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
Gwendolen	GWEN-də-lin (English)	Welsh
Afolabi	-	Western African, Yoruba
Thomson	['tɔmsn]
Emerald	EM-ə-rəld	English (Modern)
Udi	-	Hebrew
Sawyer	['sɔ:jə]