Vocabulary

• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• discipline: Instruction and practice to teach obedience
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• consistency: Quality of behaving or meaning the same
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• role: Character played by an actor
• tournament: Sports contest with many games to find a winner
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• leave: To go away from; depart
• elegant: Having or showing grace, style or beauty
• reliable: Being likely to be true; believable
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
• important: Having power or authority
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
• glorious: (Of a hero, achievements) deserving praise and awe
• point: An item to be discussed
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• great: Very good; better than before
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• squad: A sports team
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• dutch: Concerning the culture and people of Holland
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• defensive: Protecting something, yourself from attack
• undoubtedly: With certainty; without question; for sure
• cap: Covering for the end or top of something
• tactical: Doing things to get the result you want; planned
• lineup: People arranged by police for identification
• defender: Fighter who fights against attack
• deflection: Action of making move in a different direction
• tempo: Speed or pace of something
• playmaker: Player in a team sport who leads attacks
• midfield: Middle part of a playing field, e.g. in football