Serve
Serve verb - To be a servant for.
Timing
Timing noun - The regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics).
Both words in one sentence
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In The King of Fighters, you can "serve" a fireball, then they'd ping-pong it back and forth with reflectors until one of the players messes up their timing.
Source: Tennis Boss -
Hence, a sufficiently good comic actor usually has the talent — the knowledge of their body, of timing, of the effects of subtle gestures — that can serve to make them brilliant at serious works as well.
Source: Tom Hanks Syndrome
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