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Example sentences for: cricket

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Although Grille (in Grillen im Kopf haben) means, quite correctly, cricket in its first and literal meaning, and strange and surprising idea in its figurative sense, it ought to be mentioned that there is a direct, traceable link between the two: Grille acquired its figurative sense in the 16th century when—at least in Germany—the superstition prevailed that the demons of illness appeared in the guise of an insect.
Everybody “speaks” cricket, though, with its innings, wickets, and boundaries present in every dialect.
Vestiges of the British colonial legacy can still be found, not least in the fact that English is Jamaica’s official language: the popularity of cricket is another example.
according to Hoyle according to/by the book, according to/playing by the rules, absolutely correct, cricket, in point of honor, on the square, proper/correct way to do things.
Likewise, there is no mistaking the political underpinnings of Boyhood . There are cozy images of empire: John's obsession with cricket ("not a game ...