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Meaning of skákmaður | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2
[ˈskauːk.maːðʏr]

Definitions

  1. a chess player
    masculine
  2. a chess piece
    masculine
  3. Equivalent to 'chess piece': Any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.

Equivalents

Examples

“Þetta var Sanders, yfirhershöfðinginn minn, sérkennilegur hermaður. Hann er fyrst og fremst skákmaður. Og góður skákmaður teflir til seinasta leiks í þeirri von að koma kannski auga á einhvern veikleika hjá andstæðingnum eða geta blekkt hanna^([sic]) og látið hann trúa því að hann sé ekki búinn að vinna.”

This was Sanders, my commanding officer, a peculiar soldier. He is first and foremost a chess player. And a good chess player plays until the final game in the hope that he might notice a weakness in his opponent or be able to deceive him and make him believe that he is not done winning.

“Engin eru til þess vitni nema girðíngaleifar litlar; þar hefur fyrir 35 árum fundist einn skákmaður af hvalbeini. So segja munnmælin, að þessi bústaður sje sá, sem fornar sögur geta, að bólstaður hafi settur verið undir Sótafelli.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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