Now he was a tough cookie! At bridge table or a chess board, at a word game-the psychological pressure he put on you to lose was usually irresistible.

• 现在他已是个难以对抗的强手。在手桥牌，下棋，做字谜游戏时，他在你心理上给你施加的输定了的压力通常是无法抵御的。