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English word

serve

A2Frequent NGSL-1
UK /sɜːv/US /sɜːrv/
verb

to give somebody food or drink, for example at a restaurant or during a meal

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He came back to the school in 2017 and served as our Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow.

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