blues

1. (countable, informal, usually plural, uncountable)A feeling of sadness or depression.

   I've got the blues today.

   The blues have hit her hard, and she won't get out of bed.

   a state of depression

2. A feeling of sadness or depression.

   (countable, in the plural, informal, usually plural, singular, uncountable)One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.

   Your blues is just like mine.

   Your blues are just like mine.

3. (countable, in the plural, informal, usually plural, singular, uncountable)The negative emotional state produced by a particular action, occupation, experience, or idea.

   I've got the lonely man's blues.

   If you work here long enough, you'll have the butcher's blues just like me.

   Trübsal

4. (countable, uncountable)A musical form, of African-American origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.

   Many great blues musicians came from the Mississippi Delta region.

   A large portion of modern popular music is influenced by the blues.

5. A musical form, of African-American origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.

   (countable, singular, uncountable)A musical composition following blues forms.

   My next number is a blues in G.

   Blues, Blues

   блюзbljuz, блюзbljuz

   блюзbljuz

6. (countable, uncountable)A uniform made principally of a blue fabric, and especially a full dress uniform thus colored.

   They marched in their dress blues.

7. (countable, slang, uncountable)Any of various blue pills sold on the street, mimicking the appearance of prescription painkiller tablets.

1. Tom always wants to play the blues.

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2. Tom knows how to play the blues.

   ruТом умеет играть блюз.

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3. I'm not good at singing the blues.

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4. Where did you learn to sing the blues?

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5. Where did Tom learn to sing the blues?

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