I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a ball game
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He’s always watching ball games on TV.
a championship game/match
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He was playing in his first championship game of the season.
a chess game/match
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Who won the chess game?
a computer game
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Kids love playing computer games.
a football match/game
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Do you often go to football matches?
a game bird (= that people shoot and eat )
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They hunt game birds such as ducks and pheasants.
a game of golf
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Anybody fancy a game of golf this afternoon?
a game show (= in which people play games or answer questions to win prizes )
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It’s been a popular game show for years.
a hard-fought battle/contest/game etc
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one of the most hard-fought games this season
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a hard-fought battle for the presidency
a team game/sport (= one that is played by teams )
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In those days, girls didn’t play team sports.
arcade game
ball game
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I used to be a teacher, so working in an office is a whole new ball game.
big game
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a big game hunter
board game
end game
fair game
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The young star’s behavior made her fair game for the tabloid press.
game of bluff
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Whatever you say, you must do it. This isn’t a game of bluff .
game park
game plan
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He has his game plan all worked out.
game point
game reserve
game show
game warden
games console
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They're bringing out a new games console this Christmas.
gave the game away (= showed something that he was trying to keep secret )
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The look on his face gave the game away .
give the game away (= give information that should be secret )
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I don’t want to give the game away by saying too much.
head game
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He’s obviously playing head games with you.
home team/game/crowd/club etc
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The home team took the lead after 25 minutes.
in as many days/weeks/games etc
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A great trip! We visited five countries in as many days in five days .
multi-player gaming
Olympic Games, the
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the 1976 Olympic Games
parlour game
party games
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The children had great fun playing party games.
pick-up game
platform game
playing head games
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He’s obviously playing head games with you.
shell game
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Critics called the proposal a shell game.
video game
war game
win a game/match
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It’s supposed to be easier to win your home games.
zero-sum game
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Diplomatic negotiations often aim at a zero-sum game.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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He says it's a big game for me and the club.
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Everyone else is capable of a big game but rarely do they occur together.
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It's all a big game .
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Nebraska finishes with Iowa State, watered-down Colorado and some second-tier opponent in the Big 12 title game .
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They reckon it's no bad thing to be going from one big game to another.
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The biggest game of them all!
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He scooped the jackpot and a diamond ring prize after calling house on 52 in our big money game number 229.
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I love to play in big games .
fair
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All kinds of birds and fish were also fair game , with parrots being particularly prized prey.
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Any woman on this street would seem to be fair game , and especially a gaijin.
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Unlike the Koran, however, the Bible has long been fair game for spirited literary re-readings.
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Government officials were always fair game to be bought by special interests.
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To be fair his game did exceed that. emailinc Glurk.
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And everything is fair game: If it moves, you can shoot.
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However, small, non-mechanical parts are fair game and might show considerable savings.
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Without a man, such women would be fair game for violence from anyone.
good
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Female speaker It's a good laugh; good team game , loads of spirit.
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So the Raiders played their best game of the season.
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Neil Greenwood says Rugby League is a better game than Union.
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She really wasn't any good at this game of deception - especially where her friend was concerned.
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My best games are ahead of me.
olympic
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But it also did not want to tarnish its image as a candidate to host the 2008 Olympic games .
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The same teams meet in a pool A Olympic game July 26.
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The third task of universities is a sort of Olympic games for intellectuals.
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These Olympic games are themselves the product not of a municipal bid, but of private entrepreneurship.
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The Olympic games version would settle for less than 10 per cent of school-leavers.
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It happened at the Olympic games at Munich in 1972.
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So important were the Olympic games in the ancient world that the calendar was set by them.
video
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At one school, children watched television and played video games as usual.
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Why not turn the sport into a video game ?
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He saw her playing with the video games , checking out the board games, giving the stuffed animals trial hugs.
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The self-absorbed child who is bright and verbal may be-come quite expert in computer, chess, and video games .
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Congressional interest in video game violence has decreased.
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You can also use his interest in computer or video games to motivate him to join in other activities.
whole
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In my case, this may happen once in a whole game .
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Pretty music underscores the whole game .
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I don't want you giving away our whole game .
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It was so loud the whole game that you really have to appreciate that.
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Clearly the whole game has a dimension of linear extension which enables a continual process of growth in recognition.
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My whole game came together, putting included.
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He did nearly nothing the whole game .
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Do you want me to slam into 300-pound guys the whole game ?
■ NOUN
ball
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Read in studio Still to come on Central News, it's a whole new ball game .
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Analysts said the company had done just what it needed to do to stay in the telephone company ball game .
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He also went out to the streets of Sedgefield to interview villagers on their feelings about the Sedgefield ball game .
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Nothing works quite like finger food in terms of complementing a b-\#ball game .
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This war will start at an appointed time, like a ball game .
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Everyone laughed. Ball games became even more fun.
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They looked like three guys relaxing after a ball game .
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As we enter the final straight, everything will hinge on how we respond and adjust to the new ball game .
board
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Games At one time most games relevant to history were board games.
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Lots of computer-generated technical dazzle in this fantasy about jungle animals escaping a supernatural board game and terrorizing a New Hampshire town.
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When you are laying out a new workshop you can play a particularly entertaining board game .
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He saw her playing with the video games , checking out the board games, giving the stuffed animals trial hugs.
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But this trendy new board game is littered with connotations of drug use.
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Cyril said, throwing the board games , one by one, downward.
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A family hooked on the board game Cluedo found Asha'a body in Somerset last week, 14 years after she vanished.
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Designed like a board game , your choices move a young writer through his career.
card
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He was said to have returned to his own room to finish a card game of patience before reporting finding the body.
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She also acts vividly, and the card game and last-minute rescue are effectively tense.
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Consider the card games , whist and bridge.
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There were, as Yves had predicted so confidently, no card games in the boathouse.
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A little fat guy came in and said he was for the card game in Room 42.
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Many also knew card games like monte, poker, and seven-up.
computer
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Children from well-off families would rather play computer games than go outside.
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The museum car also features computer games and quizzes to test visitors' knowledge of train lore and station architecture.
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We both read a great deal and play computer games .
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They played computer games , partied together, had a lot of the same friends.
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The children in particular had a great time with computer games , entertainers and bouncy castles to keep them occupied.
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Presley City, all of it, is some kind of big computer game .
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Entertainment World run one of the biggest computer games clubs.
football
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In May 1988, Tudorbury dealers had the bright idea of fixing a football game with Harvard Securities.
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Or with so many global crises to keep an eye on, what the Almighty was doing watching a football game .
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He also happened to have a wager on the outcome of the football game .
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All were allegedly taken at the same football game by freelance photographer E. J. Flammer.
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Lula exclaimed when Alvin approached her with news of a school football game he was to play in.
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Oh, and there will a football game , too.
home
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Also, what's the situation with home games ?
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Every home game has been sold out to season ticket-holders since 1960.
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It was tense for a few minutes ... but it was the first home game ... and the first win at stake.
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It is attached to the hotel where the Packers stay the night before their home games .
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Middlesbrough hope for a good crowd despite it being the third home game of the week.
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The caution takes Mohan to 21 points and a one-match ban that will rule him out of the home game against Barnsley.
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David takes him to one of the home games , then briefs Jody by phone before the guy calls for a date.
league
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This, in fact, was the seventh defeat in their last nine League games .
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It's Monday night and he's watching a National Football League game .
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Chelsea have yet to win a League game in his absence, taking four points from a possible 12.
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Their first league game was played at the beginning of September, at the Glenpatrick Road pitch.
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Worked-out by the all-conquering micro-chip this gives Durham four home fixtures, including two Sunday league games , by April 26.
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Crosby has 18 players in his squad all fighting to make a Wembley impression in the remaining four league games .
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We haven't lost in 13 league games 8 of which are wins.
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Darlington had only eight wins in 31 League games , with the worst defensive away record in the four divisions.
show
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Eccentric I see that the television game show that inspired letters to you recently has been at it again.
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Sting performed at the Super Bowl pre-game show .
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The Christmas Day morale booster was only the game show host's second trip outside hospital since his near-fatal crash.
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So it's only politically correct and fair to write about an actor who's appearing on that other famous game show .
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And television has enshrined these twin virtues in quiz and games shows .
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A game show appeared to be in progress, and lights were flashing, indicating that some one had won.
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This isn't some game show where you barter with another contestant for the big prize.
war
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Many of these were war games which involved the movement of fighting forces and resources over a map on the board.
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But such autopsies, like war games , often bear little resemblance to actual war.
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The unit was one of dozens participating in the Kernel Blitz 97 biennial war game at Camp Pendleton.
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Planned events include a fantasy role-playing war games day, an Easter egg hunt and motorcycle display.
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The U.S. military's favorite way of testing its assumptions and ideas is to run a war game .
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The war game was fought out at Schriever Air Force base in Colorado and was set in space in the year 2017.
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Generals love virtual reality, war games of any kind.
■ VERB
lose
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Unfortunately we lost our last game and other results went against us so we were down and out.
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Past Cat teams would have been mortified at the thought of losing four conference games .
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After a convincing win in game 1 Kasparov fell prey to overconfidence, losing games 4 and 5.
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Drake was the only team that offered a real challenge, and Oregon lost that game .
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It would have been very easy for the Cats to lose that game .
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Nearest challengers Enfield lost their third game in a row by 2-0 at home to Basingstoke Town.
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I was lost in the game .
miss
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Scrafford also injured a foot last year and missed nine games .
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He misses his second game in succession when Instonians are the visitors tomorrow at Stevenson Park.
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No way I was going to miss that game .
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And I was missing too many games complaining of a bad knee when there was nothing really wrong with it.
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He missed all of April last season with a strained left hip and missed 20 games due to injury.
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Spellman, in the second year of a four-year, $ 11. 6 million contract, had missed five straight games .
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In 1995-96, he averaged seven points over 51 games , missing 23 games with a sprained ankle.
play
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But we're certainly not going to play highest-bidder games .
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I know how to play the game myself.
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The voluptuous actress wouldn't need to play foolish games with him.
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The graphics and special effects are described by many who have played the game as being well beyond anything out there.
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Don't play games with me, dear monk.
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But Symington and the Legislature are simply playing games here.
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Or am I playing some deep game , as I was with the choice of accommodation?
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Roberts' poor physical condition combined with nagging injuries prevented him from playing more than 51 games in the past four seasons.
start
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Highly-rated midfielder Gary Owers could also start a game for the first time in over three months, depending on Bracewell's condition.
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Kent Graham has been in the league and started games .
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In no time, your baby will be starting this hilarious game himself.
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Carr started 10 games early in the season when the Suns were banged up.
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Law 10 Kick-Off A place-kick is now only taken to start the game , or to start the game after half-time.
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He started the majority of games in the final two months of the season as Clyde Drexler recovered from knee surgery.
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She had a good view of the hospital entrance, so she started her private game of guessing what the people were.
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Right-hander Carlos Reyes, who will pitch opening day, has started just 10 major-league games .
watch
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Even better, the two young women were lounging near the bar, watching the darts game in progress.
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We were sitting around, watching games , imagining every scenario.
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We used to watch the game together and I'd suddenly see him wince in pain.
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The simple joy of watching a game slowly unfold was replaced by the chrome brutality of the box score.
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But if you watched Swindon's game on Sunday ... you were in for a treat.
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Parents have to drive them to soccer practice, and stay to watch the game , or be considered child abusers.
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They all started watching the game very intently.
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It takes an hour and a half to watch the game .
win
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No-one deserved to win this uninspiring game !
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The Bears won just one more game after that, finishing the year with a disappointing 6-6 record.
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Give the flower to Mum to win the game .
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They won more games since Jan. 7 than the Sharks won all year.
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Now, whatever Wimbledon do, Bradford will stay up if they win their last two games .
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And even if equal opportunity to win the game were attained it would only establish the game.
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In terms of price for what you get, it wins - game , set and match.
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The present and future won a big basketball game Wednesday night at the Coliseum Arena.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(play) a/the waiting game
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Although most people were relieved that the waiting game was over, the first days and nights were nerve-racking.
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But von Steinholz wanted to play a waiting game and see where the trail led him.
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Friday, and volunteer fireman Dave Papenfuss said it was purely a waiting game after that.
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It was a waiting game now, she thought anxiously.
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Lucy only wished that she could have more of the patience required to play a waiting game.
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She had played a waiting game with great skill in the 1540s.
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The Danley strike, like many others, was a waiting game and a numbers game.
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Unfortunately, with work inhibition, the waiting game only ensures future problems.
a whole new ball game
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I used to be a teacher, so working in an office is a whole new ball game.
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Although not my cup of tea, I must admit Manchester United is a whole new ball game.
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Read in studio Still to come on Central News, it's a whole new ball game.
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So obviously if he's hidden this one, he's playing a whole new ball game.
ahead of the game/curve
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Belmont city leaders have never been ahead of the curve in environmental matters.
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Businesses that want to stay ahead of the curve find trend research crucial.
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It just shows how desperate New Yorkers are to be ahead of the curve.
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Reagan was ahead of the curve in his sensible discussion of the economics of Social Security.
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The successful programs I know of in college football stay ahead of the game.
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Then again, some major thinkers are way ahead of the curve.
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This talk gave me another view of Mike-a little guy who had once been ahead of the game.
be a mug's game
be at the top of your game
fun and games
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It started out as fun and games but became a successful business.
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A wild midnight gallop lands her on the very doorstep of her ancestral home, and the fun and games commence.
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As head of the Fort Baxter motor pool, Bilko runs all the fun and games on the base.
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Free fun and games ... Happy children make happy holidays - for everyone.
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In return for the fun and games, the youthful members, whether or not interested in politics, are expected to help with the electioneering.
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It was not all fun and games.
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Next time the left hand section of Cheedale's Cornice dries out, we should see some fun and games.
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Party and Class All this fun and games is not looked upon with disapproval by the seniors in the Conservative Party.
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Police suspected that the boys, whose fun and games hurt a lot of people, were on drugs.
play (a game of) cat and mouse (with sb)
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For the rest of the hunting season, the saboteurs will play a cat and mouse game with the huntsmen.
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They played cat and mouse with the Bay, now scrambling for the outside, now sneaking back in.
play games
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As a child she preferred playing games with boys to dressing up dolls.
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But Symington and the Legislature are simply playing games here.
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Don't waste time by playing games.
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I don't play games at all!
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If they want to play games with their parachutes, then that is their affair.
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Just going out to resupply some patrols on a secure road was so bland that we played games to make it interesting.
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The Dauphin was showing Henry that he was just a stupid kid who should still be playing games.
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They can only create challenges for themselves, play games within the games.
play the game
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Diillon won't get promoted if he's not willing to play the game.
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He thought he was playing the game again.
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I know how to play the game myself.
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Just like playing the game itself, it seems.
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Last year three hundred and sixty pupils were injured from three thousand schools who regularly play the game.
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Most manufacturers have played the game.
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Until that point we were really just playing the game.
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We assume to start with that the weighted patterns provide a rough guide to playing the game.
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While online, the user could play the game, which would be stored in short-term memory.
the name of the game
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Popularity is the name of the game in television.
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But inequality is still the name of the game for many.
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No-one ever really suggested it and we never knew the name of the game.
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Popularity is the name of the game in television.
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Selection is inevitable and flexibility is the name of the game.
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Survival was the name of the game, as it has been throughout history.
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When the cause is known the effects are clearly understood: metaphysics was the name of the game.
the shock/surprise/game etc of sb's life
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And so that would be the surprise of her life .
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But on Sunday Collins played the game of his life in destroying the fancied Vikings.
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Goalie Garth Snow played the game of his life to save Philly.
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He had arrived before the others, and got the shock of his life when he saw Nails.
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He said he was the security guard, but he had the shock of his life when he saw me.
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She is having the game of her life .
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So when he followed up by pointing us towards the touchline, I got the shock of my life .
throw a match/game/fight
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This year, he is throwing a game party at his home in Austin.
two can play at that game
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Psychic Detective" is a CD-ROM computer game from Electronic Arts Studios.
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a video game
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About 7 million households have people who play computer games.
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Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-2 in a thrilling game .
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Board games are still popular gifts.
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board games like Monopoly and Ludo
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Chadwick suggested that baseball evolved from the English game of rounders.
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Chess is such a difficult game .
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Do you want to come and watch the volleyball game this Saturday?
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Evansville will play Maryland in the championship game .
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Harvey has devised a Spanish-English language card game .
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Have you ever played Mah Jong? It's a Chinese game .
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How about a game of tennis this evening?
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I'm not very good at card games.
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I got two tickets for the Bulls' game .
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In Wales, rugby is the national game .
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Let's have a game of chess.
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Rugby is a very exciting, fast-moving game .
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Sampras leads, two games to one.
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Sharpe had injured a knee in a football game a few weeks earlier
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Breakdown must be one of the best reader's games we've ever had.
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But I just tried to keep focusing on the game .
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In 18 games for Ottawa last season he had 15 points.
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Players have stepped up their games.
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That is why so few books on the middle game , he wrote, though plenty on openings and endgames.
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The Vikings nearly won the game in regulation.
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Then you proceed to get all the other pairs to win the game ten pairs to none.
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They were, though, marginally the more inventive in a game that showed signs of decline from the early stages.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
straight
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They hit 10 of 17 attempts, the fourth straight game they have made 10 or more 3-pointers.
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It was the second straight game Lang and Conacher were held out.
■ NOUN
animal
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At that time, an ice age was ending, game animals were flourishing, and humans were relatively few.
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A more challenging species of game animal .
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Only one of the hoofed mammals has never been a game animal .
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Studies have shown that game animals , principally venison, are more efficient land users than domesticated livestock.
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As huntress she both preserves and destroys game animals , but she does not draw the line at animals.
ball
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They gave him a standing ovation from the dugout and promised to present him with the game ball .
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Palic, whose best punt was a 55-yard bomb, was awarded a game ball afterward.
bird
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All my work has been involved with estates where game birds were the prime consideration.
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Shopping for Quail Quail, one of the most widely available of all game birds , are stocked in many poultry departments.
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Some of these may be used in combination when grilling meat or game birds .
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It is one of the few game birds where the flavor does not vary substantially between the wild and farm-raised fowl.
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Like all other game birds , quail need to be cooked carefully to avoid overcooking, as the flesh can dry out.
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They are, however, slightly more forgiving than squab and other game birds to overcooking.
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Pickling is a very old technique that was used to preserve game birds before refrigeration was widely available.
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Similar accomplishments can be found in the raising of many almost-extinct species of game birds , such as wild turkey.
day
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But on game day , security shut that down.
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They sold 271 burritos on game day , 38 the day before.
face
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Stunned, the Haleys managed to put on a game face .
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Jody wants them to put on their game face , to get serious, get tough.
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This is the closest she has ever come to having a game face .
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The players all have their game faces on.
park
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Yes, Bert agreed, he had gone to the game parks with his whole family. he had seen them.
plan
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When he needed to vary his game plan Hamed was unable to.
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That took them out of the game plan , too.
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The previous commissioner spent months with us, analysing our game plans and marketing strategy.
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Member companies spent most of the first year trying to hammer out a mission and a game plan .
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Whether he can establish a solid relationship with him, likes his attitude-and if that player fits his game plan .
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The Raiders' game plan revealed astonishing flexibility.
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As the staff looks toward the future, its game plan is to provide quality care.
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Rison was conspicuously absent from much of the Jaguars' game plan .
play
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It must have stunning graphics, appealing game play and often a computer opponent of just the right difficulty level.
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The game play is choppy, with slow player movements, while shooting and ball control are difficult to handle.
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The result of this advance to multimedia users will mean higher-quality graphics, extended 3-D animation and enhanced game play .
player
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An attempt by Bandai to break into the game player business has encountered even more problems.
show
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Afterwards it feels like the satisfactory completion of another episode of a long-running game show .
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They appeared with starlets at cabarets, guested on game shows and even flirted with politics, always wearing their masks.
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Traditionally, a game show has a host.
theory
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Recently game theory has made strides.
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One of the few notions from game theory to penetrate the popular culture was the distinction of zero-sum and nonzero-sum games.
time
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Camby is expected to suit up and decide just before game time whether to play.
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But at game time , when they were warming up, they had white players on their team.
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Even football fans may be driven to boycott the products, turn off the television set at game time or throw up.
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The song echoes through Mac Court, which, just a few minutes before game time , is almost empty.
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A few hours before game time Thursday afternoon, Jody is out jogging around the marina.
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Two hours before game time , she was curled up on her living-room floor clutching her stomach.
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Jody tells the team in the locker room before game time .
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His availability will be determined at game time .
warden
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The game warden and the biospherians were facing each other on either side of a thick airtight window.
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On patrol, game warden Jay Little Hawk discovers the bodies of a herd of mutilated deer.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An attempt by Bandai to break into the game player business has encountered even more problems.
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But at game time, when they were warming up, they had white players on their team.
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Meat stocks are essential to the intense sauces commonly found in game cooking.
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The game play and artificial intelligence are unmatched in sports video gaming.
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The present $ 400 gap between it and the game machines looks daunting.
III. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
computer
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Years ago, my introduction to computer gaming came via a program called Adventure.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a whole new ball game
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I used to be a teacher, so working in an office is a whole new ball game.
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Although not my cup of tea, I must admit Manchester United is a whole new ball game.
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Read in studio Still to come on Central News, it's a whole new ball game.
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So obviously if he's hidden this one, he's playing a whole new ball game.
ahead of the game/curve
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Belmont city leaders have never been ahead of the curve in environmental matters.
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Businesses that want to stay ahead of the curve find trend research crucial.
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It just shows how desperate New Yorkers are to be ahead of the curve.
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Reagan was ahead of the curve in his sensible discussion of the economics of Social Security.
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The successful programs I know of in college football stay ahead of the game.
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Then again, some major thinkers are way ahead of the curve.
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This talk gave me another view of Mike-a little guy who had once been ahead of the game.
be a mug's game
be at the top of your game
fun and games
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It started out as fun and games but became a successful business.
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A wild midnight gallop lands her on the very doorstep of her ancestral home, and the fun and games commence.
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As head of the Fort Baxter motor pool, Bilko runs all the fun and games on the base.
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Free fun and games ... Happy children make happy holidays - for everyone.
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In return for the fun and games, the youthful members, whether or not interested in politics, are expected to help with the electioneering.
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It was not all fun and games.
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Next time the left hand section of Cheedale's Cornice dries out, we should see some fun and games.
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Party and Class All this fun and games is not looked upon with disapproval by the seniors in the Conservative Party.
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Police suspected that the boys, whose fun and games hurt a lot of people, were on drugs.
play (a game of) cat and mouse (with sb)
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For the rest of the hunting season, the saboteurs will play a cat and mouse game with the huntsmen.
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They played cat and mouse with the Bay, now scrambling for the outside, now sneaking back in.
the name of the game
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Popularity is the name of the game in television.
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But inequality is still the name of the game for many.
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No-one ever really suggested it and we never knew the name of the game.
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Popularity is the name of the game in television.
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Selection is inevitable and flexibility is the name of the game.
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Survival was the name of the game, as it has been throughout history.
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When the cause is known the effects are clearly understood: metaphysics was the name of the game.
the shock/surprise/game etc of sb's life
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And so that would be the surprise of her life .
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But on Sunday Collins played the game of his life in destroying the fancied Vikings.
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Goalie Garth Snow played the game of his life to save Philly.
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He had arrived before the others, and got the shock of his life when he saw Nails.
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He said he was the security guard, but he had the shock of his life when he saw me.
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She is having the game of her life .
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So when he followed up by pointing us towards the touchline, I got the shock of my life .
two can play at that game
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Console users take gaming seriously, and their brand loyalty is frightening.
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For one thing, most other potential bidders have expertise in either lodging or gaming, not both.
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So heed Film's guide to gaming.
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The game play and artificial intelligence are unmatched in sports video gaming.
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The next largest source of income is from raffles and gaming.