noun
1 activity/sport
ADJECTIVE
▪ ball , board , card
▪ computer , online , PC , video
▪ adventure , role-playing , war
▪ guessing
▪ good , great
▪
This is a good ~ for getting people to mix.
▪ entertaining , fun
▪ competitive
▪
competitive ~s in which there is always a winner and a loser
▪ team
▪
How I hated team ~s at school!
▪ party
▪ children's
▪
children's party ~s like Musical Chairs
▪ indoor , outdoor
▪
It's hard to find indoor ~s for children.
VERB + GAME
▪ learn
▪
Children love learning new ~s.
▪ create , design , develop , invent
▪
The company is developing ~s to play on mobile phones.
▪ release
GAME + NOUN
▪ player
▪ designer , developer
▪ ~s company , ~s industry
▪ ~ room ( AmE ), ~s room ( BrE )
2 competition
ADJECTIVE
▪ big (= important)
▪
The guys are in training for their big ~.
▪ close , tight , tough
▪
It's going to be a close ~.
▪ evenly contested , keenly contested (both esp. BrE )
▪ play-off
▪ away , home
▪ championship , league
▪
their first league ~ of the season
▪ title
▪ exhibition
▪ baseball , basketball , football , soccer ( AmE ), etc.
VERB + GAME
▪ have , play
▪
Last night he played the final ~ of his career.
▪
The team is playing a home ~ this week.
▪ have , play
▪
Shall we have a ~ of chess?
▪ lose , win
▪
We won the first ~ and lost the second.
▪ draw ( esp. BrE ), tie ( esp. AmE )
▪ level ( BrE )
▪
The team fought back to level the ~.
▪ attend
▪ see , watch
▪ dominate
▪
The early stages of the ~ were dominated by the home team.
▪ decide , seal
▪ abandon , postpone
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against , ~ with ( BrE )
▪
this week's ~ against the Titans
▪
next week's ~ with Liverpool
▪ ~ of
▪
To pass the time, we played a ~ of cards.
▪
a ~ of tennis
3 how sb plays
ADJECTIVE
▪ fine , good , great , perfect
▪
That girl plays a great ~ of bridge.
VERB + GAME
▪ have , play
▪
Trevor had a good ~.
▪ pitch , throw (both AmE )
▪
He pitched a perfect ~ at Atlanta.
▪
Tibble threw a perfect ~.
▪ improve , lift , raise
▪
Hendry raised his ~ to become the champion.
GAME + NOUN
▪ winner ( esp. AmE )
4 games sports competition
ADJECTIVE
▪ Commonwealth , Olympic , etc.
VERB + GAMES
▪ compete in , participate in , take part in ( esp. BrE )
▪
She's hoping to participate in the next Olympic Games.
▪ host
▪
Chicago's bid to host the Olympic Games
▪ hold
▪
The Olympic Games are held every four years.
5 business/activity
VERB + GAME
▪ be in
▪
How long have you been in this ~?
▪ enter
▪
Lufthansa entered the ~ with a 25% stake in the company.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
the ~ of life/politics
PHRASES
▪ all part of the ~
▪
Getting dirty was all part of the ~ to the kids.
▪ new to this ~
▪
I'm new to this ~ myself.
6 secret plan
ADJECTIVE
▪ little , silly , stupid
▪ dangerous
▪
He was unwittingly caught up in a dangerous ~ of lies and betrayals.
VERB + GAME
▪ play
▪
I realized that he had been playing a stupid ~ with me.
▪ put an end to
▪
I'll soon put an end to her silly little ~s.
▪ give away
▪
Don't let him talk to anybody or he'll give the ~ away.