SPORT Flashcards
Team game
Playing in form of teams.
Spectator sport
A spectator sport is a sport that is interesting and entertaining to watch. The most popular spectator sport is football.
Physical activity
It does not matter what form of physical activity is employed to bring about this result.
Squad
A squad is a group of players from which a sports team will be chosen. The American squad has pulled out of the four-day basketball tournament.
He has the most international caps, but there are better players in the squad
Compete
If you compete in a contest or a game, you take part in it. He will be competing in the 100-meter race.
Challenge
If you challenge someone, you invite them to fight or compete with you in some way. Marsyas thought he could play the flute better than Apollo and challenged the god to a contest. He left a note at the scene of the crime, challenging detectives to catch him.
Get fit
Michael needs to get fit over the summer.
Lose weight
Yet practical experience has shown that he not only fails to lose weight, but in many cases even puts it on.
Sometimes persons on changing from an ordinary flesh dietary, lose weight and strength.
If the patient really wants to lose weight, in nine cases out of ten it is a comparatively simple matter.
Stay healthy
If kwil is what it takes to stay healthy down there, I’ve enough to go around.
It’s not always easy to stay healthy.
Solo sport
a person who works, acts, or performs alone: He used to sing with a quartet, but now he’s a solo.
Strenuous
strenuous /ˈstren.ju.əs/
adjective
needing or using a lot of physical or mental effort or energy:
A strenuous activity or action involves a lot of energy or effort. Avoid strenuous exercise in the evening. Strenuous efforts had been made to improve conditions in the jail.
Energizing
We know ourselves to be energies or energizing powers which increase and do not waste by exercise.
Bananas are energizing.
It was both energizing and exhausting.
Revitalizing
To revitalize something that has lost its activity or its health means to make it active or healthy again. This hair conditioner is excellent for revitalizing dry, lifeless hair.
As he had hoped, that air was revitalizing the worn-out bodies rapidly, giving them new strength and clearing their brains.
Have a crack at
Had a try at
I had a crack at baseball but it was too strenuous for me.
Get into shape
I’ve been trying to get into shape by going to the gym.