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type of exercise
aerobics
sport in which the player shoots arrows at a target using a bow
archery
Difficult and unpleasant situations
Hardships
Look steadily at sv or sth for a long time
gaze
sport in which you move across ice using special boots
ice skating
a need / necessity
Requirement
very difficult and tests your abilities
challenging
difficult
tough
game played by two teams using a ball and bat
baseball
Game in which a heavy ball is rolled from one end of a wooden alley towards wooden pins set up at the opposite end
bowling
sport that involves fighting with fists
boxing
activity done by jumping off sth high above the ground whilst attached to a long elastic rope
bungee jumping
a difficult situation that demands effort
challenge
eager to be more successful than other people
competitive
a moving device used for moving on a surface
Conveyor
Great in amounts
extreme
Lie on or just bellow the surface of liquid
float
The state of not being controlled
freedom
take sth or pick it up suddenly and roughly, snatch
grab
physical exercises performed indoors, often using bars, rings and ropes
Gymnastics
to fly with a kite like aircraft
Hang gliding
measurement from the bottom to the top of sth
height
Of only one person or thing
individual
inside a building
indoor
physical harm
Injury
narrow path on an athletics track which is marked by lines
lane
to result in
lead to
methods of fighting that come from the Far East, like kung fu and karate
martial arts
sth done in the open air, outside
Outdoor
a game with guns that fire paint
paintball
jumping off a hill or tall building while wearing a special parachute, which allows you to control the way you land
paragliding
to need
require
activity where people jump out of an aeroplane and float through the sky, sometimes joining with others before pulling their parachutes open
skydiving
Sport of moving across the snow in an inflated tube
Snow tubing
game for two or four people played in a marked, indoors area by hitting a small ball against a wall
squash
Describing something a group of people do
team
preparation or education for a sport, an academic subject or a job
Training
activity where people travel down a cable suspended above a slope in a harness
zip lining
sth that you cannot stop doing
addictive
remedy for a snake bite
anti-snake venom
a black sticky substance that becomes hard and is used to make roads
Asphalt
A flight (n)
battle
to try hard to achieve sth difficult (v)
battle
To be better than another activity or person
beat
extremely cold
bitterly cold
a painful red swelling on the skin
blister
severe snow storm
Blizzard
The limit of a person
Boundary
a place on a route where people are stopped and checked
checkpoint
A person in a competition
competitor
large, important
considerable
to make or become deeper
Deepen
help sb understand sth better
deepen understanding
Without the things necessary for a nice live
deprivation
an activity that tests sb's stamina
endurance event
whole
entire
having no protection from the weather
Exposed