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.
Outfit
[ˈautfit] ♦ noun a set of clothes, especially for a particular occasion: a wedding outfit. لباس Workout outfit
Workout
تمرین: exercise, practice, workout, drill, rehearsal, drilling
playoffs
finals-
(championship games)
major
(very important)
games played toward the end of a competition among the best teams,
used to determine which two teams are the very best and will play in the final
championship game
* They were disappointed that they couldn’t play in the final championship game,
but they were also pleased that they had made it to the national playoffs.
to root for
to cheer for a particular team or player; to hope that a particular
team or player will win, usually shouting and clapping during the competition
* Are you rooting for Indiana State University or the University of Indiana?
underdog
the team that is not expected to win; the team that will probably lose
* Everyone was surprised when the underdog won the game.
victorious
the winning person or team; the person or team that wins
* The team was victorious because it has a lot of good players who know how to
work well together.
to get pounded
to be beaten badly; to lose by a large number of points
* We were pounded at the game and lost 74-1.
in peace
quietly and calmly, without interruptions or distractions
* I need to concentrate on this project. Can you please leave me in peace for a
few hours?
testy
irritable; easily angered or frustrated
* Lee becomes very testy when he’s under a lot of stress.
to back
to support; to root for
* Which candidate are you backing in the election?
to run scared
to be frightened or worried about something, especially while
doing one’s job or daily activities
* Everyone is running scared at work, worried about whether the company will be
able to stay in business.
to choke
to get choked
-to not perform well because one is nervous, stressed, and under too
much pressure
* Alberto is very intelligent, but he always chokes on exams.
- to not be able to breathe because another person’s hands are
held tightly around one’s necks, trying to kill oneself - She almost got choked when her necklace became caught in the fax machine.
, “Look at that! Your best
player just choked.” In sports, or in any competition, when you say someone
“chokes” (chokes), you mean they do not perform well, usually because they’re
nervous or under too much pressure, and they are not able to do what they
would normally do. That’s to choke. “To choke” also means not to be able to
breathe. If you eat something and it gets stuck in your throat, you could choke;
you would perhaps pass out, even die because you were not getting oxygen into
your lungs – into your body. But here, it’s simply means that someone is not
performing very well.
