American football
/ɐmˈɛɹɪkən fˈʊtbɔːl/
nouna sport played by two teams of 11 players who carry, throw, or kick an oval ball on a rectangular field
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1. They play American football.
2. In 1892 professional American football got its start.
3. American football field is a hundred yards long.
4. Football, or American Football, is basically a religion.
5. American football is an American sport.
baseball
/ˈbeɪsˈbɔɫ/
nouna game played with a bat and ball by two teams of 9 players who try to hit the ball and then run around four bases before the other team can return the ball
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1. Baseball is delayed.
2. Kids are playing baseball.
3. Baseball sucks.
4. Baseball needs coke.
5. Baseball tushy!
basketball
/ˈbæskətˌbɔɫ/
nouna type of sport where two teams, with often five players each, try to throw a ball through a net that is hanging from a ring and gain points
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1. Play basketball.
2. Playing basketball?
3. Your kids play basketball?
4. You can go to a park by yourself with a basketball.
5. Just play basketball.
to catch
/ˈkætʃ/
verbto stop and hold an object that is moving through the air by hands
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1. Which animals can catch coronavirus?
2. People can also catch laughter.
3. Caught a turtle!
4. - Catch a chicken?
5. - Catch her shoulders.
fan
/ˈfæn/
nounsomeone who has a strong admiration or interest for someone or something; a person who admires someone or something
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1. A year later at E3 2019, fans would get another big surprise.
2. Fans once again felt the gentle embrace of hope.
3. Fans just stop!
4. Fans can even spot the YouTube star in Camila Cabello's music video for her track, "Havana."
5. - Always have fans.
field
/ˈfiɫd/
nouna piece of land used for playing a game or sport on
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1. Field pushed the idea even further.
2. After all, this is a 2 mm long, bright green ciliate slithering through a field of smaller organisms and debris.
3. I mention fields.
4. Field also has a double meaning.
5. In this room, young volunteers field non-stop calls from people in need of help.
hockey
/ˈhɑki/
nouna game played by two teams of eleven players on grass or a field, using long sticks to put a hard ball in the opposite team's goal
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1. The ice version of knockers is hockey.
2. We all play hockey.
3. Because I love hockey.
4. I love underwater hockey.
5. Favorite hockey is Caps always.
to kick
/ˈkɪk/
verbto hit or strike with the foot, usually the ball in sports such as soccer
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1. Their families, and the press, are kicking up a fuss.
2. Kick the ball.
3. Kick the bloody ball.
4. - Kick the wall.
5. Kick door on the boardroom.
to score
/ˈskɔɹ/
verbto gain a point, goal, etc. in a game, competition, or sport
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1. Only the Prussian allies and the Hunters scored victories on the Austrians.
2. Justice has scored the tying run, Bream to the plate.
3. - 16-year-old lifeguards can score cigs.
4. Scored two goals.
5. Scored two goals.
table tennis
/tˈeɪbəl tˈɛnᵻs/
nouna game played on a table by two or four players who bounce a small ball on the table over a net using special rackets
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1. Do you refer to this game as table tennis, ping pong or whiff whaff?
2. It's the table tennis district.
3. For me, I love table tennis.
4. I have a basket with lots of table tennis balls.
5. Their first hit is a table tennis game called, Pong.
court
/ˈkɔɹt/
nounan area where people can play basketball, tennis, etc.
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1. The company courted massive interest from hundreds of cities.
2. And the court then has to make a determination.
3. Trump sees courts as just another political body.
4. Courts cite this Aristotelian account of equity all over the place.
5. Then both men left court.
half-time
/ˈhæfˌtaɪm/
nouna short break between two halves of a game or match
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1. It's a half-time commitment.
2. And, B, the game is past half-time.
3. Okay so like the mail is the half-time show.
4. And there's kitten half-time.
5. If they have a good half-time show.
qualification
/ˌkwɑɫəfəˈkeɪʃən/
nouna skill or personal quality that makes someone suitable for a particular job or activity
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1. The bottom line is, qualifications no longer matter.
2. They just recognized qualifications.
3. So qualification feels necessary.
4. What are their qualifications?
5. One qualification is that Madison's qualification.
rugby
/ˈɹəɡbi/
nouna game played by two teams of thirteen or fifteen players, who kick or carry an oval ball over the other team’s line to score points
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1. In some ways, rugby was a symbol of the apartheid government.
2. He played rugby.
3. I gave up rugby in the end.
4. Everybody knows mud rugby.
5. So, rugby is a life changer.
racket
/ˈɹækɪt/
nounan object with a handle, an oval frame and a tightly fixed net, used for hitting the ball in sports such as badminton, tennis, etc.
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1. Thank you what in us rackets glad what gladrackets us.
2. So here's our rackets.
3. have a racket.
4. have a racket.
5. Bend your knees, racket in front of you.
to attack
/əˈtæk/
verb(in sports) to go forward and make an attempt to score a goal or point against an opponent
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1. We experience reconnaissance missions and attacks against electrical companies every day.
2. Iranian photographer Kaveh Golestan witnessed the gas attacks from a helicopter.
3. So the proton will attack an unshared pair on the oxygen.
4. Attack the chlorine.
5. So, the analogy to that is attacking protons.
referee
/ˌɹɛfɝˈi/
nounan official who is in charge of a game, making sure the rules are obeyed by the players
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1. Referees already influence the game a lot, obviously, a referee's judgment, their decision-making.
2. One problem, the referees blew their whistles.
3. Each player will have a referee.
4. Show your referee.
5. Referee is Mario.
defense
/dɪˈfɛns/
noun(in sports) the players who try to not allow the opposing team to score; the position or role of these players on the field
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1. After spending more time with Howard, I developed a better understanding of his belief that everyone deserves a zealous defense.
2. No says defense.
3. The best offense is defense.
4. Close any gaps in your bases defenses.
5. Bulls play defense in different ways.
helmet
/ˈhɛɫmət/
nouna hard hat worn by soldiers, bikers, etc. for protection
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1. Helmets are interesting.
2. Take the helmet.
3. Like-- Take your helmet off.
4. Wear a helmet.
5. Wear a helmet.
pitch
/ˈpɪtʃ/
nouna flat ground prepared and marked for playing particular sports, such as soccer
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1. After five innings pitched: no earned runs, one hit, no walks, seven strikeouts.
2. Pitched a great tent.
3. So pitch goes down.
4. In American English, pitch plays a significant role.
5. Just pitched an idea.
to shoot
/ˈʃut/
verbto try to score points in a ball game by kicking, hitting, or throwing the ball
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1. Body shot!
2. These missiles shoot 20 kilometers?
3. The other gunmen shot Stillwell’s corpse some more for good measure.
4. Kid: Shoot lasers eyes out of my eyes.
5. Police shot out the engine of the boat.
area
/ˈɛɹiə/
nouna part of a space or structure that is used for a specific purpose
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1. CSIs might even vacuum the entire area to collect tiny samples.
2. He believed that each area of the brain was linked to a certain behavior, such as bravery.
3. Areas need help.
4. Full price smoothened areas.
5. area rugs as the basis for that.
base
/ˈbeɪs/
noun(baseball) any of the four stations that the runner must reach to score a run
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1. They based their proposals on their study of the energy flows of the coral atoll Enewetak in the Marshall Islands.
2. The statesmen were basing their restructuring of post-war Europe on the principals of self-determination and democracy.
3. And at the same time, I'm on a journey of spirituality, trying to figure out my roots, being based in evangelical Christianity.
4. And Eagles bases their organization’s methods on biblical teaching.
5. Base any severance package on company policy, not personal feelings.
batter
/ˈbætɝ/
noun(in baseball) the player who tries to hit the ball with a bat
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1. Batters reach base on error about 1% of the time.
2. Spreading batter evenly.
3. Loose pancake batter
4. Both time and weather batter the house.
5. Divide the cake batter evenly into the six small mixing bowls.
bowler
/ˈboʊɫɝ/
noun(cricket) a player who throws the ball to the batsman
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1. Here's your bowler shirt. -
2. -Yes, I know bowlers!
3. Come on, mighty Bowler.
4. Next up is the bowler hat.
5. The bowler is a hundred years old.
to defend
/dɪˈfɛnd/
verb(in sports) to prevent an opponent from scoring a goal or point
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1. Still, police defended their use of force.
2. The company had defended its efforts.
3. Defend my honor.
4. Defend the press.
5. These horsemen defended the French footmen until nightfall.
foul
/ˈfaʊɫ/
nounan act in a sport that is against the rules and is not allowed
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1. A foul is called.
2. Glue guns are foul.
3. This potion is foul.
4. "Foul the president."
5. The air, too, was foul.
penalty
/ˈpɛnəɫti/
noun(in games and sports) a disadvantage that a team or player is given for violating a rule
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1. Wanted another penalty.
2. Non-completed routes get penalties.
3. Penalties are pretty steep.
4. Penalties are over $80.
5. Throwing out penalties.
umpire
/ˈəmˌpaɪɝ/
nounan official who is in charge of a game and makes sure players obey the rules in sports such as tennis, baseball, and cricket
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1. Yup, as well as umpires to enforce them.
2. The umpires were just as confused as everybody else.
3. Umpires had to get between them.
4. See that home-plate umpire?
5. Umpires rarely talk to players after a game.
to tackle
/ˈtækəɫ/
verbto try to take the ball from the players of the other team, usually by forcing them down, in sports such as football or rugby
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1. Most students tackle their reading assignments like zombies.
2. The BBC radio programme, Business Daily, recently tackled this topic.
3. First, regardless of your chosen field, tackle hard problems.
4. So, my wife and I tackled renovations.
5. Next tackle the top.
