Below you will find example sentences with "first trick". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

First Trick in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 16
  • Discovered as a combination around: trick
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.8 words

Words in this phrase

first trick

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • first can mean: Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest. Very common word
  • trick can mean: Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 8 start, 5 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

after the first trick the winner 1× alternatively the first trick 1× first trick the widow 1× him his first trick the knife 1× leads the first trick 1× leads the first trick with a 1× on the first trick 1× on the first trick no bleeding 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the first trick 2× after the first 1× costello 1988 p 1× first trick the 1× in another alternative 1× jack andresen patented 1×

Common sentence endings:

the first trick 3× after the dealer 1× become fatally entangled 1× cards are played 1× in his hand 1× must follow suit 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

card 11× play 5× dealer 5× leads 4× hand 4× face 4× must 4× player 3× led 3× suit 3× cards 2× played 2×

Related phrases

first floor first lady first round first inning first leg first innings first phase first nations first amendment first sight

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around trick:

next trick 7× last trick 6× trick williams 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

first trailer first team first sunday first strike first stage first solo

Just after it in the phrase index:

first trip first try first two first visit first volume first wave

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

first floor first lady first round first inning first leg first innings

Same ending:

hat trick next trick last trick

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "first trick" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 26.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as after the first trick the winner, alternatively the first trick, card, play and dealer stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with first floor, first lady, first round, next trick, last trick and trick williams, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with first trick

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

The first trick to avoiding a hangover is the most obvious. (11 words)

Play The player left to the declarer leads the first trick. (11 words)

The first trick is led by the player to the left of the dealer. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Other games have special restrictions on the card that must be led to the first trick; usually this is a specific card (e.g. 2 ♣ ) and the holder of that card is the eldest hand instead of the person one seat after the dealer. (44 words)

The turned-up trump card remains face up on the table until it is the dealer's turn to play to the first trick, at which point the dealer may pick up the card and place it in his hand. (40 words)

The picker must keep at least one card of the fail suit in his hand (i.e. cannot throw them all off ) until the first trick for which that suit is led, and then of course must follow suit. (39 words)

Example sentences (16)

After the first trick, the winner of each trick leads the first card for the next trick, until all the cards are played.

The leader to the first trick is determined by the auction; the leader to any subsequent trick is the player who won the preceding trick.

Kansil, p. 163 In variations with the 2 ♣ removed, play starts with the 3 ♣ Kansil, p. 164 * No penalty card may be played on the first trick ("no bleeding on the first trick").

The eldest hand leads to the first trick, i.e. places the first card of the trick face up in the middle of all players.

Costello (1988) p. 115: His father had taught him his first trick, the "Knife and Paper" trick, a bit of legerdemain involving a butter knife with bits of paper on it.

The banker leads the first trick with a single, double, triple, or quadruple trick and the others must play out with an equal number of tiles.

In another alternative, a randomly chosen card is set aside face down at the beginning of play (the "Kitty"); this card goes to whoever takes the first Heart or, alternatively, the first trick.

The first trick to avoiding a hangover is the most obvious.

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First Trick: The Widow The boys tie several crusts of bread together with thread, and lay this trap in the chicken yard of Bolte, an old widow, causing all the chickens to become fatally entangled.

Jack Andresen patented the first trick ski, a shorter, fin-less water ski, in 1940.

Other games have special restrictions on the card that must be led to the first trick; usually this is a specific card (e.g. 2 ♣ ) and the holder of that card is the eldest hand instead of the person one seat after the dealer.

Play The player left to the declarer leads the first trick.

The first trick is led by the player to the left of the dealer.

The opponent starts the first trick by playing one of his face-up cards, and the dealer responds by playing one of his.

The picker must keep at least one card of the fail suit in his hand (i.e. cannot throw them all off ) until the first trick for which that suit is led, and then of course must follow suit.

The turned-up trump card remains face up on the table until it is the dealer's turn to play to the first trick, at which point the dealer may pick up the card and place it in his hand.

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