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chequered

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chequered esp US, checkered [ˈtʃɛkəd]
adj
marked by fluctuations of fortune (esp in the phrase a chequered career)
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Adj.1.chequered - patterned with alternating squares of color
checked, checkered
patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
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chequered checkered (US) [ˈtʃekəd] ADJ
1. (= checked) [tablecloth, shirt, pattern] → a cuadros, de cuadros
2. (= varied) a chequered career → una carrera accidentada or llena de altibajos
chequered [ˈtʃɛkərd] (British) checkered (US) adj
[career, history] → en dents de scie
(= checked) [tablecloth] → à carreaux chequered flag
chequered flag n (MOTOR RACING) → drapeau m à damier
cheque stub (British) n → talon m
chequered, (US) checkered
adj (lit) → kariert; (= dappled) → gefleckt, gesprenkelt; (fig) career, history, past → bewegt
chequered checkered (Am) [ˈtʃɛkəd] adj → a scacchi, a quadretti, a quadri (fig) → movimentato/a
a chequered career → una carriera movimentata
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Half the sky was chequered with black thunderheads, but all the west was luminous and clear: in the lightning flashes it looked like deep blue water, with the sheen of moonlight on it; and the mottled part of the sky was like marble pavement, like the quay of some splendid seacoast city, doomed to destruction.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
Obviously it was a vain hope in 187- to see the ladies of a royal household walk in chequered sunshine, with baskets of linen on their heads, to the banks of a clear stream overhung by the starry fronds of palm-trees.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
But in spite of the brilliant sunlight and the green fans of the trees waving in the soothing sea-breeze, the world was a confusion, blurred with drifting black and red phantasms, until I was out of earshot of the house in the chequered wall.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
 
 
 
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