Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To win a set, or by extension a match, by holding serve (winning a game as the server).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis
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verb
To serve the whole of some period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To deal out or distribute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To pay back; to have one's revenge on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
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History
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