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1 have a checkered past
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2 chequered
tr['ʧekəd]1 (cloth, pattern) a cuadros2 figurative use (past, history, career) con altibajos, accidentado,-a'tʃekərd, 'tʃekəd (US) ['tʃekǝd]1. ADJ1) (=checked) [tablecloth, shirt, pattern] a cuadros, de cuadros2) (=varied)a chequered career — una carrera accidentada or llena de altibajos
2.CPDchequered flag N — (Motor racing) bandera f a cuadros
* * *['tʃekərd, 'tʃekəd]
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Checkered Past — Studio album by Bob Tom Released 1995 Genre Comedy Label … Wikipedia
Checkered Past (album) — Infobox Album Name = Checkered Past Type = Album Artist = Bob Tom Released = 1995 Recorded = Genre = Comedy Length = Label = Producer = Bob Kevoian, Tom Griswold, Dean Metcalf, Steve Allee Reviews = Checkered Past is a comedy album by The Bob and … Wikipedia
Checkered — Check ered (ch[e^]k [ e]rd), a. 1. Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material. [1913 Webster] Dancing in the checkered shade. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
checkered — check|ered [ tʃekərd ] adjective 1. ) if someone has had a checkered past or a checkered career, they have experienced both successes and failures: He remains a popular figure despite his checkered past. 2. ) with a pattern of squares in two… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
checkered — /chek euhrd/, adj. 1. marked by numerous and various shifts or changes; variegated: a checkered career. 2. marked by dubious episodes; suspect in character or quality: a checkered past. 3. marked with squares: a checkered fabric. 4. diversified… … Universalium
checkered — adjective Date: 1656 marked by alternation or contrast of fortune < the best album of his checkered career Mark Coleman >; especially marked by many problems or failures < trying to prevent discovery of his checkered past > … New Collegiate Dictionary
checkered — adjective a) divided into squares, or into light and dark patches. That is a checkered tablecloth. b) changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty I have a checkered past … Wiktionary
checkered — check•ered [[t]ˈtʃɛk ərd[/t]] adj. 1) cvb marked by numerous shifts or changes: a checkered career[/ex] 2) cvb marked by dubious episodes: a checkered past[/ex] 3) marked with squares 4) varigated in color or shading • Etymology: 1350–1400 … From formal English to slang
checkered — check|ered also chequered BrE [ˈtʃekəd US ərd] adj 1.) having a pattern made up of squares of two different colours ▪ a red and white checkered tablecloth ▪ a checkered marble floor 2.) have a checkered history/career/past etc to have had periods … Dictionary of contemporary English
checkered — also chequered BrE adjective 1 having a pattern made up of squares of two different colours: a checkered tablecloth | checkered tiles in the bathroom 2 have a checkered history/past/career etc to have had periods of failure as well as successful… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
past — n. time preceding the present 1) a checkered (AE), chequered (BE); dark, murky past 2) in the past 3) (misc.) to recapture the past * * * [pɑːst] dark murky past chequered (BE) (misc.) to recapture the past in the past … Combinatory dictionary