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charades

/ 蕛蓹藞谤蓱藧诲锄 /

noun

  1. functioning as singular a parlour game in which one team acts out each syllable of a word, the other team having to guess the word
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of charades1

C18: from French charade entertainment, from Proven莽al charrado chat, from charra chatter, of imitative origin
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David Patrick Kelly as King Sextimus the Silent spends much of his stage time engaged in a series of charades.

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Hitler ran a regime that engaged in elaborate charades to bamboozle sympathetic and influential foreigners about the nature of the Nazi state.

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A game of charades, which serves as a substitute for the play-within-a-play, exposes Rev鈥檚 guilt as effectively as 鈥淭he Mousetrap鈥 catches the conscience of the king in 鈥淗amlet.鈥

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Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said lawmakers should stop "their reckless impeachment charades and attacks on law enforcement" and instead "deliver desperately needed reforms for our broken immigration system."

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We would do little tricks and zoom around in circles with massive smiles on our faces, dreading when we would have to abandon our charades and go home.

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