break into, serve (HIT BALL), teammate

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From left to right, Phil Haughey, Leo Daley and Edward M. Kennedy, football teammates at Harvard in 1955.

Photo: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston

Outside, the tropical heat of southern Taiwan seems to wither even the palm trees, while inside, the players break into a sweat at the mere thought of this: trading serves with the team from mainland China in the Olympic Games next month.
“No matter how good China is, we hope to get a medal from the Olympics,” a player named Chang Yen-shu said after watching his teammates practice one morning. “They’re hosting the competition and they know everything well. They’re the best players in the world. Until now, no one has been able to beat them.”
Call it Ping-Pong diplomacy across the Taiwan Strait: mainland China lobs balls instead of missiles at the islanders, and the Taiwanese get to fight back.

Definition of break into in English:

1Enter or open (a place, vehicle, or container) forcibly, especially for the purposes of theft:two raiders broke into his homea friend of mine had his car broken into

1.1Succeed in winning a share of (a market or a position in a profession):foreign companies have largely failed to break into the domestic-equity business

The noun teammate has one meaning:
Meaning #1: a fellow member of a team
Synonym: mate

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serve (HIT BALL) Show phonetics
verb [I or T]
in sports such as tennis, to hit the ball to the other player as a way of starting the game:
Whose turn is it to serve?
That's the third ace you've served this game.

serve Show phonetics
noun [C] (ALSO service)
It's your serve.
She's got a very fast service.