September 28, 2019 | 0 comments
English terminology in the beautiful game
football or soccer is considered the beautiful game. It’s definitely the most watched sport in the world.
Football
With the sport having originated in Britain – or at least the rules were, football goes back as far as the medieval times. The games terminology is world wide and such words like:
goal
offside
are used all over the world.
even the word hooligans comes from England a word that doesn’t sit well in football, at least with the people that love the game.
Many languages directly borrowed the word for football: fotbal(Rumanian), le foot(ball) (French) and futbol (Turkish).
the game is said to have narrowed the great divide between countries and brought the world closer together. Football is said to have the power to bring people together of their age, race, gender, culture, or nationality.
english phrasal verbs used in football:
“LET’S WARM UP.”
To warm up is to do light or easy exercise in preparation for more intense work later
“I AM GOING TO TRY OUT FOR THE SCHOOLS SOCCER TEAM.”
When you want to join a sports team, but the team doesn’t accept everybody, then you need to try out for the team
“THE PLAYER PASSED OUT.”
To pass out is to lose consciousness (you can also say “black out”). When a person who has passed out begins to wake up, you can use another phrasal verb: “I think he’s coming around.”
football has become a phenomenon and the people that follow it are in the billions.
whether you are a football lover or not, there is no question that the power of football around the world is enormous.
Published by ESO English study at www.english-study-online.com
