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The phrase of "play a role" = "serve a function in"?



 
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The phrase of "play a role" = "serve a function in"? Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:49 am  The phrase of "play a role" = "serve a function in"?		  
The phrase of "play a role " means "acts the part of" or "serve a function in"?

and could you show the meaning of each phrase?
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The phrase of "play a role" = "serve a function in"? Sun Jan 07, 2007 13:05 pm  The phrase of "play a role" = "serve a function in"?		  
In the movie "Evelyn", Aidan Quinn acts the part of Irish-American lawyer Nick.

Water serves a function in digestion.

The meaning of each phrase is, as you suggested, "play a role".
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