b.动词play 

play chess 下棋 

play a game进行比赛

play a card 出牌

play music 奏乐

play the piano 弹钢琴

play the idiot 装傻

play truant 逃学

play with fire 玩火

play a joke开玩笑

play on words玩弄字眼

play it by ear临机应变

play up大事宣传

play soccer 踢足球

play the game遵照规则

play one’s cards 执行计划

play a tune 奏一曲

play the man表现大丈夫气概

play the foo]行动愚磨

play foul (false)投机取巧

play a trick耍阴谋途计

play off加赛一场以决胜愈

play by ear靠记忆弹奏乐器

play up to sb 求完

play up with sb忍受某人

play off one person against another 挑拨离同 

2. 在句子中，英汉语言词与词之间有搭配能力的差异

Birds fly 鸟儿飞翔。

Dust flies 尘土飞杨。

Balloons fly.气球飘荡:。

Glasses fly  玻璃杯破裂。

She is going to fly to New York. 她要乘飞机去纽约。

He wore dark glasses, and a thick jersey and stopped up his ears with cotton wool.

他戴黑眼镜，穿厚毛衣，耳朵里塞了棉花。

Some Americans pop across the border simply to fuel up on tasty Mexican food and beer.

一些美国人越过国境线，只是为了吃点鲜美的墨西哥食物，喝点墨西哥啤酒。(fuel up原意

“加油或加水”这里分译成“吃点，喝点”。)