17. sports & games Flashcards
a high-profile and extremely successful performer or athlete.
A lot of boys in my grade care more about being the class clown or a sports #superstar than being a star student.
the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting.
This remarkable film - finally released here two years after it was made - first entranced European #audiences at the Berlin film festival.
coming at the end of a series.
The #final review allows voters to correct such errors - but they must notice them first.
a series of railroad cars moved as a unit by a locomotive or by integral motors.
Hardly had these words been uttered when a #train of wagons arrived from the village and drew up outside the mess hall.
a position to the left or right of an object, place, or central point.
As he is well aware, ambushes most always occurred from both #sides of a river or canal simultaneously.
win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat.
The ultimate weapon to #defeat the epidemic is science.
(of a person) jump repeatedly up and down, typically on something springy.
He #bounces happily up and down on his piano stool.
shout for joy or in praise or encouragement.
She could hear the crowd #cheering loudly, shouting things she could not seem to grasp.
a large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side.
It is unfashionable to say so, but there is something powerfully evocative about this #block of stone.
not based on or behaving according to the principles of equality and justice.
Opposition politicians said it would involve deeply #unfair rationing according to lifestyle.
(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.
A 46-year-old woman is hospitalized in Riga, Latvia, 1 month after suddenly developing an enlarged chin, which is #swollen and tender.
emit a clear, high-pitched sound by forcing breath through a small hole between one’s lips or teeth.
I #whistled loudly and a moving van obediently heeded my call and pulled up right next to me.
a person who watches at a show, game, or other event.
For the first time in years I attended a championship match not as a reporter but as a #spectator.
a collection of people, countries, or groups that combine for a particular purpose, typically mutual protection or cooperation.
The borough currently tops the country’s #league for the collection of paper, cans and plastic bottles.
having all the necessary or appropriate parts.
Elements of each of those explanations may well be necessary components of a #complete picture, but they are insufficient.
