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jouer

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jouer [ʒwe] vt [+ partie, carte, coup], (Mus) [+ morceau]; to play [+ somme d'argent, réputation]; to stake, wager [+ pièce, rôle]; to perform [+ film]; to show (= simuler) [+ sentiment] → to affect, feign
vito play;
(Théât, Ciné) → to act, perform; [bois, porte] (= se voiler); to warp; [clef, pièce] (= avoir du jeu); to be loose (= entrer ou être en jeu); to come into play, come into it;
jouer sur (= miser) → to gamble on;
jouer de (Mus) → to play;
jouer du couteau/des coudes → to use knives/one's elbows;
jouer à [+ jeu, sport, roulette] → to play;
jouer au héros → to act ou play the hero;
jouer avec (= risquer) → to gamble with;
se jouer de [+ difficultés] → to make light of;
se jouer de qn → to deceive ou dupe sb;
jouer un tour à qn → to play a trick on sb;
jouer la comédie (fig) → to put on an act, put it on;
jouer aux courses → to back horses, bet on horses;
jouer à la baisse/hausse (Bourse) → to play for a fall/rise;
jouer serré → to play a close game;
jouer de malchance → to be dogged with ill-luck;
jouer sur les mots → to play with words;
à toi/nous de jouer → it's your/our go ou turn

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