1.b> 1) (with) (), (.i> i>); a group of kids were playing with a ball in the street / ; you'll have to play inside today ; she likes playing with her dolls ; my daughter used to play with the kids next door ; there's a time to work and a time to play / ; let's play a different game , ;
2) (at) i> (), i> (.i> i>) [.i> .i> 9]; let's play pirates , ; they were playing at being cowboys , ; the boys were playing at soldiers [.i> .i> to play at; .i> ];
2.b> (on smb.) , i> (, ); i> , ; she loves playing practical jokes on her friends ; I thought: "this cannot be happening, somebody must be playing a joke" , , - / -; I thought my eyes must be playing tricks on me .i> , -;
3.b> .i> 1) (with, against) (, ); , .i> ; to play football [chess, cards] [, ] ; you play tennis, don't you? , ? he plays for Cleveland i> "" ; Gerard played very well ; France are playing Wales tomorrow ; Newcastle are playing against Arsenal tonight "" "" / ; to play smb. (at smth.) , ( / i> ); I'm playing him at squash tonight ;
2) i> (), i> ( i>); who's playing on the wing? ? I've never played right back before / ; he plays centre-forward / ;
3) i> (), i> / (i>); I think we should play him on the wing , ; the Regents played Harrison at centre in the game against Arizona "" "" ;
4.b> .i> i> (), i> / ; she played the ball and ran forward ; she played the ball low, just over the net i> , , ; he played the ball back to the goalkeeper / ; he played a backhand volley ; a good snooker player takes time deciding which shot to play , ;
5.b> 1) .i> (, ), i> ; she played her bishop / ;
2) .i> (, ), / i> ; to play one's ace [a trump] [] ; he played a ten of spades ; he played out of turn! !
6.b> 1) (), (, .i>); to play the piano [violin, flute, guitar] [, , ] ; he learned to play the clarinet at the age of ten ; she played a Bach prelude / ; play us that new piece, play that new piece to us / i> ; in the distance a band was playing i> / ; play up a bit I can hardly hear you! !
2) (), ( , i>); just then the music began to play ; somewhere in the house a guitar is playing ;
7.b> 1) (), (, . .i>); i> / (- i>) [.i> .i> play Ir> 8]; he isn't allowed to play the gramophone after ten o'clock / / / ; she played her records too loudly / ; I thought we'd play some tapes , / / ; play their new CD for me / play me their new CD /, please - / / / , ; DJs playing the latest house and techno tracks -, "" "" ; play the last few minutes of the video again / ;
2) (), , ( , ,i> .i> . i>); my favourite song was playing on the radio / ; what a time a reel of tape can play! / i> i> ! the radio was playing very loudly / ;
8.b> 1) i> () / ( , .i>); he had always wanted to play Othello , / ; the part of Elizabeth was played by Cate Blanchett i> ; Streep plays a shy, nervous woman i> , / ; playing a character so different from herself was a challenge ;
2) (in) .i> i> (, ) / , ( .i>) [.i> .i> part Ir> 5 2) i> ]; the media played an important part in the last election ; the UN would play a major role in monitoring a ceasefire ; the United States played a key role in getting the hostages released / ;
9.b> i> () / , i> ; i> ( .i>); to play deaf , ; to play the fool , ; , [.i> .i> fool Ir> ]; to play dumb ; , i> , , .i>; "what do you mean?" "Don't play dumb" " ?" " / "; the skipper played the innocent, but smuggled goods were found on his vessel / , ; some snakes fool predators by playing dead ; she felt she had to play the good wife , ; she likes to play the great lady ; the accusation that scientists are playing God , / ; would you mind playing host? ?
10.b> , , ( i>); "Macbeth" is playing at the Theatre Royal in York "" " " ; a production of "Carmen" was playing to packed houses "" / ;
11.b> i> () / ; he played the situation carefully for maximum advantage ; how do you want to play this meeting? ? to play it safe , ; investors are playing it cautious, and they're playing it smart ; to play it cool , ; / i> ;
12.b> (), , (.i> .i>); sunlight played on the surface of the lake / ; little beams of light played over the sea / ; a smile played across her lips ;
13.b> i> () / , ( , . i>); a fountain was playing in the courtyard outside , i> / ; the gardener's hosepipe is playing on the orange-trees / [.i> .i> 14 1)];
14.b> 1) (on) i> () , .i>; he played the water from the hose onto the garden / ; firefighters played their hoses onto the base of the fire [.i> .i> 13]; another battery which Marlborough erected to play upon the south-eastern bastion i> , i> - ;
2) () [.i> .i> gunplayr>]; the cannon on each side began to play ; they never cease playing with their ordnance, till they have laid all level with the ground , ;
15.b> 1) i> (), ; , ; he plays the horses i> / i> (i>);
2) i> (), ; I was a rich man but unfortunately I played the market , ;
16.b> (with) 1) i> () / , i> ; she tends to play with men's emotions / ; she realized that Patrick was merely playing with her , ;
2) ,i> i> (, ), i> - , , i> ; she was playing with her hair / i> / ; she stared at the floor, idly playing with the strap of her handbag / ; she was just playing with her food she didn't eat a mouthful / ; stop playing with the light switch! ! -!
3) i> (), , i> (.i> i>); after university, I played with the idea of teaching English in China i> ; we were playing with the possibility of moving to Glasgow ;
4) i> (), i> ( i>); in this poem he plays with words which sound alike / / ; the composer plays with the exotic sounds of Japanese instruments / ;
to play aboutb> (with) 1) i> (), i> i> ; i> ; to play about with a young girl's affections ; ;
2) .i> i> / i> (), ; i> ;
to play alongb> (with) , i> (), (.i> / i>); I know you don't like his idea, but just play along with him for a while , , , / , ; she had to play along and be polite , i> ;
to play aroundb> 1) = to play about 1); don't play around with my tools! / ! stop playing around and get on with your homework! / !
2) = to play about 2); wasn't she playing around with another man? i> ? her husband is always playing around / ;
to play atb> i> i> (); i> ( i>); his parents are so rich that he can just play at business / at being a businessman / , / ; she's only playing at being an actress she's going off to law school next year / ;
to play awayb> 1) .i> / (), / ( i>) [.i> .i> away Ir> 2];
2) (); , ( i>);
to play backb> (), i> (- .i>) [.i> .i> playbackr>]; he played back his answering machine messages / ; play that last section back to me again / / ;
to play downb> i> (); / , ..i> i> i> [.i> .i> downplayr>]; military spokespeople tried to play down the seriousness of the disaster / ; management has been playing down the possibility of job losses / ;
to play offb> 1) .i> i> / () / ( i>) [.i> .i> play-off i> playoff r>]; the top two teams will play off for the country title ; the losing semifinalists will play off for third place ;
2) (against) i> (, ), ; i> / (.i> i>); she played her two rivals off against each other and got the job herself / ; management policy seemed to be to play one department off against another , ; the house seller may try to play one buyer off against another, to raise the price , / ;
to play outb> .i> passi> i> refli> (), , ; it will be interesting to see how the election plays itself out , ; their love affair was played out against the backdrop of war i> ; let's wait and see how things play out , ;
to play upb> 1) i> (), i> i> i> ; the official report plays up the likely benefits of the scheme, but glosses over the costs / , ;
2) .i> i> i> () / ; i> ; my shoulder is playing me up today ; my knee's been playing me up this week , / ; the car's playing up again / ;
3) .i> () ; the boys have been playing up at school again ; the kids have been playing up all day / ;
go play with yourself!b> .i> ! ! , ! oh, go play with yourself! , ! to have smth. to play withb> .i> (.i> i>); having only 200 to play with, they bought a second-hand piano 200 , ; the budget is very tight, so there isn't much money to play with , i> ; to play on smth.b> , ; ; this film about handicapped people is just playing on people's sympathy / / ; an election campaign which plays on the population's fear of change , ; the ad plays on our emotions, showing a doctor holding a newborn baby ; to play truant,b> .i> .i> to play hookyb> / , "" [.i> .i> truantr> i> hookyr>]; to play upon smth.b> = to play on smth. [.i> ]; to play with oneselfb> .i> .i> ; what is smb. playing at?b> ? ? (, i>); what the hell are you playing at? , ? what is that driver playing at? / ! to play fast and looseb> .i> fast IIr> ; to play the manb> .i> man Ir> 1 1).
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