to play a trump

%% козырнуть, пойти с козыря

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Instead of breaking off as the lieutenant-colonel entered the room, they looked at him absent-mindedly and went on with their game. 'Why not play a trump?
Молодец и женщины с лейтенантскими кубиками не прервали игры при входе подполковника, а лишь рассеянно оглядев его, продолжали ожесточенно произносить: – А козыря не хочешь?
Grossman, Vasily / Life and FateГроссман, Василий / Жизнь и судьба
Жизнь и судьба
Гроссман, Василий
© Издательство "Книжная палата", 1988
Life and Fate
Grossman, Vasily
© 1980 by Editions L'Age D'Homme
© 1985 by Collins Harvill

Again without knowing it he had played a trump card.
Опять, сам того не ведая, он получил козырь.
Faulkner, William / Light in AugustФолкнер, Уильям / Свет в августе
Свет в августе
Фолкнер, Уильям
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1985
Light in August
Faulkner, William
© 1932 by William Faulkner
© renewed 1959 by William Faulkner

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