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| English | Russian |
| he is merely toying with you | он просто играет вами |
| he toyed with a pencil | он вертел в руках карандаш |
| toy/play with one's hair | теребить волосы (She toyed [=played] with her hair while she talked on the phone. VLZ_58) |
| toy with | бороться с искушением (the) temptation (of/to: I was toying with the temptation of calling her. I was toying with the templation to tell him the truth. Рина Грант) |
| toy with | играться с (Himera) |
| toy with | ковырнуть (semelfactive of ковырять) |
| toy with a young girl's affections | играть чувствами девушки |
| toy with an idea | подумывать (Koltun) |
| toy with the muse | пописывать |
| toy with the thought | подумывать (Anglophile) |