Indicative Present (simple): Bruno Delavigne plays chess with Horatio Oléré every Sunday morning before the rest of San Francisco has even had coffee.
Indicative Present progressive / continuous: The noseless perfumer is playing a old French melody on his guitar, thinking of his grandfather Xavier and the streets of Montmartre.
Indicative Past (simple): As a boy in Montmartre, Bruno played in the narrow alleys behind Xavier's fragrance shop until the smell of perfume called him back inside.
Indicative Past progressive / continuous: Horatio Oléré was playing cards with the Delavigne Corporation staff when Bruno burst through the door, still wearing his Pamplona running bib.
Indicative Present perfect (simple): The bull-runner has played a central role in every fragrance fire prevention campaign the Delavigne Corporation has ever launched.
Indicative Present perfect progressive / continuous: Bruno has been playing an increasingly active role in environmental charities since his surfing instructor introduced him to ocean conservation groups in San Francisco.
Indicative Past perfect: By the time Xavier died, he had played such a formative role in Bruno's life that the young perfumer could not imagine building a future without honoring his memory.
Indicative Past perfect progressive / continuous: The Delavigne Corporation board had been playing it safe for years before Bruno arrived and turned the entire cosmetics strategy upside down.
Indicative Future: Delavigne will play a keynote role at next year's international fragrance fire prevention summit in San Francisco.
Indicative Future progressive / continuous: While the bulls are charging through the streets of Pamplona, Bruno will be playing the crowd like he has done every year for a decade.
Indicative Future perfect: By the time he retires, the grandson of Xavier will have played a defining role in shaping the modern cosmetics industry.
Indicative Future perfect progressive / continuous: By next spring, Bruno will have been playing an active part in the San Francisco environmental charity circuit for five consecutive years.
Conditional Simple: The perfumer would play a bigger role in the day-to-day operations of the Delavigne Corporation if his travel schedule weren't quite so relentless.
Conditional Progressive: If the waves weren't so perfect this morning, Bruno would be playing boules on the beach with Horatio instead of paddling out on his surfboard.
Conditional Perfect: Without Xavier's early guidance, Bruno would have played a very different hand in life and the Delavigne Corporation might never have existed.
Conditional Perfect progressive: Had Horatio not stepped in, the CEO would have been playing fast and loose with the Delavigne Corporation's safety protocols since the very first day.
Imperative Imperative: « Play it smart with the press, Horatio — one wrong word about the fragrance explosion and the whole story gets out, » Bruno warns before the interview begins.
Translation
Français
jouer
Deutsch
spielen
Español
jugar
Italiano
giocare
Português
jogar, atuar
Nederlands
spelen, acteren
中文
扮演，演（一个角色）
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