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  • a person, an idea, or event that completely changes the way a situation develops
    game changer
  • officially prohibited
    banned
  • to give up
    throw in the towel
  • the ability to influence situations or people so that you can control what happens.
    leverage
  • change the rules
    move the goalposts
  • friendly or accepting towards
    welcoming (to)
  • It is up to you to make the next decision or step
    the ball is in your court
  • to control
    regulate
  • a machine that is operated by the insertion of a coin in a slot
    slot machine
  • to try doing something for the first time
    try your hand at sth
  • the act of spying to gather information about the enemy's positions and weaknesses
    scouting
  • to be in a strong position
    hold all the cards
  • A hunt for a cache, the GPS coordinates which are placed on the Internet by other geocachers.
    Geocaching
  • the activity of playing computer games
    gaming
  • leverage
    educators can l... gaming to promote positive social interactions among youth (have an influence)
  • to think about carefully
    consider
  • possible negatives
    potential drawbacks
  • important or beneficial
    valuable
  • mental ability or reasoning capacity
    intelligence
  • a wrestling with arms; wrestlers try to force each other's arm down
    arm wrestling
  • hobby
    pastime
  • legal
    legitimate
  • I'm willing to participate
    ok, I'm game
  • keep your plans or ideas secret
    play your cards close to your chest
  • socially constructed expectations for male/female behavior
    gender roles
  • to replace one thing or person for another
    substitute
  • A children's game in which players take turns hopping though a diagram and draws on the ground
    hopscotch
  • a​ return to the situation you were in at the beginning of a project, task, etc., because you have made no real progress
    back to square one ​(idiom)
  • the only option or choice
    the only game in town
  • fight against feeling lonely
    combat loneliness
  • substitute
    gaming is a s... to face-to-face interactions (replacement)
  • To invest greater need, consequence and importance to achieving one's objective
    raise the stakes
  • to stay away from classes without permission
    play truant
  • old-fashioned
    outdated
  • controlled or led by; having a strong influence over
    dominated (by)
  • promote social interactions
    foster social interactions
  • to put someone in a difficult or unfair situation
    deal someone a bad hand
  • to make situation worse than it is
    do more harm than good
  • to do everything necessary to succeed
    play your cards right
  • causing damage or negative effects
    harmful
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