ball game

1. Any game played with a ball.

   Basketball, cricket, and football are three kinds of ball game.

   Ballspiel

   игра́ с мячо́мigrá s mjačóm

   a field game played with a ball (especially baseball)

2. A specific contest or match between teams playing such a game, in particular a baseball game.

   George and Harriet went to the stadium to see the ball game.

   матчmatč, игра́igrá

3. (historical)A sport played in the Aztec and Mayan civilizations; Mesoamerican ballgame.

   The ball game was the main sport in Central America before the arrival of the Spanish.

   тла́чтлиtláčtli

4. (figuratively)Affair, issue, matter, subject, story, topic.

5. (figuratively, slang)A decisive outcome in regard to some ongoing situation; game over.

   If a U.S. presidential candidate receives 270 electoral votes, that's the ball game.

1. Do you want to go to a ball game?

   deWillst du zu einem Ballspiel gehen?

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2. It's a whole other ball game.

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3. It's a whole new ball game for me.

   deDas ist für mich ein ganz neues Ballspiel.

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4. Tom saw the ball game.

   ruТом видел игру с мячом.

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5. I hope today's ball game won't be canceled.

   deIch hoffe, dass das heutige Ballspiel nicht abgesagt wird.

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