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The referee has the power to issue yellow and red cards based on the severity of the rule violations.

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Sentence

Narrator

The referee has the power to issue yellow and red cards based on the severity of the rule violations.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Explaining Rules

In this sport, the referee can issue yellow or red cards depending on how serious the rule break is.

Discussing Authority

The referee holds significant authority, able to use cards to control the game's flow.

Questioning a Decision

Why did the referee issue a red card? Was the violation really that severe?

Hypothetical Scenario

If the violation had been less serious, the referee might have only given a warning.

Rephrased versions

Formal

The referee possesses the authority to issue yellow and red cards according to the gravity of the infractions.

Casual

The ref can give out yellow and red cards depending on how bad the fouls are.

Simpler English

The referee decides if a player gets a yellow or red card based on how bad the rule break was.

Phrases to learn

issue cards

To give out yellow or red cards as a penalty.

severity of the rule violations

How serious or bad the rule breaks were.