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English word |
English Definition |
English Example sentence |
| 1 |
Tag |
a game in which one person tries to touch other people, who run
away |
Kids love to play tag. |
| 2 |
Hide and seek |
a game in which people hide and one person tries to find
them |
Hide and seek is fun, especially in a forest or park with lots
of trees to hide behind. |
| 3 |
Go fish |
a card game in which all of the players ask each other for
certain cards |
The bigger the group, the more fun it is to play go fish. |
| 4 |
Cops and Robbers |
a game in which some people pretend to be police and some
people pretend to be criminals |
I loved playing cops and robbers with my brother when I was a
child, but it would always end in disaster. |
| 5 |
Duck Duck Goose |
a game in which people sit in a circle and sometimes have to
chase another person around the outside of the circle |
Duck duck goose is a popular game for children, but it can get
pretty wild, especially in a small room. |
| 6 |
I spy |
a game in which one person describes an object they can see,
and the other person tries to locate the object too |
Playing I spy is fun, especially in a complex environment, like
a city or a busy town. |
| 7 |
Hopscotch |
a game in which people have to jump with one foot inside little
boxes drawn on the ground |
If you have some chalk and a sidewalk, you can play
hopscotch. |
| 8 |
a board game |
a game that is played with a board and small figures or
pieces |
There are hundreds of board games, checkers is a good example
of one. |
| 9 |
to be addicted to ~ |
to love something so much that you can't stop doing it |
When I was a kid, I was addicted to my Nintendo Gameboy. |
| 10 |
gamification |
the concept of applying game concepts like leaderbords etc to
non game based applications more fun |
We are trying to apply gamification to our new textbooks |
| 11 |
a console |
a game system that you connect to your TV |
PS3 is a famous console. |
| 12 |
to be influential |
to have an effect on other things |
Chinese checkers was very influential toward American-style
checkers. |
| 13 |
to kill time |
to pass free time, to entertain yourself during free time |
While I ride the train, I kill time by writing emails. |
| 14 |
the thrill of ~ |
the excitement that comes from something |
I love the thrill of bicycling at high speed downhill. |
| 15 |
graphics |
the general word for the way an image looks on a screen |
The graphics of the original Nintendo were not very good. |
| 16 |
to be state-of-the-art |
to be the newest and best |
The PS4 is state-of-the-art. |
| 17 |
to have replay value |
of a game, to be entertaining even when played for a second
time after completing it once |
The story is so complex in that game, it definitely has replay
value. |
| 18 |
gameplay |
the general word for everything in the game (except for the
soundtrack and graphics) |
This game has really great gameplay. |
| 19 |
to cheat |
to use special tools or techniques to finish a game |
Many Nintendo games had special codes you could enter and then
your character would get special powers, like unlimited lives or
something. I often used these codes to cheat on the games. |
| 20 |
the objective of the game |
the main goal in a game |
The objective of the game of chess is to capture your
opponent's king. |
| 21 |
the rules of the game |
the things you can do and can't do in a game, legally |
The rules of hide and seek are very simple. Some people hide,
and one person looks for them. |