to play a game of tennis

have or play a game of tennis/chess etc. [with somebody] — eine Partie Tennis/Schach usw. [mit jemandem] spielen

have or play a game of football [with somebody] — Fußball [mit jemandem] spielen

be on/off one's game — gut in Form/nicht in Form sein

beat somebody at his own game — (fig.) jemanden mit seinen eigenen Waffen schlagen (geh.)

play the game — (fig.) sich an die Spielregeln halten (fig.)

[I'll show her that] two can play at that game — (fig.) was sie kann, kann ich auch

play somebody's game — jemandem in die Hände arbeiten; (for one's own benefit) jemandes Spiel mitspielen

the game is up — (coll.) das Spiel ist aus

what's his game? — (coll.) was hat er vor?

what's the game? — (coll.) was soll das?

be new to the game — (fig.) neu im Geschäft sein (auch fig. ugs.)

be/go on the game — [Prostituierte:] anschaffen gehen (salopp)

don't play games with me — versuch nicht, mich auf den Arm zu nehmen (ugs.)

good at games — gut im Sport

game to Graf — (Tennis) Spiel Graf

game, set, and match — (Tennis) Spiel, Satz und Sieg

fair game — (fig.) Freiwild, das

easy game — (fig. coll.) leichte Beute

big game — Großwild, das

be game to do something — (be willing) bereit sein, etwas zu tun

we had a quick game of cards after supper — nach dem Essen spielten wir ein bisschen Karten

game of chance — Glücksspiel nt

game of skill — Geschicklichkeitsspiel nt

game set and match to X — Satz und Spiel (geht an) X

he's just playing ( silly) games — für ihn ist es nur ein Spiel

two can play at that game, that's a game (that) two can play — wie du mir, so ich dir (inf)

to spoil sb's little game — jdm das Spiel verderben, jdm die Suppe versalzen (inf)

I wonder what his game is? — ich frage mich, was er vorhat or im Schilde führt

so that's your game, is it? — darauf willst du also hinaus!

to be/keep ahead of the game (fig) — um eine Nasenlänge voraus sein/bleiben

he's in the second-hand car game — er macht in Gebrauchtwagen (inf)

to be/go on the game (esp Brit) — auf den Strich gehen (inf)

to be game for anything — für alles zu haben sein, zu allen Schandtaten bereit sein (hum inf)

have or play a game of tennis/chess etc. [with somebody] — eine Partie Tennis/Schach usw. [mit jemandem] spielen

have or play a game of football [with somebody] — Fußball [mit jemandem] spielen

beat somebody at his own game — (fig.) jemanden mit seinen eigenen Waffen schlagen (geh.)

play the game — (fig.) sich an die Spielregeln halten (fig.)

[I'll show her that] two can play at that game — (fig.) was sie kann, kann ich auch

play somebody's game — jemandem in die Hände arbeiten; (for one's own benefit) jemandes Spiel mitspielen

the game is up — (coll.) das Spiel ist aus

what's his game? — (coll.) was hat er vor?

what's the game? — (coll.) was soll das?

be new to the game — (fig.) neu im Geschäft sein (auch fig. ugs.)

be/go on the game — [Prostituierte:] anschaffen gehen (salopp)

don't play games with me — versuch nicht, mich auf den Arm zu nehmen (ugs.)

game to Graf — (Tennis) Spiel Graf

game, set, and match — (Tennis) Spiel, Satz und Sieg

fair game — (fig.) Freiwild, das

easy game — (fig. coll.) leichte Beute

big game — Großwild, das

be game to do something — (be willing) bereit sein, etwas zu tun

play was interrupted — se interrumpió el juego or el partido

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

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

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

radio play — obra f radiofónica

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

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

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

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

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

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

• to be at play — estar jugando

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

to be in play — [ball] estar en juego

to be out of play — [ball] estar fuera de juego

radio/television play — obra f para radio/televisión

to be in a play — [actor] actuar en una obra

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

• 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

• a play on words — un juego de palabras

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

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

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

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

• 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

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

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

to play with fire — (fig) jugar con fuego

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

• 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

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 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

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

• to play on the piano — tocar el piano

• to play to sb — tocar para algn

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

play clothes NPL — ropa f para jugar

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

play was interrupted — se interrumpió el juego or el partido

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

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

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

radio play — obra f radiofónica

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

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

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

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

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

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

to come into play — entrare in gioco o in ballo

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

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

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

to come into play — entrare in gioco o in ballo

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

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

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

equestrian plays - спорт. конные игры

actual play - спорт. игра со счётом (очков) /на счёт/

loose play - спорт. свободная игра ( без счёта) [см. тж. 4)]

to bring the ball into play - спорт. ввести мяч в игру

in play! - спорт. в игре!

out of play - спорт. вне игры! [см. тж. 9]

the ball is in [out of] play - спорт. мяч в игре [вне игры]

foul play - игра с нарушением правил, грубая игра [см. тж. 9,2)]