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GLOSSARY

    An important aspect of learning the game of Bridge is mastering the language of Bridge.
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"I can always tell a good man
   by the way he plays Bridge:
   hard and long."
                                         Mae West

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A FIT BALANCED HAND BALANCING BATH COUP BELOW THE LINE BID BLACKWOOD BONUS BOOK BREAK BROKEN SEQUENCE CAPTAIN COMBINED HANDS COMBINED POINTS CONTRACT CONVENTION COVER CUE BID CUT DANGER HAND DEALER DECLARER DEFENDERS DISCARD DISTRIBUTION DOUBLE DOUBLETON DRAW TRUMP DUCK DUMMY ENTRY EQUALS FIVE CARD MAJORS FINESSE FORCING BID FORCING DEFENSE FOURTH HIGHEST GAME GERBER GOLDEN FIT GO DOWN GO UP	HAND HIGH/LOW HOLD UP HONORS INTERNAL SEQUENCE INVITATIONAL BID JORDAN JUMP OVERCALL LHO MAJORS/MINORS MAXI PASS MISTAKES OFF THE TOP OPENING BID OPENING LEAD OPENING LEADER OPENER’S REBID OVERCALL OVERRUFF OVERTAKE OVERTHERE OVERTRICK PARTIAL PULL PARTNER PART SCORE PASS PASSED OUT PENALTY PENALTY DOUBLE PHANTOM SAVE PLAY FOR THE DROP PRE-EMPTIVE OPENING BID PROMOTION PULL THE DOUBLE PULL TRUMP QUICK LOSER REDOUBLE RESPONSE REVERSE RHO RUBBER BRIDGE RULE OF ELEVEN	SACRIFICE SECOND HAND SET SEQUENCE SHORT CLUB SHUFFLE SIDE SUIT SIGNALS SIGN OFF BID SINGLETON SLAM SLOW LOSER SPLIT SPLITTING HONORS STAYMAN STOPPER STRONG NO TRUMP STRONG TWO BID SUPPORT SURE TRICKS TAKE OUT DOUBLE TECHNICAL TERMS THIRD HAND TO RUFF TO TRUMP TOUCHING HONORS TRAFFIC LIGHT BIDS TRICK TRICK SCORE TRUMP EXTRACTION TRUMP SUIT UNBALANCED HAND UNBALANCED PARTNER UNDERBID UNDERTRICKS UNDERWEAR VOID UPPERCUT VULNERABILITY WEAK NO TRUMP WEAK TWO BID YARBOROUGH