Swimming

Question 1

Etiquette (Dos & don’ts)

Answer 1

Etiquette is a set of rules for how to behave in social situations & Wetiquette is set of dos & dont’s to keep things calm in the water.

What are the dos and don’ts of meeting the Queen?
Is the correct etiquette to call her your highness or ma’am?
Do you shake hand or curtesy?

Question 2

Hot under the collar

Answer 2

Which means angry.

I can see it’s making you hot under the collar.
Both politicians got hot under the collar & insulted each other.

Question 3

Ego

Answer 3

Our ego is the idea we have of ourselves with regards to how important we feel we are.

Losing the race was a huge blow to her ego.

Question 4

Misjudge

Answer 4

Misjudge means to guess sth wrongly.

I’m sorry I misjudged you.

Question 5

Lanes

Answer 5

Lanes are the vertical sections of a swimming pool that are often labeled as “Fast”, “Medium”, “Small”.

Our British gold medalist is swimming in lane one.

Question 6

Overtake

Answer 6

Overtaking means pass another person travelling in the same direction, because you’re going faster than them.

I hate it when swimmers overtake me!
I don’t enjoy overtaking big lorries on the motorway.