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Word English meaning Bridge meaning
Switch 1) A device for making or To play a card of another suit
breaking an electric current; than the suit just played.
2) A set of points on a railway
track;
3) A slender, flexible shoot cut
from a tree.
Show out To indicate the way to leave a Fail to follow suit having run out
premises. of cards in the suit led.
Stopper 1) A plug for sealing a hole. A holding that prevents the
2) A person or thing that stops opponents from running their
something. tricks in a particular suit. A, 3 is a
stopper. A, K, 3 is two stoppers.
Q, J, 10, 9 is also 2 stoppers.
Tempo 1) The speed at which a piece of To make a play that assists the
music is played; establishment of a suit before
2) The pace of an article or that of a suit held by the
process. opponents. The simplest form of
tempo is the opening lead which
is granted to the defence.
Touching 1) Arousing strong emotion; Touching cards are equals, cards
2) To make contact with the in sequence. Touching suits are
hand. those next to each other in rank.
Spades are touching with hearts
and clubs (around the corner).
Unblock Remove an obstruction from. To play a higher card than
necessary in order to avoid
having to gain the lead on the
following trick. To discard a
blocking card in order to let
partner play off (cash) sequential
cards usually as winners.

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