way it plays

Sl. the way it is; the way things are. The world is a rough place, and that's the way it plays. It's tough, but it's the way it plays.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Pascale	-	French
Nathalie	na-ta-LEE (French), NAH-tah-lee (German)	French, German
Netta (1)	NET-ə	English
Hilbert	HIL-bert	German
Angelina	ahn-je-LEE-nah (Italian), an-jə-LEEN-ə (English), ahn-GYE-lee-nah (Russian), ahn-gye-LEE-nah (Russian), ahn-gee-LEE-nah (Russian), ahn-ge-LEE-nah (Polish)	Italian, English, Russian, German, Dutch, Polish, Spanish, Macedonian
Avinash	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada