Sometimes we play chess, and sometimes we play cards.

我们有时下棋，有时打牌。

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We would rediscover the simple pleasures, such as CARDS, chess, backgammon, draughts, talking, dancing and playing music.

我们会重新拾回简单的乐趣，比如打牌、国际象棋、西洋双陆棋、跳棋、聊天、跳舞还有音乐。

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He loved the poetry of Walt Whitman and the prose of Zane Grey , the stillness of a game of chess and the jocularity of a game of cards , the sea and the desert .

他既喜爱沃尔特·惠特曼的诗歌，也欣赏赞恩·格雷的散文；既喜欢玩国际象棋时的安静，也享受玩纸牌时的热闹；既向往大海，对沙漠也甘之如饴。

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They sang, joked and played cards and chess.

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