US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel on Tuesday. It comes after over a week of attacks between Iran and Israel and airstrikes on Iran by the US military at the weekend. At first, strikes continued between the two countries, Iran and Israel, after the ceasefire was announced. But now the agreement appears to be holding. Let's have our first headline. This one's from Al Jazeera. How the Iran-Israel ceasefire is meant to play out. That headline again from Al Jazeera.
How the Iran-Israel ceasefire is meant to play out. This headline is about the ceasefire plan. And we're interested in this phrasal verb 'play out'. Now, like most phrasal verbs, it contains a familiar verb at the beginning. But the verb 'play' here doesn't help us, does it? Well, it helps if you think of play like when you play a video.
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