Vocabulary

• off to a flying start: Beginning something very successfully and energetically.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• on a plate: To receive something easily, without much effort.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• fight back: To make your point more strongly against opponent
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• two halves: Two equal parts of something.
• against the run of play: Unexpected result opposite to how the game has been played.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• have to: Must do
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• penalty: Negative effect resulting from your actions
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• foul: Terrible in smell, taste, appearance or morals
• miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• point: An item to be discussed
• great: Very good; better than before
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• defence: The process of protecting something from attack
• keeper: Person taking care of animals
• teammate: Fellow member of a team
• shootout: Fight with guns, e.g. between police and gang
• header: Soccer shot made with head