You are jumping rope, while he is playing ball.

你跳绳，他玩球。

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A group of kids were playing with a ball in the street.

一群孩子在街上玩球。

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I like playing basketball, soccer ball, volleyball, ping-pong and so on.

我喜欢打篮球、足球、排球、乒乓球等。

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Yang Moo-jin, a scholar with the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, says the North is "playing hard ball".

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but there's also lots of people playing different ball games,

但是这儿还有一些人，他们玩各种球类游戏，

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I started out playing T-ball which is, there's no pitcher.

我一开始打的是简易棒球，是没有投手的那种。

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Everyone else involved in the game sequences were either actual ball players, or actors with organized ball playing experience.

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It was a lovely build-up that created the chance as Parker slid Spector in down the right and he crossed to where Cole wanted the ball playing, about 15 yards out.

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You do not have to be standing still over the ball when playing a shot, so striking the ball with a run-up is okay.

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