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short play
Juego corto
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short adjective

unfavorite favorite play sound
corto (de medida), bajo (de estatura); corto; brusco, cortante, seco; corto (de tiempo, de dinero)

Example sentences of
short adjective

  • •One of my legs is slightly shorter than the other.
  • •He is short for his age.
  • •the shortest day of the year
  • •Life's too short to worry about the past.
  • •The movie was very short.
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  • •You have done a lot in a short space of time.
  • •a short burst of speed
  • •I've only lived here for a short time.
  • •She has made great progress in a few short years.
  • •He visited for two short weeks.
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Synonyms of
short adjective

brief, pithy, terse, curt

play noun

unfavorite favorite play sound
plays
juego; obra de teatro, pieza (de teatro); juego (de la luz, una brisa, etc.)

Example sentences of
play noun

  • •The play is based on a real-life event.
  • •He wrote, directed, and starred in the play.
  • •His fifth grade class is putting on a play about the first Thanksgiving.
  • •I've gone to all of my daughter's school plays.
  • •The book discusses the role of play in a child's development.
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  • •As the saying goes, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
  • •Please, no talking during play.
  • •Rain held up play for an hour.
  • •The chess match finally ended after three hours of play.
  • •The two golfers were tied at the start of play yesterday.
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Synonyms of
play noun

action, drama, game, movement, recreation, slack