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English word

rule

A1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ruːl/US /ruːl/
noun

a statement of what may, must or must not be done in a particular situation or when playing a game

verb

to control and have authority over a country, a group of people, etc.

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Ban Ki-moon's Harvard Kennedy School Graduation Address (2023)
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Russia's invasion flagrantly violated the rule of international law that has been maintained since the end of the Second World War,

Ban Ki-moon's Harvard Kennedy School Graduation Address (2023)

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But you've got somebody there who's simply executing a set of rules independent of whether those rules make sense,

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it sounds like you can't just have a general rule that if you predict that something will be done in six months,

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