some expressions about sports
win a game:
defeat
winning streak
take one-match lead
edge
topple
tumble
soccer:
make all-out attacks
equalize the score
convert to even
retrieve one shot
the final standing
languishing near the foot of the division
judo:
what does:"a win by decision"mean?
category
running:
pull away from the back
the *th finisher
counterpart
opponent
match
what's the diffenence between them
anyone can supply me more expressions?
"soccer" (football as it should be known as)
penalty
penalty shootout
corner
corner kick
free kick
goal
referee
ball
net
penalty area
centre circle
goalkeeper
defender
striker
right winger
left winger
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cricket
umpire
crease
bat
ball
helmet
duck
golden duck
maiden
over
run
hit a four
hit a six
partnership
run rate
wickets
bails
stumps
fielders
bowler
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rugby union/rugby league
ruck
maul
scrum
try
try line
penalty
conversion
tackle
fly half
prop
collapse of the scrum
what do you mean by golden duck?
Lucia, a 'duck' in cricket means that you're out without scoring any runs. A 'golden duck' means that you're out to the first ball that you face, without scoring any runs.
As I'm a Scot this bit of info will impress you mega style:
To bowl a maiden over. It doesn't mean copping off with a virgin - it means bowling an over in cricket (six balls in succession) in which the batsman in the opposing team doesn't score any runs.
Cricket is a predominantly English game in which twenty two guys, usually dressed in white but sometimes in full splendiferous colour, make one game drag on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on...........for days and it's still unclear to the uninitiated who is actually winning..or has won in the end. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
<<Cricket is a predominantly English game>>
??????????? Damian??!! It's played at international Test level in India, Australia, South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Bangladesh as well as England. The vast majority of players and fans are *not* English!
I am really appreciate for your detail explanation :)
It seems that cricket is a pop sport in Europe and American, in China, table
tennis might be one of the predonminatly games. For you just mentioned, Damian,I am quite interested in criket now:), it seems very funny~
Lucia, watch cricket!! It's a fantastic game, really! I'm a big fan. It's true, though: games last 5 days! :-)
really?Is there any wedsite I can download the game?