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21 play the fool
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22 play a
((not) to be one of the people who are doing (something): He played no part in the robbery.) (k)eine Rolle spielen in -
23 play havoc with
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24 play for time
(to delay an action, decision etc in the hope that conditions will improve.) Zeit zu gewinnen suchen* * *expr.Zeit zu gewinnen suchen ausdr. -
25 play the game
(to act fairly and honestly.) das Spiel mitspielen -
26 play the guitar
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27 play the woman
expr.empfindlich sein ausdr. -
28 The band begins to play.
expr.Jetzt wird es ernst. ausdr. -
29 play something on the violin
(etwas) auf der Geige etc. spielenEnglish-German idiom dictionary > play something on the violin
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30 play the hero
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31 foul play
(a criminal act, especially involving murder: A man has been found dead and the police suspect foul play.) das Verbrechen* * *n no pl\foul play is not suspected ein Verbrechen wird ausgeschlossen* * *n1) (SPORT) unfaires or regelwidriges Spiel; (= fouls) Fouls pl2) (fig) Unredlichkeiten plthe police do not suspect foul play — die Polizei hat keinen Verdacht auf einen unnatürlichen or gewaltsamen Tod
there was no evidence of foul play — es gab keine Beweise, die auf Mord or einen gewaltsamen Tod schließen ließen
* * *1. unfaires Spiel, Unsportlichkeit f2. (Gewalt)Verbrechen n, besonders Mord m:he met with foul play er fiel einem Verbrechen zum Opfer -
32 piggy-in-the-middle
noun1) (game) Schweinchen in der Mitte2) (fig.): (person)I don't want to be or play piggy-in-the-middle — ich möchte nicht zwischen die Fronten geraten
* * *noun1) (game) Schweinchen in der Mitte2) (fig.): (person)I don't want to be or play piggy-in-the-middle — ich möchte nicht zwischen die Fronten geraten
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33 fair play
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34 slack play in the gearing
English-german engineering dictionary > slack play in the gearing
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35 deviously play the Brussels ticket
deviously play the Brussels ticket (infrml) POL (infrml) über Brüsseler Bande spielen, den Umweg über Brüssel nehmen, den Umweg über Brüssel machen (was auf nationaler Ebene politisch nicht durchführbar ist, wird häufig über die EU unter anderen politischen Lobby- und Mehrheitsbedingungen durchgesetzt: ein Fachministerium kann damit ein nationales Regulierungsvorhaben, das im eigenen Land nicht realisierbar ist, in Brüssel anstoßen und es, unter Umgehung des Subsidiaritätsprinzips und nationaler Gesetzgebungsverfahren, dort verhandeln, um am Ende im jeweiligen Fachministerrat selbst darüber zu entscheiden)Englisch-Deutsch Fachwörterbuch der Wirtschaft > deviously play the Brussels ticket
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36 bring/come into play
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37 in the open
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38 in play
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39 out of play
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40 air play
(Radio) das Spielen einer Platte im Radiothe record receives or gets no/a great deal of airplay — die Platte wird [überhaupt] nicht/wird sehr häufig im Radio gespielt
* * *noun, no pl.(Radio) das Spielen einer Platte im Radiothe record receives or gets no/a great deal of airplay — die Platte wird [überhaupt] nicht/wird sehr häufig im Radio gespielt
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