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1 play checkers
expr AmE slHe started playing checkers as the lights went out — Как только в кинотеатре погас свет, он начал пересаживаться с места на место, пытаясь кого-нибудь закадрить
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2 play checkers
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3 draughts
[draːft]nUSAGE:(1.) Draughts, как и некоторые другие названия игр - cards - карты, darts - дротики, checkers - шашки, имеют форму, сходную с формой множественного числа, и в этом плане совпадают с формой их русских соответствий. Однако в отличие от русских английские существительные согласуются с глаголом в форме единственного числа: draughts (checkers) is played by two people в шашки играют двое; cards was his favourite game карты были его любимой игрой. (2.) See billiards, n (3.) See play, v (4.) See chess, n (5.) See cards, n
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