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Grapepark Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Beads of a game?

In games like chess for example, what do you call the beads?
Do you call them "beads" or "Taw" or "marble"?
  

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In chess and draughts (checkers) they're called 'pieces'. You'll also see 'chessmen' (but not 'draughtsmen' in this context or 'checkersmen').

  • In chess and draughts (checkers) they're called 'pieces'.
  • You'll also see 'chessmen' (but not 'draughtsmen' in this context or 'checkersmen').
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In chess and draughts (checkers) they're called 'pieces'.

You'll also see 'chessmen' (but not 'draughtsmen' in this context or 'checkersmen').
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shininggirlIn games like chess for example, what do you call the beads?
There is nothing in chess like "beads". Beads are small round objects, usually decorative, and often strung on a cord, e.g. for use as a necklace.
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Do you also call the things you see in this picture "draught"?
And what's the name of this game in English?
What's the name of the white square? Is it dice? And what's the verb? "dicing"? or "throwing a dice"?

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It looks like the game that in English is called "ludo". The little objects that you move around the board are called "pieces" or sometimes "tokens" ("draught" relates specifically to the game of draughts, also known as "checkers"). The white cube with the black dots is a "die" or "dice". In English there is some awkwardness about referring to a single one of these objects. Strictly, the singular
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Ok. Thanks a lot.
Then when we throw the dice, do we "get number 6", or do we "receive number 6", or do we "obtain number 6"? Which verb is correct?
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Neither is correct.

We get a six or we throw a six.
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Thank, And what do you call the circles on it? Are they "houses", "parts", cells?
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I call them 'places'.

'If you get a six, move one of your pieces six places and throw again.'
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PeterT We roll boxcars.
It would have been helpful if you had explained that term, Peter.

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