring or call into play — poner en juego

• to come into play — entrar en juego

• to make a play for sth/sb — intentar conseguir algo/conquistar a algn

to make (a) great play of sth — insistir en algo, hacer hincapié en algo

• a play on words — un juego de palabras

2. VT

1) [+ football, tennis, chess, bridge, cards, board game etc] jugar a; [+ game, match] jugar, disputar

do you play football? — ¿juegas al fútbol?

what position does he play? — ¿de qué juega?

to play centre-forward/centre-half etc — jugar de delantero centro/medio centro etc

they played him in goal — lo pusieron en la portería

• to play a game of tennis — jugar un partido de tenis

to play a game of cards (with sb) — echar una partida de cartas (con algn)

the children were playing a game in the garden — los niños estaban jugando (a un juego) en el jardín

don't play games with me! — (fig) ¡no me vengas con jueguecitos!, ¡no trates de engañarme!

- play the field

- play the game

2) [+ team, opponent] jugar contra

I played him twice — jugué contra él dos veces

last time we played Sunderland... — la última vez que jugamos contra Sunderland...

• to play sb at chess — jugar contra algn al ajedrez

I'll play you for the drinks — quien pierde paga

3) [+ card] jugar; [+ ball] golpear; [+ chess piece etc] mover; [+ fish] dejar que se canse, agotar

• he played the ball into the net — (Tennis) estrelló or golpeó la pelota contra la red

• to play the market — (St Ex) jugar a la bolsa

- play one's cards right or well

- he played his ace

- play ball

4) (=perform) [+ role, part] hacer, interpretar; [+ work] representar; (=perform in) [+ town] actuar en

what part did you play? — ¿qué papel tuviste?

when we played "Hamlet" — cuando representamos "Hamlet"

when I played Hamlet — cuando hice el papel de Hamlet

we shall be playing the West End — pondremos la obra en el West End

when we last played Blackpool — cuando actuamos la última vez en Blackpool

let's play it for laughs — hagámoslo de manera burlesca

to play the peacemaker/the devoted husband — (fig) hacer el papel de pacificador/de marido amantísimo

we could have played it differently — (fig) podríamos haber actuado de otra forma

- play it cool

- play it safe
book 1., 1), fool, trick 1., 1)
5) (Mus etc) [+ instrument, note] tocar; [+ tune, concerto] tocar, interpretar more frm; [+ tape, CD] poner, tocar

to play the piano/violin — tocar el piano/el violín

they played the 5th Symphony — tocaron or more frm interpretaron la Quinta Sinfonía

they were playing Beethoven — tocaban or more frm interpretaban algo de Beethoven

I can't play a note — no tengo ni idea de música

6) (=direct) [+ light, hose] dirigir

to play hoses on a fire — dirigir mangueras sobre un incendio

to play a searchlight on an aircraft — dirigir un reflector hacia un avión, hacer de un avión el blanco de un reflector

3. VI

1) (=amuse o.s.) [child] jugar; [puppy, kitten etc] jugar, juguetear

to go out to play — salir a jugar

to play with a stick — juguetear con un palo

to play with an idea — dar vueltas a una idea, barajar una idea

to play with one's food — comiscar

to play with fire — (fig) jugar con fuego

he's got money to play with — tiene dinero de sobra

how much time/money do we have to play with? — ¿con cuánto tiempo/dinero contamos?, ¿de cuánto tiempo/dinero disponemos?

he's just playing with you — se está burlando de ti

to play with o.s. * — euph tocarse, masturbarse

2) (Sport) (at game, gamble) jugar

play! — ¡listo!

who plays first? — ¿quién juega primero?

are you playing today? — ¿tu juegas hoy?

I've not played for a long time — hace mucho tiempo que no juego

• England are playing against Scotland in the final — Inglaterra jugará contra or se enfrentará a Escocia en la final

• to play at chess — jugar al ajedrez

they're playing at soldiers — están jugando a (los) soldados

he's just playing at it — lo hace para pasar el tiempo nada más

the little girl plays at being a woman — la niña juega a ser mujer

what are you playing at? * — pero ¿qué haces?, ¿qué te pasa?

• to play by the rules — (fig) acatar las normas

• to play fair — jugar limpio

• he plays for Liverpool — juega en el Liverpool

to play for money — jugar por dinero

to play for high stakes — (lit) apostar muy alto; (fig) poner mucho en juego

• to play in defence/goal — (Sport) jugar de defensa/de portero

• he played into the trees — (Golf) mandó la bola a la zona de árboles

- play for time

- play into sb's hands

- play to one's strengths

3) (Mus) [person] tocar; [instrument, record etc] sonar

do you play? — ¿sabes tocar?

a record was playing in the background — de fondo sonaba un disco

when the organ plays — cuando suena el órgano

• will you play for us? — ¿nos tocas algo?

• to play on the piano — tocar el piano

• to play to sb — tocar para algn

4) (Theat, Cine) (=act) actuar

to play in a film — trabajar en una película

we have played all over the South — hemos representado en todas partes del Sur

the film now playing at the Odeon — la película que se exhibe or proyecta en el Odeon

- play hard to get

- play dead
gallery
5) (=move about, form patterns) correr

the sun was playing on the water — rielaba el sol sobre el agua

a smile played on his lips — una sonrisa le bailaba en los labios

6) [fountain] correr, funcionar

4.

CPD

play clothes NPL — ropa f para jugar

play reading N — lectura f (de una obra dramática)

- play about

- play along

- play around

- play back

- play down

- play in

- play off

- play on

- play out

- play over

- play up

- play upon

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[pleɪ]
I

noun

1)

a) u ( recreation) juego m

she watched them at play — los observaba mientras jugaban

b) u ( Sport) juego m

play was interrupted — se interrumpió el juego or el partido

to bring something/come into play — poner* algo/entrar en juego

c) c (AmE Sport) ( maneuver) jugada f

to make a play for somebody/something — (also BrE)

he made a play for her — trató de ganársela or de conquistársela

the company made a play for ownership of ABC Industries — la compañía intentó hacerse con ABC Industries

2) u ( interplay) juego m

the play of light and shadow — el juego de luces y sombras

3) u ( slack) ( Tech) juego m

4) c ( Theat) obra f (de teatro), pieza f (teatral), comedia f

radio play — obra f radiofónica

5) c ( pun)

a play on words — un juego de palabras

II
1.

1) transitive verb

Sense I

2)

a) \<\<cards/hopscotch\>\> jugar* a

let's play a game — vamos a jugar

to play a joke/trick on somebody — hacerle* or gastarle una broma/una jugarreta a alguien

b) \<\<football/chess\>\> jugar* (AmL exc RPl), jugar* a (Esp, RPl)

3)

a) ( compete against) \<\<opponent\>\> jugar* contra

to play somebody AT something: I used to play her at chess — jugaba ajedrez or (Esp, RPl) al ajedrez con ella

b) \<\<ball\>\> pasar; \<\<card\>\> tirar, jugar*; \<\<piece\>\> mover*

c) ( in particular position) jugar* de

d) ( use in game) \<\<reserve\>\> alinear, sacar* a jugar

4) ( gamble on) jugar* a

to play the market — ( Fin) jugar* a la bolsa

Sense II

5) ( Theat)

a) \<\<villain/Hamlet\>\> representar el papel de, hacer* de, actuar* de

to play the innocent — hacerse* el inocente

b) \<\<scene\>\> representar

to play it cool — hacer* como si nada

to play (it) safe — ir* a la segura, no arriesgarse*

to play (it) straight — ser* sincero or honesto

c) \<\<theater/town\>\> actuar* en

6) ( Mus) \<\<instrument/note\>\> tocar*; \<\<piece\>\> tocar*, interpretar (frml)

7) ( Audio) \<\<tape/record\>\> poner*

Sense III

8) ( move) (+ adv compl)

they played the hoses over the blaze — movían las mangueras sobre las llamas

2.

1) vi

Sense I

2) ( amuse oneself) \<\<children\>\> jugar*

to play AT something — jugar* a algo

what are you playing at? — ¿a qué estás jugando?, ¿qué es lo que te propones?

to play WITH something/somebody — jugar* con algo/alguien

we don't have much time to play with — no disponemos de mucho tiempo

to play with oneself — (euph) toquetearse (euf)

3) (Games, Sport) jugar*

to play fair — jugar* limpio

to play fair with somebody — ser* justo con alguien

Sense II

4)

a) ( Theat) \<\<cast\>\> actuar*, trabajar; \<\<show\>\> ser* representado

the musical has been playing to packed houses — el musical ha estado llenando las salas

b) ( pretend)

to play dead — hacerse* el muerto

to play hard to get — hacerse* el (or la etc) interesante

5) ( Mus) \<\<musician\>\> tocar*

music was playing in the background — se escuchaba una música de fondo

Sense III

6) ( move)

lights played across the sky — un juego de luces recorrió el cielo

a smile played about his lips — un atisbo de sonrisa rondaba sus labios

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Phrasal Verbs:

- play about

- play along

- play around

- play back

- play down

- play off

- play on

- play out

- play up

- play upon

English-spanish dictionary > play
4 play

1. noun
1) (Theatre) [Theater]stück, das

put on a play — ein Stück aufführen

2) (recreation) Spielen, das; Spiel, das

at play — beim Spielen

say/do something in play — etwas aus od. im od. zum Spaß sagen/tun

play [up]on words — Wortspiel, das

3) (Sport) Spiel, das; (Amer.): (manoeuvre) Spielzug, der

a good piece of play — ein guter Spielzug

be in/out of play — [Ball:] im Spiel/aus [dem Spiel] sein

make a play for somebody/something — (fig. coll.) hinter jemandem/etwas her sein (ugs.); es auf jemanden/etwas abgesehen haben

4)

come into play, be brought or called into play — ins Spiel kommen

make [great] play with something — viel Wesen um etwas machen

5) (freedom of movement) Spiel, das (Technik); (fig.) Spielraum, der

give full play to one's emotions/imagination — etc. (fig.) seinen Gefühlen/seiner Fantasie usw. freien Lauf lassen

6) (rapid movement)

the play of light on water — das Spiel des Lichts auf Wasser
2. intransitive verb
1) spielen

play for money — um Geld spielen

have no one to play with — niemanden zum Spielen haben

play [up]on words — Wortspiele/ein Wortspiel machen

not have much time to play with — (coll.) zeitlich nicht viel Spielraum haben

play into somebody's hands — (fig.) jemandem in die Hand od. Hände arbeiten

play safe — sichergehen; auf Nummer Sicher gehen (ugs.)

play for time — Zeit gewinnen wollen

2) (Mus.) spielen (on auf + Dat.)
3. transitive verb
1) (Mus.): (perform on) spielen

play the violin — etc. Geige usw. spielen

play something on the piano — etc. etwas auf dem Klavier usw. spielen

play something by ear — etwas nach dem Gehör spielen

play it by ear — (fig.) es dem Augenblick/der Situation überlassen

2) spielen [Grammophon, Tonbandgerät]; abspielen [Schallplatte, Tonband]; spielen lassen [Radio]

3) (Theatre; also fig.) spielen

play a town — in einer Stadt spielen

play the fool/innocent — den Clown/Unschuldigen spielen

4) (execute, practise)

play a trick/joke on somebody — jemanden hereinlegen (ugs.) /jemandem einen Streich spielen

5) (Sport, Cards) spielen [Fußball, Karten, Schach usw.]; spielen od. antreten gegen [Mannschaft, Gegner]

play a match — einen Wettkampf bestreiten; (in team games) ein Spiel machen

he played me at chess/squash — er war im Schach/Squash mein Gegner

play it safe — auf Nummer Sicher gehen

6) (Sport) ausführen [Schlag]; (Cricket etc.) schlagen [Ball]

7) (Cards) spielen

play one's cards right — (fig.) es richtig anfassen (fig.)

8) (coll.): (gamble on)

play the market — spekulieren (in mit od. Wirtsch. in + Dat.)

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/56069/play_about">play about

- play along

- play around

- play at

- play back

- play down

- play off

- play on

- play up

- play upon

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[plei] 1. verb
1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) spielen

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) spielen

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) spielen

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) spielen

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) spielen

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) spielen

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) spielen

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) spielen

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) richten

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) ausspielen
2. noun
1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) das Spiel

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) das Schauspiel

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) das Spiel

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) der Spielraum

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- player
- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
- play up
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play

[pleɪ]

I. NOUN

1. no pl (recreation) Spiel nt

to be at \play beim Spiel sein, spielen

to do sth in \play etw [nur] zum Spaß tun

it's only in \play es ist doch nur Spaß

2. no pl SPORT (game time) Spiel nt

rain stopped \play wegen des Regens wurde das Spiel unterbrochen

the start/close of \play der Beginn/das Ende des Spiels

to be in/out of \play im Spiel/im Aus sein

3. AM SPORT (move) Spielzug m

to make a bad/good \play ein schlechtes/gutes Spiel machen

a foul \play ein Foul[spiel] nt

4. THEAT [Theater]stück nt

to go to see a \play ins Theater gehen

one-act \play Einakter m

to put on [or stage] [or ( fam) do] a \play ein Stück inszenieren

radio \play Hörspiel nt

television \play Fernsehspiel nt, Fernsehfilm m

5. no pl (change)

the \play of emotion across his face revealed his conflict seine widerstreitenden Gefühle spiegelten sich in seinem Gesicht wider

the \play of light [on sth] das Spiel des Lichts [auf etw dat]

6. (freedom) Spielraum m; TECH Spiel nt

to allow [or give] sth full \play etw dat freien Lauf lassen

7. no pl (interaction) Zusammenspiel nt

to bring sth into \play etw ins Spiel bringen, etw einsetzen

to come into \play eine Rolle spielen

8. no pl ( old: gambling) Spielen nt

9. no pl (coverage) Medieninteresse nt, Aufmerksamkeit f in den Medien

to get a lot of \play das Interesse der Medien auf sich akk ziehen, Thema Nummer eins sein fam

10.

▶ to make a \play for sb/sth ( fam) sich akk an jdn/etw heranpirschen

▶ to make \play with sth mit etw dat spielen

▶ to make great \play of [or with] sth viel Aufhebens von etw dat machen

▶ \play on words Wortspiel nt

II. INTRANSITIVE VERB

1. (amuse oneself)

▪ to \play [somewhere] [irgendwo] spielen

can Jenny come out and \play? kann Jenny zum Spielen rauskommen?

to \play on the swings schaukeln

2. SPORT spielen

Leonora always \plays to win Leonora will immer gewinnen

to \play fair/rough fair/hart spielen

it wasn't really \playing fair not to tell her ( fig) es war nicht besonders fair, dass du ihr nichts gesagt hast

▪ to \play against sb gegen jdn spielen

they're a difficult team to \play against diese Mannschaft ist ein schwieriger Gegner

to \play for a city/team für eine Stadt/ein Team spielen

to \play in attack/defence in der Offensive/als Verteidiger/Verteidigerin spielen

to \play in goal den Torwart/die Torwartin spielen

to \play in the match am Spiel teilnehmen

3. actor spielen

‘Hamlet’ is \playing at the Guildhall in der Guildhall kommt zurzeit der ‚Hamlet‘

to \play opposite sb mit jdm [zusammen] spielen

to \play to a full house vor ausverkauftem Haus spielen

Macbeth \played to full houses die Macbeth-Vorstellungen waren immer ausverkauft

4. (musician) spielen; instrument ertönen

5. (move)

the searchlights \played across [or over] the facade die [Such]scheinwerfer strichen über die Fassade

we watched the light \playing on the water wir beobachteten das Spiel des Lichts auf dem Wasser

she could hear the fountain \playing sie hörte den Springbrunnen plätschern

a smile \played across [or on] [or over] his lips ein Lächeln spielte um seine Lippen

6. (gamble) spielen

to \play for fun zum Spaß [o ohne Einsatz] spielen

to \play for money um Geld spielen

7. ( fam: be received)

how will this \play with the voters? wie wird das bei den Wählern ankommen?

8. usu neg (cooperate) mitmachen

9. + adj (pretend)

to \play dumb sich akk taub stellen

10.

▶ to \play fast and loose with sb/sth mit jdm/bei etw dat ein falsches Spiel spielen

▶ to not be \playing with a full deck AM ( fam) nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben fam

▶ to \play to the gallery billige Effekthascherei betreiben pej; politician populistische Stammtischparolen ausgeben pej

▶ to \play into sb's hands jdm in die Hände arbeiten

▶ to \play safe auf Nummer Sicher gehen fam

▶ to \play for time versuchen, Zeit zu gewinnen, auf Zeit spielen

III. TRANSITIVE VERB

1.

▪ to \play sth game etw spielen; position

Luke \plays centre forward/back Luke ist Mittelstürmer/Verteidiger

to \play a match ein Spiel bestreiten, spielen

2. (compete against)

▪ to \play sb gegen jdn spielen

James will be \playing Theo James wird gegen Theo antreten

3. (strike)

▪ to \play the ball den Ball spielen; (execute)

to \play a shot schießen; (in snooker) stoßen

to \play a stroke schlagen

4. (adopt)

to \play a part [or role] eine Rolle spielen

to \play an important part in sth bei etw dat eine wichtige Rolle spielen

5. (act)

▪ to \play sb/sth jdn/etw spielen; ( fig)

don't \play the innocent with me tu nicht so unschuldig

to \play the fool [or clown] herumalbern, rumspinnen pej fam, sich akk zum Narren machen

6. (function as)

to \play host to sb jds Gastgeber/Gastgeberin sein

to \play host to sth event etw ausrichten

7. (perform)

▪ to \play sth etw spielen

\play us a song [or a song for us] then! spiel uns ein Lied [vor]!

to \play sth by ear etw nach Gehör spielen

to \play it by ear ( fig fam) improvisieren

to \play an encore eine Zugabe geben

8. (perform on)

▪ to \play sth etw spielen

to \play the bagpipes/piano/violin Dudelsack/Klavier/Geige spielen

9. (perform at)

to play Berlin/London/San Francisco in Berlin/London/San Francisco spielen

10. (listen to)

▪ to \play sth CD, tape etw [ab]spielen

to \play the radio Radio hören

must you \play your radio loud? musst du dein Radio so laut stellen?

to \play one's stereo seine Anlage anhaben fam

11. (watch)

to \play a video sich dat ein Video ansehen; (insert) eine Videokassette einlegen

12. (broadcast)

they're \playing African music on the radio im Radio kommt gerade afrikanische Musik

13. (gamble)

to \play the horses auf Pferde wetten

to \play a slot machine an einem Spielautomaten spielen

to \play the stock market an der Börse spekulieren

14. (perpetrate)

to \play a trick [or joke] on sb jdn hochnehmen fig fam, jdn veräppeln fam; (practical joke) [jdm] einen Streich spielen

he's always \playing tricks der ist vielleicht ein Scherzkeks sl

15. (direct)

▪ to \play sth on [or onto] [or over] sth etw auf etw akk richten

the rescue team \played searchlights over the area das Rettungsteam ließ Scheinwerfer über die Gegend schweifen

16. CARDS (show)

to \play an ace/a king ein Ass/einen König [aus]spielen

to \play a trump einen Trumpf spielen

17. angler

to \play a fish einen Fisch auszappeln lassen (durch Nachlassen der Leine)

18. (treat)

▪ to \play sb for sth jdn wie etw behandeln

19.

▶ to \play ball [with sb] ( fam) [mit jdm] mitziehen [o mitspielen]

▶ to \play [with] one's cards close to one's chest ( fam) seine Karten nicht offenlegen fig

▶ to \play one's cards right geschickt taktieren

▶ to \play it cool ( fam) den Unbeteiligten spielen

▶ to \play ducks and drakes with sth BRIT (money) etw verprassen; (plans) etw durcheinanderbringen

▶ to \play ducks and drakes with sb BRIT jdn schlecht behandeln

▶ to \play sb false jdn hintergehen

▶ to \play second fiddle [to sb] [im Verhältnis zu jdm] die zweite Geige spielen fam

▶ to \play the field ( fam) sich akk umsehen

the firm continues to \play the field and negotiate with other companies die Firma sondiert das Terrain und verhandelt mit weiteren Firmen

▶ to \play footsie with sb ( fam: under table) mit jdm füßeln DIAL; (cooperate) mit jdm unter einer Decke stecken fam

▶ to \play the game BRIT sich akk an die [Spiel]regeln halten

▶ to \play gooseberry BRIT ( fam) das fünfte Rad am Wagen sein fam; (chaperone) den Anstandswauwau spielen hum fam

▶ to \play hard to get ( fam) sich akk unnahbar zeigen, einen auf unnahbar machen usu pej sl

▶ to \play hardball esp AM ( fam) andere Saiten aufziehen fig

▶ to \play havoc with sth etw durcheinanderbringen

▶ to \play [merry] hell with sth ( fam) etw völlig durcheinanderbringen

▶ to \play hook[e]y esp AM, AUS ( fam) blaumachen fam, schwänzen fam

▶ to \play a [or one's] hunch aus dem [hohlen] Bauch heraus agieren sl, seiner Nase folgen

▶ to \play possum (sleeping) sich akk schlafend stellen; (ignorant) sich akk dumm stellen

▶ to \play it safe auf Nummer Sicher gehen fam

▶ to \play silly buggers BRIT (sl) sich akk wie ein Idiot aufführen

▶ to \play truant [from school] BRIT schwänzen fam

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[pleɪ]
1. n

1) (= amusement, gambling) Spiel nt

to be at play — beim Spielen sein

to do/say sth in play — etw aus Spaß tun/sagen

play on words — Wortspiel nt

children at play —

children learn through play he lost £800 in a few hours' play — Kinder lernen beim Spiel er hat beim Spiel innerhalb von ein paar Stunden £ 800 verloren

2) (SPORT) Spiel nt

to abandon play — das Spiel abbrechen

because of bad weather play was impossible — es konnte wegen schlechten Wetters nicht gespielt werden

in a clever piece of play, in a clever play (US) — in einem klugen Schachzug

there was some exciting play toward(s) the end — gegen Ende gab es einige spannende (Spiel)szenen

to be in play/out of play (ball) — im Spiel/im Aus sein

to kick the ball out of play — den Ball aus or ins Aus schießen

3) (TECH, MECH) Spiel nt

1 mm (of) play — 1 mm Spiel

4) (THEAT) (Theater)stück nt; (RAD) Hörspiel nt; (TV) Fernsehspiel nt

the plays of Shakespeare — Shakespeares Dramen

5) (fig: moving patterns) Spiel nt

6)

(fig phrases) to come into play — ins Spiel kommen

to give full play to one's imagination — seiner Fantasie or Phantasie (dat) freien Lauf lassen

the game allows the child's imagination (to be given) full play — das Spiel gestattet die freie Entfaltung der kindlichen Fantasie

to bring or call sth into play — etw aufbieten or einsetzen

the play of opposing forces — das Widerspiel der Kräfte

the free play of market forces — das freie Spiel der Marktkräfte

to make great play of sth (Brit) — viel Aufhebens von etw machen

to make great play of doing sth (Brit) — viel Wind darum machen, etw zu tun

to make a play for sb — sich um jdn bemühen

to make a play for sth — es auf etw (acc) abgesehen haben

2. vt

1) game, card, ball, position spielen; player aufstellen, einsetzen

to play sb (at a game) — gegen jdn (ein Spiel) spielen

to play ball (with sb) — (mit jdm) mitspielen

to play shop — (Kaufmanns)laden spielen, Kaufmann spielen

to play a joke on sb — jdm einen Streich spielen

to play a mean/dirty trick on sb — jdn auf gemeine/schmutzige Art hereinlegen

to play the company game — sich in der Firma profilieren wollen

they're all playing the game — die machen doch alle mit

See:

→ card

2) (THEAT fig) part spielen; (= perform in) town spielen in (+dat)

to play it safe — auf Nummer sicher gehen (inf)

to play it cautious/clever — vorsichtig/klug vorgehen

to play the fool — den Clown spielen, herumblödeln

he was playing the jealous lover — er spielte den eifersüchtigen Liebhaber

See:

→ cool

3) instrument, record, tune spielen

to play the piano — Klavier spielen

to play sth through/over — etw durchspielen

4) (= direct) lights, jet of water richten

5) (FISHING) drillen

3. vi

1) (esp child) spielen

to go out to play —

run away and play! — geh spielen!

can Johnny come out to play? — darf Johnny zum Spielen rauskommen?

he wouldn't play (fig inf) — er wollte nicht mitspielen (inf)

2) (SPORT at game = gamble) spielen

England plays against Scotland next week — England spielt nächste Woche gegen Schottland

he plays for Celtic — er spielt für Celtic

to play at mothers and fathers/cowboys and Indians — Vater und Mutter/Cowboy und Indianer spielen

to play at being a fireman — Feuerwehrmann spielen

he was playing at being angry — seine Wut war gespielt

play! — Anspiel!

to play in defence — in der Abwehr spielen

to play in goal — im Tor stehen

he's just playing at it — er tut nur so

what are you playing at? (inf) — was soll (denn) das? (inf)

to play for money — um Geld spielen

to play for time (fig) — Zeit gewinnen wollen

to play into sb's hands (fig) — jdm in die Hände spielen

to play to one's strengths — seine Stärken ausspielen

3) (MUS) spielen

to play to sb — jdm vorspielen

4) (= move about, form patterns) (sun, light, water) spielen; (fountain) tanzen

a smile played on his lips — ein Lächeln spielte um seine Lippen

the firemen's hoses played on the flames — die Schläuche der Feuerwehrmänner waren auf die Flammen gerichtet

the searchlights played over the roofs — die Suchscheinwerfer strichen über die Dächer

5) (THEAT) (= act) spielen; (= be performed) gespielt werden

6) (SPORT ground, pitch) sich bespielen lassen

the pitch plays well/badly — auf dem Platz spielt es sich gut/schlecht

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play [pleı]

A s

1. (Glücks-, Wett-, Unterhaltungs) Spiel n ( auch SPORT)

2. Spiel(en) n:

children at play spielende Kinder;

watch children at play Kindern beim Spielen zusehen;

be at play

a) spielen,

b) Kartenspiel: am Ausspielen sein,

c) Schach: am Zug sein;

it is your play Sie sind am Spiel;

in (out of) play SPORT (noch) im Spiel (im Aus) (Ball);

keep the ball in play den Ball im Spiel halten;

the ball went out of play der Ball ging ins Aus;

hold in play fig beschäftigen;

have more of the play SPORT mehr vom Spiel haben, die größeren Spielanteile haben

3. Spiel(weise) n(f):

that was pretty play das war gut (gespielt);

fair play faires Spiel, a. fig Fairness f, Fairplay n, Anständigkeit f; → foul play

4. fig Spiel n, Spielerei f:

a play (up)on words ein Wortspiel

5. Kurzweil f, Vergnügen n, Zeitvertreib m

6. Scherz m, Spaß m:

in play im Scherz

7. a) Schauspiel n, (Theater-, Bühnen) Stück n

b) Vorstellung f:

go to a play ins Theater gehen;

(as) good as a play äußerst amüsant oder interessant

8. MUS Spiel n, Vortrag m

9. (Liebes) Spiel(e) n(pl), (erotisches) Spiel

10. fig Spiel n (von Licht auf Wasser etc):

play of colo(u)rs (muscles) Farben-(Muskel)spiel

11. (flinke) Handhabung (meist in Zusammensetzungen): → swordplay

12. Tätigkeit f, Bewegung f, Gang m:

bring ( oder put) into play

a) in Gang bringen,

b) ins Spiel oder zur Anwendung bringen, all seine Routine etc aufbieten;

come into play ins Spiel kommen;

make play

a) Wirkung haben,

b) seinen Zweck erfüllen;

make play with zur Geltung bringen, sich brüsten mit;

make great play of sth viel Aufheben(s) oder Wesens von etwas machen;

in full play in vollem Gange;

lively play of fantasy lebhafte Fantasie

13. a) TECH Spiel n:

give the rope some play das Seil locker lassen

b) Bewegungsfreiheit f, fig auch Spielraum m:

full play of the mind freie Entfaltung des Geistes;

allow ( oder give) full ( oder free) play to einer Sache, seiner Fantasie etc freien Lauf lassen

14. umg Manöver n, Trick m, Schachzug m:

make a play for sich bemühen um, es abgesehen haben auf (akk)

15. US sl

a) Beachtung f

b) Publizität f, Propaganda f

B v/i

1. a) spielen ( auch MUS, SPORT, THEAT und fig)( for um Geld etc)

b) mitspielen (auch fig mitmachen):

play at Ball, Karten etc spielen; fig sich nur so nebenbei mit etwas beschäftigen;

play at business ein bisschen in Geschäften machen;

play at keeping shop Kaufmann spielen;

play for time Zeit zu gewinnen suchen; SPORT auf Zeit spielen;

play for a cup einen Pokal ausspielen;

play to win auf Sieg spielen;

what do you think you are playing at? was soll denn das?;

play (up)on MUS auf einem Instrument spielen; mit Worten spielen; fig jemandes Schwächen (geschickt) ausnutzen;

play with spielen mit (a. fig einem Gedanken, jemandes Gefühlen etc; a. engS. herumfingern an);

play up to jemandem schöntun, sich bei jemandem einschmeicheln;

play safe umg auf Nummer sicher gehen;

he will not play again this season er fällt für den Rest der Saison aus; → fair¹ B 4, false B, gallery 3 a

2. a) Kartenspiel: ausspielen

b) Schach: am Zug sein, ziehen:

white to play Weiß zieht oder ist am Zuge

3. a) herumspielen, sich amüsieren

b) Unsinn treiben

c) scherzen

4. a) sich tummeln

b) flattern, gaukeln

c) spielen (Lächeln, Licht etc) (on auf dat)

d) schillern (Farbe)

e) in Betrieb sein (Springbrunnen)

5. a) schießen

b) spritzen

c) strahlen, streichen:

play on gerichtet sein auf (akk), bespritzen (Schlauch, Wasserstrahl), anstrahlen, absuchen (Scheinwerfer)

6. TECH

a) Spiel (-raum) haben

b) sich bewegen (Kolben etc)

7. be playing well SPORT gut bespielbar sein (Platz)

C v/t

1. Karten, Tennis etc, auch MUS, THEAT eine Rolle, ein Stück etc spielen, eine Nationalhymne abspielen, SPORT ein Spiel austragen:

play (sth on) the piano (etwas auf dem) Klavier spielen;

play sb sth jemandem etwas vorspielen;

play shop (pirates) Kaufmann (Piraten) spielen;

play the great lady sich als große Dame aufspielen;

play both ends against the middle fig vorsichtig lavieren, raffiniert vorgehen;

play it safe umg auf Nummer sicher gehen;

play it differently es anders handhaben oder machen;

play it low down sl ein gemeines Spiel treiben (on mit jemandem);

play the races bei (Pferde)Rennen wetten;

played out fig

a) erledigt‘, fertig, erschöpft,

b) verbraucht (Talent etc), abgetakelt (Schauspieler etc),

c) abgedroschen (Witz), überstrapaziert (These etc); (siehe die Verbindungen mit den entsprechenden Substantiven)

2. SPORT

a) antreten oder spielen gegen:

play sb at chess gegen jemanden Schach spielen

b) einen Spieler aufstellen, in die Mannschaft (auf)nehmen

3. a) eine Karte ausspielen (auch fig)

b) eine Schachfigur ziehen

4. spielen oder Vorstellungen geben in (dat):

play the larger cities

5. ein Geschütz, einen Scheinwerfer, einen Licht- oder Wasserstrahl etc richten (on auf akk):

play a hose on sth etwas bespritzen;

play colo(u)red lights on sth etwas bunt anstrahlen

6. FUSSB the ball played him das war angeschossene Hand

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1. noun
1) (Theatre) [Theater]stück, das

put on a play — ein Stück aufführen

2) (recreation) Spielen, das; Spiel, das

at play — beim Spielen

say/do something in play — etwas aus od. im od. zum Spaß sagen/tun

play [up]on words — Wortspiel, das

3) (Sport) Spiel, das; (Amer.): (manoeuvre) Spielzug, der

a good piece of play — ein guter Spielzug

be in/out of play — [Ball:] im Spiel/aus [dem Spiel] sein

make a play for somebody/something — (fig. coll.) hinter jemandem/etwas her sein (ugs.); es auf jemanden/etwas abgesehen haben

4)

come into play, be brought or called into play — ins Spiel kommen

make [great] play with something — viel Wesen um etwas machen

5) (freedom of movement) Spiel, das (Technik); (fig.) Spielraum, der

give full play to one's emotions/imagination — etc. (fig.) seinen Gefühlen/seiner Fantasie usw. freien Lauf lassen

6) (rapid movement)

the play of light on water — das Spiel des Lichts auf Wasser
2. intransitive verb
1) spielen

play for money — um Geld spielen

have no one to play with — niemanden zum Spielen haben

play [up]on words — Wortspiele/ein Wortspiel machen

not have much time to play with — (coll.) zeitlich nicht viel Spielraum haben

play into somebody's hands — (fig.) jemandem in die Hand od. Hände arbeiten

play safe — sichergehen; auf Nummer Sicher gehen (ugs.)

play for time — Zeit gewinnen wollen

2) (Mus.) spielen (on auf + Dat.)
3. transitive verb
1) (Mus.): (perform on) spielen

play the violin — etc. Geige usw. spielen

play something on the piano — etc. etwas auf dem Klavier usw. spielen

play something by ear — etwas nach dem Gehör spielen

play it by ear — (fig.) es dem Augenblick/der Situation überlassen

2) spielen [Grammophon, Tonbandgerät]; abspielen [Schallplatte, Tonband]; spielen lassen [Radio]

3) (Theatre; also fig.) spielen

play a town — in einer Stadt spielen

play the fool/innocent — den Clown/Unschuldigen spielen

4) (execute, practise)

play a trick/joke on somebody — jemanden hereinlegen (ugs.) /jemandem einen Streich spielen

5) (Sport, Cards) spielen [Fußball, Karten, Schach usw.]; spielen od. antreten gegen [Mannschaft, Gegner]

play a match — einen Wettkampf bestreiten; (in team games) ein Spiel machen

he played me at chess/squash — er war im Schach/Squash mein Gegner

play it safe — auf Nummer Sicher gehen

6) (Sport) ausführen [Schlag]; (Cricket etc.) schlagen [Ball]

7) (Cards) spielen

play one's cards right — (fig.) es richtig anfassen (fig.)

8) (coll.): (gamble on)

play the market — spekulieren (in mit od. Wirtsch. in + Dat.)

Phrasal Verbs:

- play about

- play along

- play around

- play at

- play back

- play down

- play off

- play on

- play up

- play upon

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(theatre) n.

Stück -e n.

Theaterstück n. n.

Schauspiel n.

Spiel -e (mechanisch) n.

Spiel -e n. (at) cards expr.

Karten spielen ausdr. v.

spielen v.

English-german dictionary > play
5 play

I [pleɪ]
nome

1) teatr. opera f. (teatrale), dramma m., pièce f., rappresentazione f.

a radio play — un dramma radiofonico

2) (amusement)

the sound of children at play — il rumore dei bambini che giocano

to learn through play — imparare giocando

3) sport

play starts at 9 — la partita comincia alle 9

there was no play today — oggi non hanno giocato

rain stopped play — la partita è stata interrotta a causa della pioggia

the ball is in play, out of play — la palla è, non è buona

there was some fine play from the Danish team — si è visto del bel gioco da parte dei danesi

4) fig. gioco m., azione f.

to come into play — entrare in gioco o in ballo

to bring new factors into play — tirare in ballo nuovi elementi

the play of light on the water — il gioco di luci sull'acqua

the free play of the imagination — il libero sfogo dell'immaginazione

a play on words — un gioco di parole

5) mecc. gioco m., agio m.

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all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) — prov. = non c'è solo il lavoro nella vita

to make a play for sb. — colloq. = fare di tutto per attirare l'attenzione di qcn
II 1. [pleɪ]
verbo transitivo

1) (for amusement)

to play football, cards, hide and seek — giocare a calcio, a carte, a nascondino

to play sb. at chess, to play chess with sb. — giocare a scacchi con qcn.

to play a game of tennis with sb. — fare una partita a tennis con qcn.

to play a joke on sb. — fare uno scherzo a qcn

2) mus. suonare [instrument, symphony]

he will play a nationwide tour — sarà in tournée in tutto il paese

he's playing the jazz club on Monday — suonerà al jazz club lunedì

3) teatr. (act out) recitare, interpretare (il ruolo di), fare (la parte di)

to play a leading role in — fig. giocare un ruolo determinante in

4) (put on) mettere [tape, video, CD]

play me the record — fammi sentire il disco

to play music — mettere un po' di musica

5) sport

to play goal — giocare in porta

to play the ball to sb. — passare la palla a qcn

6) (in chess) muovere [ piece]; (in cards) giocare, buttare (giù) [card, suit]

7) econ.

to play the stock market — giocare in Borsa
2.
verbo intransitivo

1) giocare

to play at keeping shop — giocare al negozio

2) fig.

to play at being an artist — atteggiarsi ad artista

what does he think he's playing at? — BE colloq. a che gioco sta giocando?

3) sport giocare

Spain is playing against Ireland — la Spagna gioca contro l'Irlanda

he plays for Milan — gioca per il Milan

to play fair — giocare correttamente

to play into the net — mandare la palla in rete

4) mus. [musician, band, orchestra] suonare

to play to large audiences — suonare per un vasto pubblico

5) cinem. teatr. [ play] andare in scena; [ film] essere in programma; [ actor] recitare

she's playing opposite him in "Macbeth" — recita con lui in "Macbeth"

6) (make noise) [fountain, water] scorrere, mormorare

a record played softly in the background — si sentiva un disco in sottofondo

I could hear music playing in the next room — sentivo la musica nella stanza accanto

7) (move lightly)

sunlight played over the water — la luce del sole giocava sull'acqua

a smile played on her lips — un sorriso errava sulle sue labbra

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- play along

- play around

- play back

- play down

- play off

- play on

- play out

- play up

- play upon

- play with

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to play for time — cercare di guadagnare tempo

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[plei] 1. verb
1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) giocare

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) giocare

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) recitare, interpretare

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) essere recitato

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) suonare

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) giocare

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) giocare (contro)

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) guizzare

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) dirigere

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) giocare
2. noun
1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) gioco, divertimento

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) dramma; commedia

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) partita

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) gioco

•

- player
- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
- play up
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I [pleɪ]
nome

1) teatr. opera f. (teatrale), dramma m., pièce f., rappresentazione f.

a radio play — un dramma radiofonico

2) (amusement)

the sound of children at play — il rumore dei bambini che giocano

to learn through play — imparare giocando

3) sport

play starts at 9 — la partita comincia alle 9

there was no play today — oggi non hanno giocato

rain stopped play — la partita è stata interrotta a causa della pioggia

the ball is in play, out of play — la palla è, non è buona

there was some fine play from the Danish team — si è visto del bel gioco da parte dei danesi

4) fig. gioco m., azione f.

to come into play — entrare in gioco o in ballo

to bring new factors into play — tirare in ballo nuovi elementi

the play of light on the water — il gioco di luci sull'acqua

the free play of the imagination — il libero sfogo dell'immaginazione

a play on words — un gioco di parole

5) mecc. gioco m., agio m.

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all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) — prov. = non c'è solo il lavoro nella vita

to make a play for sb. — colloq. = fare di tutto per attirare l'attenzione di qcn
II 1. [pleɪ]
verbo transitivo

1) (for amusement)

to play football, cards, hide and seek — giocare a calcio, a carte, a nascondino

to play sb. at chess, to play chess with sb. — giocare a scacchi con qcn.

to play a game of tennis with sb. — fare una partita a tennis con qcn.

to play a joke on sb. — fare uno scherzo a qcn

2) mus. suonare [instrument, symphony]

he will play a nationwide tour — sarà in tournée in tutto il paese

he's playing the jazz club on Monday — suonerà al jazz club lunedì

3) teatr. (act out) recitare, interpretare (il ruolo di), fare (la parte di)

to play a leading role in — fig. giocare un ruolo determinante in

4) (put on) mettere [tape, video, CD]

play me the record — fammi sentire il disco

to play music — mettere un po' di musica

5) sport

to play goal — giocare in porta

to play the ball to sb. — passare la palla a qcn

6) (in chess) muovere [ piece]; (in cards) giocare, buttare (giù) [card, suit]

7) econ.

to play the stock market — giocare in Borsa
2.
verbo intransitivo

1) giocare

to play at keeping shop — giocare al negozio

2) fig.

to play at being an artist — atteggiarsi ad artista

what does he think he's playing at? — BE colloq. a che gioco sta giocando?

3) sport giocare

Spain is playing against Ireland — la Spagna gioca contro l'Irlanda

he plays for Milan — gioca per il Milan

to play fair — giocare correttamente

to play into the net — mandare la palla in rete

4) mus. [musician, band, orchestra] suonare

to play to large audiences — suonare per un vasto pubblico

5) cinem. teatr. [ play] andare in scena; [ film] essere in programma; [ actor] recitare

she's playing opposite him in "Macbeth" — recita con lui in "Macbeth"

6) (make noise) [fountain, water] scorrere, mormorare

a record played softly in the background — si sentiva un disco in sottofondo

I could hear music playing in the next room — sentivo la musica nella stanza accanto

7) (move lightly)

sunlight played over the water — la luce del sole giocava sull'acqua

a smile played on her lips — un sorriso errava sulle sue labbra

•

- play along

- play around

- play back

- play down

- play off

- play on

- play out

- play up

- play upon

- play with

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to play for time — cercare di guadagnare tempo

English-Italian dictionary > play
6 part

1. noun
1) Teil, der

four-part — vierteilig [Serie]

the hottest part of the day — die heißesten Stunden des Tages

accept part of the blame — die Schuld teilweise mit übernehmen

for the most part — größtenteils; zum größten Teil

in part — teilweise

in large part — groß[en]teils

in parts — zum Teil

part and parcel — wesentlicher Bestandteil

the funny part of it was that he... — das Komische daran war, dass er...

it's [all] part of the fun/job — etc. das gehört [mit] dazu

be or form part of something — zu etwas gehören

2) (of machine or other apparatus) [Einzel]teil, das

3) (share) Anteil, der

I want no part in this — ich möchte damit nichts zu tun haben

4) (duty) Aufgabe, die

do one's part — seinen Teil od. das Seine tun

5) (Theatre): (character, words) Rolle, die

dress the part — (fig.) die angemessene Kleidung tragen

play a [great/considerable] part — (contribute) eine [wichtige] Rolle spielen

6) (Mus.) Part, der; Partie, die; Stimme, die

7) usu. in pl. (region) Gegend, die; (of continent, world) Teil, der

I am a stranger in these parts — ich kenne mich hier nicht aus

8) (side) Partei, die

take somebody's part — jemandes od. für jemanden Partei ergreifen

for my part — für mein[en] Teil

on my/your etc. part — meiner-/deinerseits usw.

9) pl. (abilities)

a man of [many] parts — ein [vielseitig] begabter od. befähigter Mann

10) (Ling.)

part of speech — Wortart od. -klasse, die

11)

take [no] part [in something] — sich [an etwas (Dat.)] [nicht] beteiligen

12)

take something in good part — etwas nicht übel nehmen
2. adverb
teils
3. transitive verb
1) (divide into parts) teilen; scheiteln [Haar]

2) (separate) trennen
4. intransitive verb
[Menge:] eine Gasse bilden; [Wolken:] sich teilen; [Vorhang:] sich öffnen; [Seil, Tau, Kette:] reißen; [Lippen:] sich öffnen; [Wege, Personen:] sich trennen

part from somebody/something — sich von jemandem/etwas trennen

part with — sich trennen von [Besitz, Geld]

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1. noun
1) (something which, together with other things, makes a whole; a piece: We spent part of the time at home and part at the seaside.) der Teil

2) (an equal division: He divided the cake into three parts.) der Teil

3) (a character in a play etc: She played the part of the queen.) die Rolle

4) (the words, actions etc of a character in a play etc: He learned his part quickly.) die Rolle

5) (in music, the notes to be played or sung by a particular instrument or voice: the violin part.) die Stimme

6) (a person's share, responsibility etc in doing something: He played a great part in the government's decision.) die Rolle
2. verb
(to separate; to divide: They parted( from each other) at the gate.) sich trennen

- academic.ru/53750/parting">parting
- partly
- part-time
- in part
- part company
- part of speech
- part with
- take in good part
- take someone's part
- take part in
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part

[pɑ:t, AM pɑ:rt]

I. n

1. (not the whole) Teil m

\part of her problem is that... ein Teil ihres Problems besteht [o ihr Problem besteht teilweise] darin, dass...

\part of my steak isn't cooked properly mein Steak ist teilweise [o zum Teil] nicht richtig durchgebraten

\part of the family lives in Germany ein Teil der Familie lebt in Deutschland

she's \part of the family sie gehört zur Familie

it's all \part of growing up das gehört [alles] zum Erwachsenwerden dazu

that was just the easy \part [of it]! das war der leichtere Teil [des Ganzen]!

the easy/hard \part of it is that/to...... das Einfache/Schwierige daran [o dabei] ist, dass/zu...

the hard \part of writing a course is to find the right level das Schwierige beim Entwickeln eines Kurses ist es, den richtigen Schwierigkeitsgrad zu wählen

[a] \part of me wanted to give up, but... ein Teil von mir wollte aufgeben, aber...

to spend the best [or better] \part of the day/week doing sth den größten Teil des Tages/der Woche damit verbringen, etw zu tun

\part of speech Wortart f

to be a constituent \part of sth Bestandteil m einer S. gen sein

to be an essential [or important] [or integral] \part of sth ein wesentlicher Bestandteil einer S. gen sein

the greater \part der Großteil

the main [or major] \part der Hauptteil

the remaining \part der Rest

in \part teilweise, zum Teil

payment in \part Abschlagszahlung f, Teil-/Ratenzahlung f SCHWEIZ

in \parts teilweise

the film was good in \parts der Film war phasenweise ganz gut

in large \part zum großen Teil

for the most \part zum größten Teil, größtenteils

2. also TECH (component) Teil nt; of a machine Bauteil nt

[spare] \parts Ersatzteile pl

3. (unit) [An]teil m

mix one \part of the medicine with three \parts water mischen Sie die Medizin mit Wasser im Verhältnis eins zu drei

in equal \parts zu gleichen Teilen

4. FILM, TV Teil m, Folge f

5. ANAT

body \part Körperteil m

private \parts Geschlechtsteile pl

soft \parts Weichteile pl

6. usu pl GEOG Gegend f

around [or in] these \parts ( fam) in dieser Gegend

in our/your \part of the world bei uns/Ihnen

in some \parts of the world in manchen Teilen der Welt

in this \part of the world hierzulande

7. THEAT ( also fig) Rolle f a. fig, Part m

large/small \part ( also fig) wichtige/kleine Rolle a. fig

leading/supporting \part Haupt-/Nebenrolle f

to act [or play] a \part [in sth] eine Rolle [in etw dat] spielen

to play an important \part in sth ( fig) bei etw dat eine wichtige Rolle spielen fig

exams play a big \part in the school system Prüfungen spielen im Schulsystem eine große Rolle

8. MUS Part m, Stimme f

the piano \part die Klavierstimme

in [or of] several \parts mehrstimmig

9. no pl (involvement) Beteiligung f (in an + dat)

to have a \part in sth an etw dat teilhaben

to take \part in sth an etw dat teilnehmen; in an act, competition, also bei etw dat mitmachen fam

to take \part in a discussion sich akk an einer Diskussion beteiligen

to take \part in a game/lottery bei einem Spiel/einer Lotterie mitspielen [o fam mitmachen]

to take \part in a stage play in einem Theaterstück mitwirken

to take \part in local politics in der Lokalpolitik mitwirken [o aktiv sein]

to want no \part in [or of] sth mit etw dat nichts zu tun haben wollen

10. no pl (task) Pflicht f

to do one's \part seine Pflicht [und Schuldigkeit] tun

11. no pl (side)

to take sb's \part sich akk auf jds Seite stellen

on the \part of ( form) vonseiten form + gen

, seitens form + gen

it was a mistake on Julia's \part es war Julias Fehler

on her/their \part ihrerseits

on his/my/our \part seiner-/meiner-/unsererseits

any questions on your \part? haben Sie ihrerseits/hast du deinerseits noch Fragen?

12. AM (parting) Scheitel m

13.

▶ to dress the \part sich akk entsprechend kleiden

▶ for my \part,... was mich betrifft,...

for my \part, it doesn't matter whether he comes was mich betrifft, so ist es mir egal, ob er kommt, mir ist es für meinen Teil egal, ob er kommt

for my \part, I think it's absolutely ridiculous! ich für meinen Teil halte es für absolut lächerlich!

▶ ... for her/his/your \part... ihrerseits/seinerseits/deinerseits

I was stubborn, and they, for their \part, were not prepared to compromise ich war stur, und sie waren ihrerseits nicht kompromissbereit

▶ to be \part of the furniture selbstverständlich sein

▶ to look the \part entsprechend aussehen

▶ to be a man of many \parts vielseitig begabt sein

▶ to be \part and parcel of sth untrennbar mit etw dat verbunden sein, zu etw dat einfach dazugehören

being recognized in the street is \part and parcel of being a famous actress eine berühmte Schauspielerin zu sein beinhaltet zwangsläufig [auch], dass man auf der Straße erkannt wird

▶ to take sth in good \part etw mit Humor nehmen

II. adj attr teilweise, zum Teil

she is \part African sie hat afrikanisches Blut [in sich]

III. adv inv teils, teilweise

the building consists \part of stone \part of wood das Gebäude besteht teils aus Stein, teils aus Holz

IV. vi

1. (separate) sich akk trennen

to \part on good/bad terms im Guten/Bösen auseinandergehen

2. (become separated) curtains, seams aufgehen; lips sich akk öffnen; paths sich akk trennen

3. ( form: leave) [weg]gehen; (say goodbye) sich akk verabschieden

4. ( euph: die) sterben

my grandmother \parted from us last night meine Großmutter ist letzte Nacht von uns gegangen euph

V. vt

1. (separate)

▪ to \part sb/sth jdn/etw trennen

he tried to \part the two quarrellers er versuchte, die zwei Streithähne [voneinander] zu trennen

he's not easily \parted from his cash er trennt sich nur unschwer von seinem Geld

... till death do us \part ( liter)... bis dass der Tod uns scheide geh

2. (keep separate)

▪ to \part sth from sth etw von etw dat trennen

3. (comb)

to \part one's/sb's hair [jdm/sich] einen Scheitel ziehen

4.

▶ to \part company sich akk trennen

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[pAːt]
1. n

1) (= portion, fragment) Teil m

5 parts of sand to 1 of cement — 5 Teile Sand auf ein( en) Teil Zement

it's 3 parts gone —

the stupid part of it is that... — das Dumme daran ist, dass...

you haven't heard the best part yet — ihr habt ja das Beste noch gar nicht gehört

the book is good in parts — teilweise or streckenweise ist das Buch gut

in part —

the greater part of it/of the work is done — der größte Teil davon/der Arbeit ist fertig

it is in large part finished/true — das ist zum großen Teil erledigt/wahr

a part of the country/city I don't know — eine Gegend, die ich nicht kenne

this is in great part due to... — das liegt größtenteils or vor allem an (+dat)...

during the darkest part of the night —

I kept part of it for myself — ich habe einen Teil davon für mich behalten

I lost part of the manuscript —

that's part of the truth — das ist ein Teil der Wahrheit

for the most part — zum größten Teil

her performance was for the most part well executed — ihre Leistung war im Großen und Ganzen gelungen

in the latter part of the year — gegen Ende des Jahres

the remaining part of our holidays —

part of him wanted to call her, part of him wanted to forget about her — ein Teil von ihm wollte sie anrufen, ein anderer sie vergessen

she's become (a) part of me — sie ist ein Teil von mir geworden

it's all part of growing up — das gehört alles zum Erwachsenwerden dazu

to be part and parcel of sth — fester Bestandteil einer Sache (gen) sein

it is part and parcel of the job —

are transport costs included? – yes, they're all part and parcel of the scheme — sind die Transportkosten enthalten? – ja, es ist alles inbegriffen

2) (MECH of kit etc) Teil nt

spare part — Ersatzteil nt

moving parts — bewegliche Teile pl

3) (GRAM)

part of speech — Wortart f

principal parts of a verb — Stammformen pl

4) (of series) Folge f; (of serial) Fortsetzung f; (of encyclopaedia etc) Lieferung f

end of part one (TV) — Ende des ersten Teils

5) (= share, role) (An)teil m, Rolle f; (THEAT) Rolle f, Part m (geh)

to play one's part (fig) — seinen Beitrag leisten

to take part in sth — an etw (dat) teilnehmen, bei etw (dat) mitmachen, sich an etw (dat) beteiligen

who is taking part? — wer macht mit?, wer ist dabei?

he's taking part in the play —

in the part of Lear — in der Rolle des Lear

he looks the part (Theat) — die Rolle passt zu ihm; (fig) so sieht (d)er auch aus

to play a part ( Theat, fig ) — eine Rolle spielen

to play no part in sth (person) — nicht an etw (dat) beteiligt sein

we want no part of it — wir wollen damit nichts zu tun haben

he's just playing a part (fig) — der tut nur so

6) (MUS) Stimme f, Part m

the soprano part — der Sopranpart, die Sopranstimme

the piano part — der Klavierpart, die Klavierstimme

to sing in parts — mehrstimmig singen

7) pl (= region) Gegend f

from all parts — überallher, von überall her

in or around these parts — hier in der Gegend, in dieser Gegend

in foreign parts —

what parts are you from? — aus welcher Gegend sind Sie?

he's not from these parts — er ist nicht aus dieser Gegend or nicht von hier

8) (= side) Seite f

to take sb's part — sich auf jds Seite (acc) stellen, für jdn Partei ergreifen

for my part — was mich betrifft, meinerseits

a miscalculation on my part — eine Fehlkalkulation meinerseits

on the part of — vonseiten (+gen), von Seiten (+gen), seitens (+gen)

9)

to take sth in good part — etw nicht übel nehmen

10)

a man of parts — ein vielseitiges Talent

a man of many parts — ein vielseitiger Mensch

11) (US in hair) Scheitel m

12) pl (= male genitals) Geschlechtsteile pl

2. adv
teils, teilweise
is it X or Y? – part one and part the other — ist es X oder Y? – teils (das eine), teils (das andere)

it is part iron and part copper — es ist teils aus Eisen, teils aus Kupfer

it was part eaten —

he's part French, part Scottish and part Latvian — er ist teils Franzose, teils Schotte und teils Lette

3. vt

1) (= divide) teilen; hair scheiteln; curtain zur Seite schieben; legs aufmachen; lips öffnen;

2) (= separate) trennen

to part sb from sb/sth — jdn von jdm/etw trennen

till death us do part — bis dass der Tod uns scheidet

she's not easily parted from her money — sie trennt sich nicht gern von ihrem Geld

to part company — sich trennen

to part company with sb/sth — sich von jdm/etw trennen; (in opinion) mit jdm nicht gleicher Meinung sein

on that issue, I must part company with you — in dem Punkt gehen unsere Meinungen auseinander

4. vi

1) (= divide) sich teilen; (curtains) sich öffnen

her lips parted in a smile — ihre Lippen öffneten sich zu einem Lächeln

2) (= separate) (people) sich trennen; (things) sich lösen, abgehen

to part from or with sb — sich von jdm trennen

we parted friends — wir gingen als Freunde auseinander, wir schieden als Freunde (geh)

to part with sth — sich von etw trennen

to part with money — Geld ausgeben or lockermachen

to part from this life (liter) — aus diesem Leben scheiden (geh)

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part [pɑː(r)t]

A s

1. Teil m/n, Bestandteil m, Stück n:

be part and parcel of sth einen wesentlichen Bestandteil von etwas bilden;

part of speech LING Wortart f;

in part teilweise, zum Teil, auszugsweise, in gewissem Grade;

part of the year (nur) während eines Teils des Jahres;

for the better ( oder best) part of the year fast das ganze Jahr (hindurch), den größten Teil des Jahres, die meiste Zeit im Jahr;

for the better ( oder best) part of two years (schon) fast zwei Jahre;

that is (a) part of my life das gehört zu meinem Leben;

payment in part Abschlagszahlung f;

three-part dreiteilig

2. PHYS (An)Teil m:

part by volume (weight) Raumanteil (Gewichtsanteil);

three parts of water drei Teile Wasser

3. MATH Bruchteil m:

three parts drei Viertel

4. TECH

a) (Bau-, Einzel)Teil n:

parts list Ersatzteil-, Stückliste f

b) Ersatzteil n

5. Anteil m:

take part (in) teilnehmen oder sich beteiligen (an dat), mitmachen (bei);

have a part in sth an etwas teilhaben;

have neither part nor lot in sth nicht das Geringste mit einer Sache zu tun haben;

he wanted no part of the proposal er wollte von dem Vorschlag nichts wissen

6. (Körper) Teil m, Glied n:

soft parts Weichteile;

the parts die Geschlechtsteile

7. Buchhandel: Lieferung f:

the book appears in parts das Werk erscheint in Lieferungen

8. fig Teil m/n, Seite f:

the most part die Mehrheit, das Meiste (von etwas);

for my part ich für mein(en) Teil;

for the most part

a) in den meisten Fällen, meistenteils,

b) größtenteils, zum größten Teil;

on the part of vonseiten, seitens (gen);

on my part von meiner Seite, von mir;

take sth in good part etwas nicht übel nehmen

9. Seite f, Partei f:

he took my part, he took part with me er ergriff meine Partei

10. Pflicht f:

do one’s part das Seinige oder seine Schuldigkeit tun;

it is not my part to do this es ist nicht meine Aufgabe, das zu tun

11. THEAT etc

a) auch fig Rolle f:

act ( oder play) a part eine Rolle spielen (in bei);

the Government’s part in the strike die Rolle, die die Regierung bei dem Streik spielte;

he’s just acting a part er tut nur so, er schauspielert nur; → dress B 1

b) Rollenbuch n

12. MUS (Sing- oder Instrumental-)Stimme f, Partie f:

sing in parts mehrstimmig singen;

for ( oder in, of) several parts mehrstimmig;

three-part dreistimmig, für drei Stimmen

13. pl (geistige) Fähigkeiten pl, Talent n:

he is a man of (many) parts er ist ein fähiger Kopf, er ist vielseitig begabt

14. Gegend f, Teil m (eines Landes, der Erde):

in these parts hier(zulande);

she’s not from these parts sie stammt nicht von hier oder aus dieser Gegend;

in foreign parts im Ausland

15. US (Haar)Scheitel m

B v/t

1. a) (ab-, ein-, zer)teilen: → company A 1

b) einen Vorhang aufziehen

2. Familien, Kämpfende etc trennen:

he’s not easily parted from his money er trennt sich nur ungern von seinem Geld

3. Metalle scheiden

4. das Haar scheiteln

C v/i

1. a) sich lösen, abgehen (Knopf etc), aufgehen (Naht etc)

b) aufgehen (Vorhang)

2. SCHIFF brechen (Ankerkette, Tau):

part from the anchor den Anker verlieren

3. auseinandergehen, sich trennen:

part (as) friends in Freundschaft auseinandergehen

4. part with etwas aufgeben, sich von jemandem od etwas trennen:

part with money umg Geld herausrücken oder lockermachen

5. euph verscheiden, sterben

D adj Teil…:

part damage Teilschaden m;

part delivery WIRTSCH Teillieferung f

E adv teilweise, zum Teil:

made part of iron, part of wood teils aus Eisen, teils aus Holz (bestehend);

part truth zum Teil wahr;

part-done zum Teil erledigt;

part-finished halb fertig

p. abk

1. page S.

2. part T.

3. LING participle Part.

4. past

5. Br penny, pence

6. per

7. post, after

8. power

pt abk

1. part T.

2. payment

3. pint ( pints pl)

4. point

5. port

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1. noun
1) Teil, der

four-part — vierteilig [Serie]

the hottest part of the day — die heißesten Stunden des Tages

accept part of the blame — die Schuld teilweise mit übernehmen

for the most part — größtenteils; zum größten Teil

in part — teilweise

in large part — groß[en]teils

in parts — zum Teil

part and parcel — wesentlicher Bestandteil

the funny part of it was that he... — das Komische daran war, dass er...

it's [all] part of the fun/job — etc. das gehört [mit] dazu

be or form part of something — zu etwas gehören

2) (of machine or other apparatus) [Einzel]teil, das

3) (share) Anteil, der

I want no part in this — ich möchte damit nichts zu tun haben

4) (duty) Aufgabe, die

do one's part — seinen Teil od. das Seine tun

5) (Theatre): (character, words) Rolle, die

dress the part — (fig.) die angemessene Kleidung tragen

play a [great/considerable] part — (contribute) eine [wichtige] Rolle spielen

6) (Mus.) Part, der; Partie, die; Stimme, die

7) usu. in pl. (region) Gegend, die; (of continent, world) Teil, der

I am a stranger in these parts — ich kenne mich hier nicht aus

8) (side) Partei, die

take somebody's part — jemandes od. für jemanden Partei ergreifen

for my part — für mein[en] Teil

on my/your etc. part — meiner-/deinerseits usw.

9) pl. (abilities)

a man of [many] parts — ein [vielseitig] begabter od. befähigter Mann

10) (Ling.)

part of speech — Wortart od. -klasse, die

11)

take [no] part [in something] — sich [an etwas (Dat.)] [nicht] beteiligen

12)

take something in good part — etwas nicht übel nehmen
2. adverb
teils
3. transitive verb
1) (divide into parts) teilen; scheiteln [Haar]

2) (separate) trennen
4. intransitive verb
[Menge:] eine Gasse bilden; [Wolken:] sich teilen; [Vorhang:] sich öffnen; [Seil, Tau, Kette:] reißen; [Lippen:] sich öffnen; [Wege, Personen:] sich trennen

part from somebody/something — sich von jemandem/etwas trennen

part with — sich trennen von [Besitz, Geld]

* * *

(hair) n.

Scheitel - m. adj.

teils adj. n.

Anteil -e m.

Rolle -n f.

Teil m.,n. (with) v.

sich trennen (von) v. v.

lösen v.

trennen v.

English-german dictionary > part
7 play

play [pleɪ]

jeu ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (e), 1 (f), 1 (h), 1 (i) tour ⇒ 1 (c) stratagème ⇒ 1 (d) pièce (de théâtre) ⇒ 1 (g) intérêt ⇒ 1 (j) jouer à ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (h) jouer ⇒ 2 (b), 2 (c), 2 (e)-(g), 2 (i)-(k), 3 (a)-(e), 3 (h) faire jouer ⇒ 2 (d) jouer de ⇒ 2 (m) mettre ⇒ 2 (n) s'amuser ⇒ 3 (a) se jouer ⇒ 3 (f)

1 noun

(a) (fun, recreation) jeu m;

∎ I like to watch the children at play j'aime regarder les enfants jouer;

∎ the aristocracy at play l'aristocratie en train de se détendre;

∎ to say sth in play dire qch en plaisantant ou pour rire;

∎ play on words jeu m de mots, calembour m

(b) Sport

∎ play starts at one o'clock le match commence à une heure;

∎ play on the centre court is starting le match sur le court central commence;

∎ after some very boring play in the first half… après une première mi-temps très ennuyeuse…;

∎ there was some nice play from Brooks Brooks a réussi de belles actions ou a bien joué;

∎ to keep the ball in play garder la balle en jeu;

∎ out of play sorti, hors jeu;

∎ rain stopped play la partie a été interrompue par la pluie;

∎ American she scored off a passing play elle a marqué un but après une combinaison de passes;

∎ American the coach calls the plays l'entraîneur choisit les combinaisons

(c) (turn) tour m;

∎ whose play is it? c'est à qui de jouer?

(d) (manoeuvre) stratagème m;

∎ it was a play to get money/their sympathy c'était un stratagème pour obtenir de l'argent/pour s'attirer leur sympathie;

∎ he is making a play for the presidency il se lance dans la course à la présidence;

∎ she made a play for my boyfriend elle a fait des avances à mon copain

(e) (gambling) jeu m;

∎ I lost heavily at last night's play j'ai perdu gros au jeu hier soir

(f) (activity, interaction) jeu m;

∎ the result of a complex play of forces le résultat d'un jeu de forces complexe;

∎ to come into play entrer en jeu;

∎ to bring sth into play mettre qch en jeu

(g) Theatre pièce f (de théâtre);

∎ Shakespeare's plays les pièces fpl ou le théâtre de Shakespeare;

∎ to be in a play jouer dans une pièce;

∎ it's been ages since I've seen or gone to see a play ça fait des années que je ne suis pas allé au théâtre;

∎ radio play pièce f radiophonique;

∎ television play dramatique f

(h) Technology (slack, give) jeu m;

∎ there's too much play in the socket il y a trop de jeu dans la douille;

∎ give the rope more play donnez plus de mou à la corde;

∎ figurative to give or to allow full play to sth donner libre cours à qch

(i) (of sun, colours) jeu m;

∎ I like the play of light and shadow in his photographs j'aime les jeux d'ombre et de lumière dans ses photos

(j) familiar (attention, interest) intérêt^□ m;

∎ the summit meeting is getting a lot of media play les médias font beaucoup de tapage ou battage autour de ce sommet;

∎ in my opinion she's getting far too much play à mon avis, on s'intéresse beaucoup trop à elle^□ ;

∎ they made a lot of play or a big play about his war record ils ont fait tout un plat de son passé militaire

2 transitive verb

(a) (games, cards) jouer à;

∎ to play football/tennis jouer au football/tennis;

∎ to play poker/chess jouer au poker/aux échecs;

∎ to play hide-and-seek jouer à cache-cache;

∎ the children were playing dolls/soldiers les enfants jouaient à la poupée/aux soldats;

∎ how about playing some golf after work? si on faisait une partie de golf après le travail?;

∎ do you play any sports? pratiquez-vous un sport?;

∎ squash is played indoors le squash se pratique en salle;

∎ to play the game Sport jouer selon les règles; figurative jouer le jeu;

∎ I won't play his game je ne vais pas entrer dans son jeu;

∎ she's playing games with you elle te fait marcher;

∎ familiar to play it cool ne pas s'énerver^□, garder son calme^□ ;

∎ American to play favorites faire du favoritisme;

∎ to play sb for a fool rouler qn;

∎ familiar the meeting's next week, how shall we play it? la réunion aura lieu la semaine prochaine, quelle va être notre stratégie?^□ ;

∎ to play it safe ne pas prendre de risque, jouer la sécurité

(b) (opposing player or team) jouer contre, rencontrer;

∎ Italy plays Brazil in the finals l'Italie joue contre ou rencontre le Brésil en finale;

∎ I played him at chess j'ai joué aux échecs avec lui;

∎ he will play Karpov il jouera contre Karpov;

∎ I'll play you for the drinks je vous joue les consommations

(c) (match) jouer, disputer;

∎ to play a match against sb disputer un match avec ou contre qn;

∎ how many tournaments has he played this year? à combien de tournois a-t-il participé cette année?;

∎ the next game will be played on Sunday la prochaine partie aura lieu dimanche

(d) (include on the team → player) faire jouer;

∎ the coach didn't play her until the second half l'entraîneur ne l'a fait entrer (sur le terrain) qu'à la deuxième mi-temps

(e) (card, chess piece) jouer;

∎ to play spades/trumps jouer pique/atout;

∎ how should I play this hand? comment devrais-je jouer cette main?;

∎ she played her ace elle a joué son as; figurative elle a abattu sa carte maîtresse;

∎ figurative he plays his cards close to his chest il cache son jeu

(f) (position) jouer;

∎ he plays winger/defence il joue ailier/en défense

(g) (shot, stroke) jouer;

∎ she played a chip shot to the green elle a fait un coup coché jusque sur le green;

∎ try playing your backhand more essayez de faire plus de revers;

∎ to play a six iron (in golf) jouer un fer numéro six;

∎ he played the ball to me il m'a envoyé la balle

(h) (gamble on → stock market, slot machine) jouer à;

∎ to play the horses jouer aux courses;

∎ to play the property market spéculer sur le marché immobilier;

∎ he played the red/the black il a misé sur le rouge/le noir

(i) (joke, trick)

∎ to play a trick/joke on sb jouer un tour/faire une farce à qn;

∎ your memory's playing tricks on you votre mémoire vous joue des tours

(j) Cinema & Theatre (act → role, part) jouer, interpréter;

∎ Cressida was played by Joan Dobbs le rôle de Cressida était interprété par Joan Dobbs;

∎ who played the godfather in Coppola's movie? qui jouait le rôle du parrain dans le film de Coppola?;

∎ figurative to play a part or role in sth prendre part ou contribuer à qch;

∎ an affair in which prejudice plays its part une affaire dans laquelle les préjugés entrent pour beaucoup ou jouent un rôle important

(k) Cinema & Theatre (perform at → theatre, club)

∎ they played Broadway last year ils ont joué à Broadway l'année dernière;

∎ 'Othello' is playing the Strand for another week 'Othello' est à l'affiche du Strand pendant encore une semaine;

∎ he's now playing the club circuit il se produit maintenant dans les clubs

(l) (act as)

∎ to play the fool faire l'idiot ou l'imbécile;

∎ some doctors play God il y a des médecins qui se prennent pour Dieu sur terre;

∎ to play host to sb recevoir qn;

∎ to play the hero jouer les héros;

∎ one played the heavy while the other asked the questions l'un jouait les méchants tandis que l'autre posait les questions;

∎ don't play the wise old professor with me! ce n'est pas la peine de jouer les grands savants avec moi!;

∎ British familiar play the white man! sois sympa!

(m) (instrument) jouer de; (note, melody, waltz) jouer;

∎ to play the violin jouer du violon;

∎ to play the blues jouer du blues;

∎ they're playing our song/Strauss ils jouent notre chanson/du Strauss;

∎ to play scales on the piano faire des gammes au piano

(n) (put on → record, tape) passer, mettre; (→ radio) mettre, allumer; (→ tapedeck, jukebox) faire marcher;

∎ don't play the stereo so loud ne mets pas la chaîne si fort;

∎ he's in his room playing records il écoute des disques dans sa chambre;

∎ can you play some Pink Floyd? tu peux mettre quelque chose des Pink Floyd?;

∎ I'll play the first side British again or American over for you je vous repasse ou je vous fais réécouter la première face

(o) (direct → beam, nozzle) diriger (on sur);

∎ he played his torch over the cave walls il promena le faisceau de sa lampe sur les murs de la grotte

(p) (fish) fatiguer

(q) American (idiom)

∎ to play both ends against the middle jouer sur les deux tableaux

3 intransitive verb

(a) (amuse oneself) jouer, s'amuser; (frolic → children, animals) folâtrer, s'ébattre;

∎ I like to work hard and play hard quand je travaille, je travaille, quand je m'amuse, je m'amuse;

∎ he didn't mean to hurt you, he was only playing il ne voulait pas te faire de mal, c'était juste pour jouer;

∎ don't play on the street! ne jouez pas dans la rue!;

∎ to play with dolls/with guns jouer à la poupée/à la guerre

(b) Sport jouer;

∎ to play well/badly/regularly jouer bien/mal/régulièrement;

∎ to play against sb/a team jouer contre qn/une équipe;

∎ to play in goal être goal;

∎ it's her (turn) to play c'est à elle de jouer, c'est (à) son tour;

∎ to play in a tournament participer à un tournoi;

∎ he plays in the Italian team il joue dans l'équipe d'Italie;

∎ she played into the left corner elle a envoyé la balle dans l'angle gauche;

∎ try playing to his backhand essayez de jouer son revers;

∎ to play high/low (in cards) jouer une forte/basse carte;

∎ do you play? est-ce que tu sais jouer?;

∎ to play to win jouer pour gagner;

∎ to play dirty ne pas jouer franc jeu; figurative ne pas jouer le jeu;

∎ to play fair jouer franc jeu; figurative jouer le jeu;

∎ to play into sb's hands faire le jeu de qn;

∎ you're playing right into his hands! tu entres dans son jeu!;

∎ to play for time essayer de gagner du temps;

∎ to play safe ne pas prendre de risques, jouer la sécurité

(c) (gamble) jouer;

∎ to play high or for high stakes jouer gros (jeu);

∎ to play for drinks/for money jouer les consommations/de l'argent

(d) Music (person, band, instrument) jouer; (record) passer;

∎ I heard a guitar playing j'entendais le son d'une guitare;

∎ music played in the background (recorded) des haut-parleurs diffusaient de la musique d'ambiance; (band) un orchestre jouait en fond sonore;

∎ is that Strauss playing? est-ce que c'est du Strauss que l'on entend?;

∎ a radio was playing upstairs on entendait une radio en haut;

∎ the stereo was playing full blast on avait mis la chaîne à fond

(e) Cinema & Theatre (act) jouer;

∎ the last movie she played in le dernier film dans lequel elle a joué

(f) Cinema & Theatre (show, play, movie) se jouer;

∎ Hamlet is playing tonight on joue Hamlet ce soir;

∎ the movie is playing to full or packed houses le film fait salle comble;

∎ the same show has been playing there for five years cela fait cinq ans que le même spectacle est à l'affiche;

∎ now playing at all Park Cinemas actuellement dans toutes les salles (de cinéma) Park;

∎ what's playing at the Rex? qu'est-ce qui passe au Rex?;

∎ the company will be playing in the provinces la compagnie va faire une tournée en province

(g) (feign) faire semblant;

∎ to play dead faire le mort;

∎ to play innocent or familiar dumb faire l'innocent, jouer les innocents;

∎ familiar to play hard to get se faire désirer^□

(h) (breeze, sprinkler, light)

∎ to play (on) jouer (sur);

∎ sun played on the water le soleil jouait sur l'eau;

∎ a smile played on or about or over his lips un sourire jouait sur ses lèvres;

∎ lightning played across the sky le ciel était zébré d'éclairs

►► play area aire f de jeux

➲ play about intransitive verb

British (have fun → children) jouer, s'amuser; (frolic) s'ébattre, folâtrer;

∎ it's time he stopped playing about and settled down il est temps qu'il arrête de s'amuser et qu'il se fixe

➲ play about with inseparable transitive verb

(a) (fiddle with, tamper with)

∎ to play about with sth jouer avec ou tripoter qch;

∎ stop playing about with the aerial arrête de jouer avec ou de tripoter l'antenne;

∎ I don't think we should be playing about with genes à mon avis, on ne devrait pas s'amuser à manipuler les gènes

(b) (juggle → statistics, figures) jouer avec; (consider → possibilities, alternatives) envisager, considérer;

∎ I'll play about with the figures and see if I can come up with something more reasonable je vais jouer un peu avec les chiffres et voir si je peux suggérer quelque chose de plus raisonnable;

∎ she played about with several endings for her novel elle a essayé plusieurs versions pour le dénouement de son roman

(c) familiar (trifle with)

∎ to play about with sb faire marcher qn

➲ play along

1 separable transitive verb

(tease, deceive) faire marcher

2 intransitive verb

(cooperate) coopérer;

∎ to play along with sb or with sb's plans entrer dans le jeu de qn;

∎ you'd better play along tu as tout intérêt à te montrer coopératif

➲ play around intransitive verb

(a) = play about

(b) familiar (have several lovers) coucher à droite et à gauche

➲ play around with = play about with

➲ play at inseparable transitive verb

(a) (of child) jouer à;

∎ to play at cops and robbers jouer aux gendarmes et aux voleurs;

∎ familiar just what do you think you're playing at? à quoi tu joues exactement?

(b) (dabble in → politics, journalism) faire en dilettante;

∎ you're just playing at being an artist tu joues les artistes;

∎ you can't play at being a revolutionary tu ne peux pas t'improviser révolutionnaire

➲ play back separable transitive verb

(cassette, film) repasser;

∎ play the last ten frames back repassez les dix dernières images

➲ play by separable transitive verb

familiar

∎ play it by me again reprenez votre histoire depuis le début^□

➲ play down separable transitive verb

(role, victory) minimiser; (problem) dédramatiser;

∎ we've been asked to play down the political aspects of the affair on nous a demandé de ne pas insister sur le côté politique de l'affaire;

∎ her book rightly plays down the conspiracy theory son livre minimise à juste titre la thèse du complot

➲ play in separable transitive verb

(a) (in basketball)

∎ to play the ball in remettre la balle en jeu

(b) British figurative

∎ to play oneself in s'habituer, se faire la main

(c) (with music) accueillir en musique

➲ play off intransitive verb

(teams, contestants) disputer un match de barrage

➲ play off against separable transitive verb

∎ he played Neil off against his father il a monté Neil contre son père;

∎ he played his enemies off against each other il a monté ses ennemis l'un contre l'autre

➲ play on

1 inseparable transitive verb

(weakness, naivety, trust, feelings) jouer sur;

∎ his political strength comes from playing on people's fears il tire sa force politique de sa capacité à jouer sur la peur des gens;

∎ the waiting began to play on my nerves l'attente commençait à me porter sur les nerfs;

∎ the title plays on a line from Shakespeare le titre est un jeu de mots sur une phrase de Shakespeare

2 intransitive verb

continuer à jouer;

∎ the referee waved them to play on l'arbitre leur fit signe de continuer à jouer

➲ play out separable transitive verb

(a) (enact → scene) jouer; (→ fantasy) satisfaire;

∎ the events being played out on the world's stage les événements qui se déroulent dans le monde;

∎ the drama was played out between rioters and police les incidents ont eu lieu entre les émeutiers et les forces de police

(b) (usu passive) familiar (exhaust) to be played out (person, horse etc) être vanné ou éreinté^□ ; (idea) être vieux jeu^□ ou démodé^□ ; (story) avoir perdu tout intérêt^□

(c) (with music)

∎ they were played out to the strains of… leur départ a été accompagné par l'air de…

➲ play through intransitive verb

Golf dépasser d'autres joueurs;

∎ may we play through? vous permettez que nous vous dépassions?

➲ play up

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (exaggerate → role, importance) exagérer; (stress) souligner, insister sur;

∎ in the interview, play up your sales experience pendant l'entretien, mettez en avant ou insistez sur votre expérience de la vente;

∎ his speech played up his working-class background son discours mettait l'accent sur ses origines populaires;

∎ the press played up her divorce la presse a monté son divorce en épingle

(b) British familiar (bother) tracasser^□ ;

∎ my back is playing me up mon dos me joue encore des tours;

∎ don't let the kids play you up ne laissez pas les enfants vous marcher sur les pieds

2 intransitive verb

British familiar (car, child, TV, machine etc) faire des siennes;

∎ my back is playing up mon dos me joue encore des tours

➲ play up to inseparable transitive verb

familiar

∎ to play up to sb (flatter) faire de la lèche à qn

➲ play upon inseparable transitive verb

= play on¹

➲ play with inseparable transitive verb

(a) (toy with → pencil, hair) jouer avec;

∎ he was playing with the radio dials il jouait avec les boutons de la radio;

∎ he only played with his food il a à peine touché à son assiette;

∎ figurative to play with fire jouer avec le feu

(b) (manipulate → words) jouer sur; (→ rhyme, language) manier;

∎ she plays with language in bold and startling ways elle manipule la langue avec une audace saisissante

(c) (consider → idea) caresser;

∎ he played with the idea for weeks before rejecting it il a caressé l'idée pendant des semaines avant de l'abandonner;

∎ we're playing with the idea of buying a house nous pensons à acheter une maison;

∎ here are a few suggestions to play with voici quelques suggestions que je soumets à votre réflexion

(d) (treat casually)

∎ to play with sb's affections jouer avec les sentiments de qn;

∎ don't you see he's just playing with you? tu ne vois pas qu'il se moque de toi ou qu'il te fait marcher?

(e) (have available → money, time) disposer de;

∎ how much time have we got to play with? de combien de temps disposons-nous?;

∎ they've got $2 million to play with ils disposent de deux millions de dollars

(f) familiar

∎ to play with oneself (masturbate) se toucher

ⓘ Play it again Sam Cette formule célèbre ("joue-le encore, Sam"), que l'on attribue au film Casablanca, n'est en fait pas prononcée dans le film. Le personnage incarné par Ingrid Bergman dit au pianiste du Rick's Bar play it once Sam, for old times' sake ("joue-le une fois, Sam, en souvenir du bon vieux temps"). Aujourd'hui on utilise cette formule en allusion au film lorsque l'on demande à quelqu'un de refaire quelque chose, et particulièrement lorsqu'il s'agit de rejouer un air de musique.

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8 play

plei 1. verb
1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) leke

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) spille

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) spille, opptre i/som

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) oppføres, gå

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) spille

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) spille (noen) et puss

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) spille mot

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) spille, blafre

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) rette mot

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) spille ut
2. noun
1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) lek(ing), underholdning

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) skuespill, drama, teaterstykke

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) spill

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) spillerom, klaring

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- player
- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
- play up

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subst. \/pleɪ\/

1) lek, leking, spill

• full of play

full av lek

2) spøk, tull

3) ordspill

4) ( i spill) tur

• it's your play

det er din tur

5) hasardspill, gambling, spill

• high play

høyt spill

6) spill, fremførelse, forestilling

7) skuespill, teaterstykke, drama

• as good as a play

rene skuespillet

• let's go to a play!

vi går på teater!

8) spill

• the play of the muscles

musklenes spill

• play of colours

fargespill

• play of features

minespill

• the play of sunlight upon the water

solens spill på vannet

9) bevegelse, gang, virksomhet, aktivitet

10) spillerom, armslag

11) slark, klaring, rom, slakk

• give the rope more play

slakke på tauet, fire ut mer tau

12) arbeidsstans, arbeidsnedleggelse

13) (amerikansk fotball, også play offensive)

angrepsplan

allow\/give something full play la noe få fritt spillerom, la noe få utvikle seg fritt

• give one's powers full play

gi sine evner fritt utløp, la sine evner få utvikle seg uhindret

at play som deltar i lek

be at play delta i lek

be in full play være i full gang

bring into play sette i bevegelse, sette i gang

call into play sette i bevegelse, sette i gang, mobilisere, utvikle sette inn, spille inn, gjøre seg gjeldende

child's play se ➢ child

come into play eller be brought into play eller be called into play komme i gang, tre i kraft, gjøre seg gjeldende gjøre seg gjeldende, spille inn

dirty play skittent spill, stygt spill (i sport)

fair play fair play, ærlig spill

free play eller full play fritt spillerom, fritt utløp full handlefrihet

hold\/keep somebody in play holde noen sysselsatt

in play på spøk, på tull

• I only said it in play

jeg sa det bare på spøk

i lek, som lek ( om ball) i spill

make a play for ( slang) forsøke å sjekke opp

• make a play for a girl

forsøke å sjekke opp en jente

( slang) forsøke å vinne til seg, bearbeide

• make a play for new markets

bearbeide nye markeder

make play with gjøre et stort nummer av, kokettere med, bruke til å vise seg

out of play ( om ball) død, ute av spill, ute

place a play få satt opp et stykke

play fair with være renhårig mot

play on words ordspill

see fair play se til at det går riktig for seg

slow play ( sport) langsomt spill
II
verb \/pleɪ\/

1) leke

• play hide-and-seek

leke gjemsel

• play Indians

leke indianer

• what shall we play?

hva skal vi leke?

• play pirates

leke sjørøvere

2) (om sport og spill, også overført) spille

• let's play cards!

la oss spille kort!

• we played a board game

vi spilte et brettspill

• black to play

svart har spillet

3) ( sport) spille mot noen, spille mot et lag

4) spille, beherske (om musikkinstrument), fremføre, lyde (om selve instrumentet)

• do you play the piano?

spiller du piano?, kan du spille piano?

• she plays several instruments

hun behersker flere instrumenter

• she played a sonata

hun spilte en sonate, hun fremførte en sonate

• the organ is playing

orgelet spiller, orgelet lyder

• the organist played the congregation out

organisten spilte utgangssalmen

5) (om CD, CD-spiller e.l.) spille

• we sat at home playing CDs

vi satt hjemme og spilte CDer

6) spille (om rolle, drama, forestilling), fremføre (om drama), spille i\/på (om sted)

• play a farce

fremføre\/spille en farse

• play the gentleman

spille gentleman

• they played to a full house

de spilte for en fullsatt sal

• Hamlet is now playing at the Haymarket

Hamlet spilles nå på Haymarket

• they played all the major cities

de hadde forestillinger\/konserter i alle storbyene

7) spille, spille ut (om kort), flytte (om brikke)

8) ( i spill) vedde, by, gamble

9) ( om lys) leke, spille, skimre

• the lights played over their faces

lyset spilte over ansiktene deres

10) være i gang, være i funksjon

• the fountains play every Sunday

fontenene er på hver søndag

11) ( overført) leke

• his fancy played round the idea of moving abroad

han lekte med tanken på å flytte utenlands

• a smile played on his lips

det lekte et smil rundt munnen hans

• the wind played on the waves

vinden lekte i bølgene

12) (hverdagslig, spesielt ved streik) gå ledig

13) ( slang) samarbeide, være med, stille opp

14) (i sport, om ball eller slag) slå

15) rette, sikte, holde i gang

• play a hose on the fire

rette en brannslange mot flammene

play about løpe omkring og leke

• the children were playing about

barna løp omkring og lekte

opptre uansvarlig, tulle

• stop playing about!

slutt å tulle!

play about with leke med, klå på, fingre på, pille på

play along late som om en samarbeider

play a part spille en rolle ( overført) spille komedie

play around ha mange kjærlighetsforhold, flørte

• play around with somebody's affections

leke med noens følelser

være utro være promiskuøs

play at gjøre\/gjennomføre halvhjertet late som

• just what are you playing at?

hva er det egentlig du driver med?

play a trick on bedra, lure, narre

play away spille bort

• play away a fortune

spille bort en formue

play back ( om lydopptak) spille gjennom, høre gjennom

play down bagatellisere, avdramatisere, tone ned, dysse ned

• play down a piece of news

avdramatisere en nyhet

• he played down his own part in the affair

han bagatelliserte sin egen rolle i saken

play down to the crowd ( overført) spille for galleriet

played out utbrent, utslitt, tappet for energi gått av moten, ikke lenger nyttig

• this theory is played out

den teorien har spilt ut sin rolle, denne teorien har ikke lenger noe for seg

oppbrukt, ferdig

• the matter is played out

saken er ferdig

play false ( om spill) spille falskt

play fast and loose with leke med, behandle skjødesløst

play fetch leke kast pinnen (med hund)

• our dog loves to play fetch with the children

play first begynne

play for somebody akkompagnere noen, kompe noen

play hard to get gjøre seg kostbar, spille kostbar

play into somebody's hands gi noen overtaket uforvarende

play it by the ear ta det som det kommer, ta noe som det faller seg

play it cool ta det rolig, ha is i magen

play it down on utnytte grovt snyte

play it low\/down on somebody ( hverdagslig) utnytte noen grovt ( hverdagslig) lure noen, bedra noen

play low spille med lave innsatser ( musikk) spille lavt

play off spille ekstra kamp for å avgjøre en uavgjort kamp

• the match will be played off next week

det blir omkamp neste uke

play on\/upon spille på, utnytte

• she played on her father's fear of mice to get a cat

hun spilte på sin fars redsel for mus for å få en katt

play one person off against another sette to personer opp mot hverandre

play oneself out bli utmattet, bli utbrent

• the old actor had played himself out

den gamle skuespilleren var utbrent

slite seg ut

play out spille ut, spille til ende bruke opp

play over spille gjennom

• play over a tape

spille gjennom en kassett

play safe gardere seg, seife, ikke ta sjanser

play somebody spille mot noen

• England played Brazil

England spilte mot Brasil

• he played his sister at chess

han spilte sjakk mot søsteren sin

• on Saturday France plays Wales at rugby

på lørdag møter Frankrike Wales i rugby

( i kamp e.l.) la noen spille, sette inn noen, plassere noen, stille opp noen

• England played Smith as goalkeeper

England plasserte Smith i mål

play somebody along lure\/villede noen (over tid)

play the field (amer., hverdagslig) more seg, flørte være rundbrenner, feie over så mange som mulig, ta for seg

play the fool eller act the fool oppføre seg som en idiot, dumme seg ut

play the game ( også overført) følge spillereglene

play up ( britisk) være plagsom, lage trøbbel, gjøre ugagn (om person), lage vanskeligheter ( britisk) gjøre vondt, være til besvær

• my bad leg is playing up again

det dårlige benet mitt begynner å verke igjen erte, irritere

• these children are playing me up

disse ungene går meg på nervene

sette alle krefter til

• play up, the Reds!

kom igjen, det røde laget!

legge vekt på, fokusere på, slå stort opp, blåse opp, reklamere for

• play up a new line of goods

drive reklame for et nytt varesalg

play up to somebody innsmigre seg hos noen, snakke noen etter munnen

• play up to one's teachers

innsmigre seg hos lærerne sine

( teater eller overført) spille opp til noen støtte noen, bakke opp noen

play up with ( slang) kullkaste, forpurre, ødelegge

play well ( om bane e.l.) være god å spille på

• the field plays well

banen er god å spille på

play with oneself ( forskjønnende) onanere, masturbere

English-Norwegian dictionary > play
9 play

n. toneelstuk; spel; speeltuig; lach; humor
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v. spelen; voordragen; spelen ( muziek)

play¹

[ plee] 〈 zelfstandig naamwoord〉

1 toneelstuk

2 beurt ⇒ zet; 〈Amerikaans-Engels; voornamelijk sport〉 manoeuvre

3 spel

4 actie ⇒ activiteit, beweging

5 〈 techniek, technologie〉 speling

♦voorbeelden:

1   the plays of Shakespeare • de stukken van Shakespeare

2   〈Amerikaans-Engels; slang〉 make a play for something • iets proberen te krijgen

     〈Amerikaans-Engels; voornamelijk sport〉 set play • ingestudeerd(e) spel(patroon)/manoeuvre

3   play (up)on words • woordspeling

     allow/give full/free play to something • iets vrij spel laten

     〈 verkeersbord〉 children at play • spelende kinderen

     there's too much play in the rope • het touw heeft te veel speling

4   in full play • in volle gang

     bring/call into play • erbij betrekken

     come into play • mee gaan spelen

¶ make great play about/of • erg de nadruk leggen op, sterk benadrukken

→ fair fair/, foul foul/

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play²

I 〈 onovergankelijk werkwoord〉

1 spelen

2 werken ⇒ spuiten 〈 fontein〉

3 zich vermaken

4 aan zet zijn 〈 schaak〉

5 glinsteren ⇒ flikkeren 〈 licht〉

6 zich laten spelen 〈 toneelstuk〉

7 〈 techniek, technologie〉 zich vrij bewegen ⇒ speelruimte hebben

♦voorbeelden:

1   a smile played on her lips • een glimlach speelde om haar lippen

     play dead • doen alsof men dood is

     play on • doorspelen

     play at soldiers/hide-and-seek • soldaatje/verstoppertje spelen

     〈 figuurlijk〉 play at something • iets niet ernstig nemen, iets doen voor de pret

     play by ear • op het gehoor spelen; 〈 figuurlijk〉 op zijn gevoel afgaan

¶ play about/around • stoeien; 〈 slang〉 aanklooien

     play down to someone • zich aan iemand aanpassen

     play about/around with someone • iemand voor de gek houden; 〈 pejoratief〉 zich afgeven met iemand

     〈 informeel〉 what on earth are you playing at? • wat heeft dit allemaal te betekenen?

     play (up)on someone's feelings • op iemands gevoelens werken

→ play off play off/, play up play up/

II 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉

1 spelen ⇒ bespelen; opvoeren 〈 toneelstuk〉; afdraaien 〈 grammofoonplaat〉

2 richten ⇒ spuiten 〈 water〉

3 uitvoeren ⇒ uithalen 〈 grap〉

4 verwedden ⇒ inzetten

5 〈 sport〉 opstellen 〈 speler〉

♦voorbeelden:

1   〈 sport〉 play the ball, not the man • op de bal spelen, niet op de man

     〈 figuurlijk〉 play God • voor God spelen

     play back a tape • een band afspelen/weergeven

3   play someone a (mean/dirty) trick • iemand een (lelijke) poets bakken

4   〈 informeel〉 play the horses • op paarden wedden

     he played his last dollar • hij zette zijn laatste dollar in

¶ play the market • speculeren

     play someone along • iemand aan het lijntje houden

     play something down • iets bagatelliseren

→ play off play off/, play out play out/, play up play up/

English-Dutch dictionary > play
10 play

[pleɪ] 1. гл.
1)

а) играть, забавляться, резвиться

The children play indoors when it rains. — Когда идёт дождь, дети играют дома.

The seashore was full of children, playing about in the sand. — На берегу было полно детей, игравших в песке.

б) ( play with) развлекаться; обращаться с (чем-л.) легко или легкомысленно, относиться несерьёзно

I like a girl who doesn't play with her food or drink. — Мне нравится девушка, которая не относится легкомысленно к своей еде или питью.

в) ( play (up)on) играть на (чьих-л. чувствах, страхах)

г) уст. ( play with) флиртовать; эвф. иметь половое сношение

2) играть, участвовать в спортивной игре

He taught young ladies to play billiards. — Он научил молодых леди играть в бильярд.

I played him for championship. — Я играл с ним на звание чемпиона.

- play the game

3)

а) играть в азартные игры

Don't play (at) cards against your father, he always wins. — Не играй в карты со своим отцом, он всегда выигрывает.

Syn:

game, gamble

б) делать ставки в игре, ставить, рисковать прям. и перен.

в) амер.; разг. играть на тотализаторе

4)

а) играть ( карту), делать ход, ходить ( шахматной фигурой)

to play a trump — ходить с козыря, козырять

He played pawn to king four, and she replied with the Sicilian. (Walter S. Tevis, The Queen's Gambit) — Он сыграл е2-е4, а она ответила сицилийской защитой.

б) ударять, направлять, отбивать, подавать

He played the ball back close to the net. — Он отбил мяч низко над сеткой.

5) спорт.

а) использовать в игре, выставлять, заявлять ( игрока)

The captain wants to play Mills as defence in our next game. — Капитан хочет выставить Миллса защитником в следующем матче.

б) принимать в игру ( игрока)

6) разыграться, войти в форму

He went in in the second innings with no time to play himself in. — Он начал вторую подачу, не успев войти в форму.

"We'll start with the Mozart, play ourselves in." He took the violin out of its case. — "Мы начнём с Моцарта, чтобы разыграться". Он вытащил из футляра скрипку.

7)

а) использовать (кого-л.) для своих целей, использовать в качестве пешек

They're playing you for a bunch of saps! — Они держат вас за компанию недоумков.

б) = play off натравливать, стравливать

Natalie played one against the other for a few days, and reconciled them the following weekend. — Натали в течение нескольких дней натравливала их друг на друга, а в конце следующей недели заставила помириться.

- play both ends against the middle

8)

а) играть на музыкальном инструменте

My kid sister plays piano. — Моя маленькая сестрёнка играет на фортепьяно.

I couldn't play with such crippled fingers, even if I wanted to. — Я не мог бы играть такими застывшими пальцами, даже если бы очень захотел.

б) играть ( о музыке или музыкальном инструменте)

Just then the music began to play. — Именно тогда начала играть музыка.

в) исполнять ( музыкальное произведение)

to play (music) at sight — играть (музыкальное произведение) с листа

to play (music) by ear — подбирать (музыкальное произведение, мелодию) на слух

The band played a martial air. — Оркестр играл военную мелодию.

9)

а) проигрывать запись

б) звучать ( о звукозаписи)

10) (play in / out / off / down / up) сопровождать инструментальной музыкой

The small band played the company into the supper-room. — Под звуки небольшого оркестрика компания перешла в комнату для ужина.

11)

а) играть, давать представление; исполнять роль (кого-л.) прям. и перен.

The new drama plays for three hours. — Новая драма идёт три часа.

Miss Kelly plays Marie. — Мисс Келли играет роль Мари.

The doctor had not the least suspicion of the farce that was playing. — Доктор и не подозревал о разыгрывавшемся фарсе.

He was alone in the world, with his life half played. — Он был один в целом свете с наполовину сыгранной жизнью.

б) амер. гастролировать

12) = play at играть роль, притворяться

We played that we were gypsies. — Мы притворились цыганами.

Though she had often played at sentiment, no man had ever touched her heart. — Хотя она часто разыгрывала из себя чувствительную натуру, ни один мужчина не тронул ещё её сердца.

- play politics

13)

а) сыграть ( шутку), разыграть

to play a trick / practical joke — подшучивать, разыгрывать; дурачиться

б) поступать, вести себя легкомысленно

It's no good playing at business, you have to take it seriously. — В бизнес не играют, это дело серьёзное.

"I'm afraid, doctor, we are playing at cross-questions and crooked answers," said Fred. — "Боюсь, доктор, что мы играем в нечестные вопросы и жульнические ответы", - сказал Фред.

14) порхать, носиться, прыгать, скакать

Butterflies play among flowers. — Среди цветов порхают бабочки.

He played about them like a bee. — Он носился между ними, как пчёлка.

Syn:

flit, flutter, gambol, frisk

15) переливаться, играть; дрожать, трепетать, покачиваться; мелькать, сверкать

No smile ever played upon her thin lips. — На её тонких губах никогда не играла улыбка.

Lightning plays in the sky. — В небе сверкает молния.

Alfred allows his fancy to play round the idea. — Альфред даёт волю своей фантазии.

Syn:

dance, flutter, flicker, glitter, ripple, vibrate

16) уст.; диал. бить, кипеть (о струе и т. п.)

17)

а) двигаться, крутиться, колебаться ( обычно в ограниченном пространстве)

The molars play vertically on each other like a pair of scissors. — Коренные зубы перемещаются вертикально по отношению друг к другу, как лезвия ножниц.

б) тех. иметь люфт

18)

а) вертеть, крутить (что-л. в руках); использовать, работать ( любым инструментом)

to play a good stick — хорошо фехтовать

б) направлять

to play a searchlight upon a motor boat — направить прожектор на моторку

We kept playing the enemy with round-shot. — Мы продолжали забрасывать неприятеля пушечными ядрами.

в) водить рыбу на поводке

19) ( play (up)on) обстреливать

Marlborough erected another battery to play upon the south-eastern bastion. — Мальборо соорудил ещё одну батарею, чтобы обстреливать юго-восточный бастион.

20)

а) выпускать, выбрасывать, извергать (о фонтане, шланге)

The fountains played in his honour. — В его честь били фонтаны.

The firemen were not permitted to play on the flames. — Пожарным не разрешили залить водой пламя.

б) выстреливать ( о фейерверке)

21) действовать, осуществлять какое-л. действие

Only something very important would have made you play this game. — Только что-то очень серьёзное могло заставить тебя осуществить это дело.

22) диал. отказываться от работы, бастовать

Of the 70,000 men "playing" 40,000 are non-unionists. — Из 70000 бастующих 40000 не являются членами профсоюза.

23) разг. сотрудничать, взаимодействовать; идти на уступки

"I've had another word with the Minister." "Will he play?" "He's promised to do everything he can." — "Я ещё раз говорил с министром. - Пойдёт ли он на уступки? - Он обещал сделать всё, что в его силах."

Syn:

cooperate, comply, agree

24) поступать, вести себя (каким-л. образом)

- play for safety

- play fair
- play false
Syn:

act, behave, conduct oneself

•

- play about
- play along
- play around
- play back
- play down
- play in
- play off
- play on
- play out
- play through
- play up
- play upon
••

to play low / down on, play it low / down — разг. подло поступить по отношению к (кому-л.)

to play favourites — амер.; разг. оказывать покровительство, выказывать благосклонность

to play it close to one's chest — не давать заглядывать в свои карты; действовать скрытно

to play it cool — вести себя спокойно, хладнокровно, не суетиться

to play for laughs /a laugh — пытаться вызвать смех у аудитории

- be play out
- play it safe
- play safe
- play foully
- play foul
- play it on
- play one's cards well
- play for time
- play it by ear
- play smb. for a fool
- play smb. like a fish
- play a trick on smb.
- play games with smb.
- play to the gallery
- play upon words
- play on words
- play the dozens
- play with oneself
- play pussy
- play a good knife and fork
- play knife and fork
- play off the stage
- play smb. for a sucker
- play smb. up
- play hell
- play havoc
- play the devil
- play the mischief
- play away
- play ball
- play the clown
- play the fool
- play the hypocrite 2. сущ.
1)

а) игра, развлечение, забава

at play — в игре, в процессе игры

Syn:

amusement, recreation, entertainment

б) уст. любовные утехи; сексуальные излишества

2) спорт.

а) игра, ход игры

in play — в игре (о мяче и т. п.)

Play was very slow. — Игра шла очень медленно.

б) манера, стиль игры; искусство игры

в) поле (в футболе, крикете)

He got half way up the play, and just reached the ball with one hand. — Он проскочил половину поля и почти схватил мяч одной рукой.

г) ход, очередь, подача; атака, атакующие действия

3) азартная игра

Syn:

gambling, gaming

4) шутка; лёгкий разговор, трёп

play (up)on words — игра слов, каламбур

Don't be offended; I only said it in play. — Не обижайся; я сказал это просто в шутку.

5)

а) представление, спектакль

to go to the play — идти на спектакль

play closes — спектакль кончается

play opens — спектакль начинается

The play ran for two years on Broadway. — Эта пьеса два года шла на Бродвее.

б) пьеса, драма

to criticize / pan a play — критиковать пьесу, подвергать пьесу резкой критике

to present / produce / put on / perform / stage a play — представлять, ставить, показывать пьесу

to rehearse a play — репетировать пьесу

to review a play — писать рецензию на пьесу, делать критический обзор пьесы

to revive a play — воскрешать, восстанавливать пьесу

- miracle play
- morality play
- mystery play
- nativity play
- one-act play
- straight play
6) игра, действие, деятельность

the lively play of fancy — живая игра фантазии

to make play — действовать эффективно, результативно

in full play — в действии, в разгаре

- hold in play
- keep in play
- bring into play
- call into play
- come into play
Syn:

action, activity, operation, working

7) лёгкие стремительные движения; игра, переливы

iridescent play of colours — переливающаяся игра красок

The girl was an arch, ogling person, with a great play of shoulders. — Это была игривая, кокетливая девица, непрерывно подёргивавшая плечами.

8) амер.; разг. заигрывание или ухаживание; флирт

If you were twenty years younger I'd make a play for you, no fooling. — Если бы вы были на двадцать лет моложе, я бы без всяких дураков стал ухаживать за вами.

She'd been certain he would make a play for her the moment Lockwood took himself off. — Она была уверена, что он станет за ней ухаживать как только Локвуд уйдет с дороги.

9) амер.; разг.

а) внимание, покровительство; выказывание внимания

Everybody goes to the Chicken Club now and then to give the owner a friendly play. — Каждый время от времени заходит в Чикен-Клуб, чтобы показать хозяину своё дружеское отношение.

Syn:

attention, patronage, publicity

б) гласность, публичность, внимание прессы

The insignificant Gray-Snyder murder trial got a bigger "play" in the press than the sinking of the Titanic. — Незначительное судебное разбирательство об убийстве, дело Грея-Снайдера, привлекло гораздо большее внимание прессы, чем гибель "Титаника".

wished the country received a better play in the American press (Hugh MacLennan) — хотел, чтобы страна получила более благоприятное освещение в американской прессе

10) свободное действие; простор, свобода действий

to give free play to one's imagination — дать свободу своему воображению

Their comprehensive minds would, in that state of society, have found no play. — Их острый ум при данном состоянии общества не нашёл бы простора для действия.

Syn:

freedom, opportunity

11) тех. свободный ход; зазор, люфт

12)

а) приостановка работы; положение неработающего (например, забастовка или безработица)

б) ( the play) шотл. школьные каникулы

13) разг. проигрывание аудиокассеты, диска с записанной музыкой

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- fair play

- foul play

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as good as a play — очень интересный, занимательный

while the play is good шотл. — пока ситуация не ухудшилась, не стала опасной, угрожающей

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. посл. — Мешай дело с бездельем, проживёшь век с весельем.; Постоянная работа без каких-либо развлечений отупляет человека.

- grandstand play

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