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Перевод: backgammon

[существительное]
триктрак (игра) ; нарды ; шашенбеш

Тезаурус:

1. The latter quality was to remain with him throughout his career, for whatever else his faults may have been, no one ever slighted James's desire to win: to win at anything and everything, from backgammon through girls to any sport he ever played.
2. To complete your relaxation, why not sink into a comfy sofa in the Country Club bar, indulge in your favourite tipple, and pass a convivial hour or two in the companionable game of backgammon or chess.
3. I was mesmerised by the prime-time show, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous , One episode of this told the story of the bus boy from Ohio who bought an Italian baronetcy, owns three islands in the Canaries and is now the world underwater backgammon champion.
4. Never about bad cards, of course, he was much too professional for that, never about the fall of the dice in backgammon; he had himself under control - just - when his bridge partner made a miscalculation and played unnecessarily into an opponent's finesse.
5. He stiffened as he recognized a man move upstairs with a distinctive, boneless saunter: he had better send someone up to check the backgammon room.
6. Back in Chania, the Calypso bar is filling with elderly Cretan men who click a lot: worry-beads clatter through their fiddling fingers, and they smack down counters on backgammon boards with ferocious violence.
7. The inlay depicts intricate little scenes, including a group playing backgammon and another group with a tray of drinks.
8. Nick looked up from the backgammon board.
9. The club owners, the casinos, and the multinational bookmakers knew which professional gamblers successfully played games that contained an element of skill - such as backgammon and poker- and they preferred to have nothing to do with them; ideally, the house welcomed inexperienced, rich idiots.
10. And while they were biding their time over a game of backgammon down in the caf, William used to wander through the silent, cluttered rooms where their investment languished, gathering dust.
11. The inlaid chequerboard top of the coffee table houses all kind of games, including backgammon, chess and Scrabble.
12. Then a pack of cards, and backgammon, Trivial Pursuit and Monopoly because she was sure the cottage would have only Snakes and Ladders and jigsaws with several pieces missing.
13. Peter and Nick were sitting on the sofa sharing a bottle of whisky with Sara's backgammon board between them.