. 1. needle (.  ) ;( ) quill;spine . ; ~ knitting-needle; ~ suture needle;2. ( ) spire.
needle-shaped.
|: ~ . echinoderms.
. .
. acupuncture.
.  . (.) ignore (smb., smth.) ;(  ) disregard (smb., smth.) ;() defy (smb., smth.) ;~ -.  defy smb.`s orders;~  ignore the facts.
. yoke; ~ Tatar yoke.
|. needle;   ~ be* on tenterhooks;~ . needle; ~ brand-new;  ~ brand-new suit, spick-and-span suit;  ~ dressed up to the nines.
|needle attr. ;~  the eye of a needle.
gambling;~  gambling/gaming house;~  gaming table.
|. 1. play;2. (  . . - ) game;3. () acting;performance;( .  .) playing; ~  ,  listen to the piano, violin;4. () intrigue, trickery;ulterior motives pl. ;~  the work of smb.`s imagination; ~ stock-exchange gambling, speculation; ~ business game; ~ market game; ~ management game;~   bull speculation, dealings for a rise;~   bear speculation, dealings for a fail;~  ,   race-betting;~  freak of nature;~  play on words, pun;~   playing with fire;~  a trick of fate;~    the game is not worth the candle.
|: ~ , (playing-)cards;~  dice.
|,  1. . . () play; ~   children are playing in the garden;2. ( . ; -.  ) play (smth.) ;~   play chess;~   play football;~   play hide-and-seek;~     play cards for money;3. ( . ,  . ;   ) play (smth.) ;( . ) . play (on);~  play a waltz;~   play the piano;~  -.  play on smb.`s weaknesses;4. (.) . act (smb., smth.) , perform (smth.) , play (smb.) ;~  -. play/take* the part of smb. ;5. . . (.) play (with);(  ) toy (with); , ~  he stood toying with his whip;6. . . () sparkle;~   play first fiddle;~   play the important part;  ~ () ! it doesn`t matter (in the least)!;~   -. play into smb.`s hands;~   take* one`s life in one`s hands;~    -. get*/play on smb.`s nerves;~  . act;~  flash one`s eyes;~  play upon words;~   play on the emotions;~ -.  trifle with smb. ;~   play with fire, monkey with buzz-saw.
. . without effort, effortlessly;   ~ it`s child`s play to him.
|playful;~  frisky/playful kitten;~  playful mood.
sparkling.
: ~  fiction film/picture.
. 1. . player; ~ attacking player; ~ substitute, stand-in, replacement; ~ passer; ~ up-and-coming player;~   second-string player;~   top-player;~   back-line player;~   midfield player;2. (  ) gambler.
. collection of children games.
toy attr. ;. () tiny;~  toy locomotive;~  doll`s house.
|. toy;plaything (. .) ; ~ toyshop.
. . games; ~ the Olympic Games; ~ All-Africa Games; ~ All-Asian Games; ~ Pan-American Games; ~ University Games;~   Goodwill Games.
. . Father Superior;~ . Mother Superior.
