"ace" is correct and usable in written English
It is a noun and a verb. As a noun, "ace" can mean a person who excels at a particular activity, such as a baseball pitcher throwing a no-hitter. Example: "The pitcher is an ace on the mound." As a verb, "ace" means to succeed at a task or activity, usually with ease. Example: "He aced his final exam by studying hard."
He was fit enough to scamper the most outrageous save, though, held, then broke in the eighth game to serve out the set with his second ace after 45 minutes.
Having taken the first set with an ace, Djokovic sealed the second when Murray horrendously butchered a smash.
"El Señor [El Mayo] is looking weak, but he is very astute and we are hoping that he has an ace up his sleeve".
The midfield ace was high among their best players with 20 disposals before he was subbed off at three-quarter time.
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So it seems this year the Blairs are off to Barbados to stay with either (depending on your choice of daily newspaper) top Christian and Wimbledon a cappella ace Sir Cliff Richard (a £3 million mansion) or leading Tory backer and JCB digger maestro Sir Anthony Bamford at his Heron Bay paddette (no price available, but recently refurbished for countless millions).
A craque (an ace), as we say in Brazil.
After an exchange of 22 full-blooded groundstrokes, he got the first break opportunity but Murray's nerve held and he found a third ace at the right moment.
That is a reasonable psychological swag to take from a semi-final of the French Open when the best player in the world rediscovered his inner beast to conclude their long, weather-split duel and beat him 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 5-7, 6-1 withisis eighth ace after an hour in glorious sunshine on Court Philippe Chatrier.
So, what about the children whose families cannot afford a private tutor or don't have the academic nous to ace these incredibly difficult exams?
