This document contains vocabulary words and definitions related to various sports and extreme activities taught by Teacher Minerva Pons. The words include equipment, locations, and terms for fencing, curling, skydiving, white water rafting, track and field, and other adrenaline inducing hobbies. Many of the words have Spanish translations as well. The document aims to expand students' knowledge of vocabulary associated with sports and adventure.
This document contains vocabulary words and definitions related to various sports and extreme activities taught by Teacher Minerva Pons. The words include equipment, locations, and terms for fencing, curling, skydiving, white water rafting, track and field, and other adrenaline inducing hobbies. Many of the words have Spanish translations as well. The document aims to expand students' knowledge of vocabulary associated with sports and adventure.
This document contains vocabulary words and definitions related to various sports and extreme activities taught by Teacher Minerva Pons. The words include equipment, locations, and terms for fencing, curling, skydiving, white water rafting, track and field, and other adrenaline inducing hobbies. Many of the words have Spanish translations as well. The document aims to expand students' knowledge of vocabulary associated with sports and adventure.
Double Click 4 Just for the FUN of it Unit 9 Abolish
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Affair
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Canteen
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Compose
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Curling
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Daring
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Fencing
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Fencers
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Fencing Breeches
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Flat tire
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Breeches
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Flying trapeze
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Helmet
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Interlocking
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Mat
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Mesh (Mask)
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Mitts
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Motto
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Nerve-racking = Causing stress or anxiety.
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Net
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Pads
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Knee pads
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Paddles
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Padded Jacket
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Quiver (Carcaj in Spanish)
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Archery Range
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Skydiving
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Skiing Slope
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Snowboarding
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Squash
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Tees
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Thrill = Emotion, excitement
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White-water rafting
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Suntan lotion
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Oars
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Lounge chairs
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Rough water
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Ball game
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Rowboat
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Ticket Booth
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Coxswain
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Wetsuit
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Jumpsuit
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Parachute
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Wrist
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It’s a bit scary
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My kind of thing
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Crowd
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Trip out
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Free kick
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Dwelling
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Street Skating Event
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Daredevil
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Pole vault Javelin
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High jump Shot put
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Hurdles Hammer throwing
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Shepherd
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Stress Give particular emphasis or importance to (a point, statement, or idea) made in speech or writing.
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To aim for something
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Relay = Receive and pass on (information or a message).
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• Deafening = (of a noise) so loud as to make it impossible to hear anything else. • Never mind = It doesn’t matter. • Touchdown = Score, point. (Football) • Approach = Approximate, focusing. • Fairly = Quite, pretty, enough, sufficiently. • Affair = An event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to. • Arrange = Organize or make plans for (a future event).
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Teacher: Minerva Pons The ball is in your court = You have the responsibility to take the next action or decision.
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Skating on thin ice = Doing something risky which may have serious or unpleasant consequences.
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Throw in the towel = Give up, abandon.
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Swim against the tide = To not conform to general opinion.
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Get into the swing of sth = To become familiar with sth.
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Teacher: Minerva Pons Hit back at sb = Criticize or harm someone after they criticized or harmed you.
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Hit if off = To like another person as soos as you meet.
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Hold sth against sb = Allow sth sb did wrong in the past to influence you negatively about that person.
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Hold back sth = Not allow yourself to show sth (e.g., an emotion) or hide sth. I’m really sad, but nobody has to know it.
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Hold up sth = Prevent it from taking place or delay it.
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Hold sb off = Fight off or resist an opponent or enemy.
Jean L. Fourcroy - Pharmacology, Doping and Sports - A Scientific Guide For Athletes, Coaches, Physicians, Scientists and Administrators-Routledge (2008) PDF