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  • 1serves one right, it —  One has received one s just deserts …

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  • 2To serve one right — Serve Serve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Served}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Serving}.] [OE. serven, servien, OF. & F. servir, fr. L. servire; akin to servus a servant or slave, servare to protect, preserve, observe; cf. Zend har to protect, haurva protecting. Cf …

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  • 3serve one right — phrasal : to deal with one as he deserves : be the just or fitting return for what one is or does they served him right for his thieving felt that his disgrace served him right it serves you right for trying to break into line …

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  • 4it serves you right — (from Idioms in Speech) you have got just about what you deserve for your behaviour or actions You took money that ought to have fed starving children. Serve you right! If I had been the father of one of those children, I d have given you… …

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  • 5right — I [[t]ra͟ɪt[/t]] CORRECT, APPROPRIATE, OR ACCEPTABLE ♦ rights, righting, righted (Please look at category 17 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) ADJ If something is right, it is correct and agrees… …

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  • 6right — /raɪt / (say ruyt) adjective 1. in accordance with what is just or good: right conduct. 2. in conformity with fact, reason, or some standard or principle; correct: the right solution. 3. correct in judgement, opinion, or action. 4. sound or… …

  • 7one — /wʌn / (say wun) adjective 1. being a single unit or individual, rather than two or more; a single: one apple. 2. being a person, thing, or individual instance of a number of kind indicated: one member of the party. 3. some (day, etc., in the… …

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  • 10One Arm —   Author(s) Yasunari Kawabata Original title 片腕 Kataude …

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