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/pleɪ̯/ [pɫ̥eɪ̯ ~ pʰɫeɪ̯] verbe A1

En français : jouer, s'amuser, jouer de, mettre

  1. To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment. (intransitive) · The children played in the park.
  2. To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless. (intransitive) · Don't play with your food!· He's just playing with her affections.
  3. To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game). (intransitive, transitive) · He plays on three teams.· Who's playing now?
  4. Specifying a particular sporting role or position. (intransitive, transitive) · He plays left back for Mudchester Rovers
  5. To compete against, in a game. (intransitive, transitive) · We're playing one of the top teams in the next round.
  6. To be the opposing score to. (intransitive, transitive) · Look at the score now ... 23 plays 8!
  7. To contend or fight using weapons, both as practice or in real life-or-death combats; to engage in martial games; to joust; to fence (intransitive)
  8. To act or behave in a stated way. (intransitive) · to play safe, to play fair, to play dirty

He/she/it plays · Prétérit played · Participe passé played · Forme en -ing playing

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Dans la bibliothèque

A HOUND having started a Hare on the hillside pursued her for some distance, at one time biting her with his teeth as if he would take her life, and at another fawning upon her, as if in play with another dog.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 61 · B2
I am hardly nineteen; I know nothing; I have no part to play.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 62 · C1
The Ass, again playing the fool, fell down on purpose when he reached the stream, but the sponges became swollen with water, greatly increasing his load.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 20 · B2
SOME BOYS, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began to pelt them with stones.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 19 · B2

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