They are playing marbles.

他们正在玩弹珠。

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Kids' games such as kicking shuttlecock, hopscotch, reading picture-story books and playing marbles were popular.

踢毽子、跳房子、看小人书、打玻璃弹珠是小孩子们常玩的游戏。

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Three boys were playing marbles.

三个男孩儿在玩弹子游戏。

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During a recent workday, the streets were filled with young gangsters, sitting around playing marbles, chatting, and looking tough.

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"We're playing for all the marbles, to essentially win the entire industry, worldwide, forever, " says Saylor grandly.

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Because, as it turns out, the Football Gods deemed it necessary that two of South Florida's most reviled college teams should be playing for all the marbles in our own back yard.

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