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- opponent (a player or a team of players?) | WordReference Forums
Hi all, when referring to the opponent team as a whole in a football basketball match, should I call them "opponent" or "opponents"? When I look up this word in the dictionary, the word is defined as a person, but I wonder if it can also refer to a team of players Many thanks! :)
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- carry equal weight | WordReference Forums
Hello WordReferencers! Can somebody tell me the French equivalent for: 'To carry weight' as in "the two players are supposed to carry equal weight I can only think of something like 'avoir influence', but I'm sure there's better Many thanks Nigi
- To have someone in your pocket vs to have someone in the palm of your . . .
You can get a place in the national team if you can get one of the big shots in your pocket = if you can bribe someone who decide what players are included in the team you will get a place
- I saw them play playing soccer. . | WordReference Forums
On the other hand, 'He saw them playing soccer' places an emphasis on the players ('them playing') 'I have seen them in the classroom and I have seen them playing soccer, and they looked like two different lots of children'
- So meta - WordReference Forums
They began by defining the concept of a "finite game", as any game between two players that was guaranteed to end within a finite number of moves Noughts and crosses (also called tic-tac-toe) is one example of a finite game
- On the curb. | WordReference Forums
Unable to afford the salaries of superstars, the creative Beane goes looking for players who are young, raw and or overlooked One recruiting tirtakes him to the home of Scott Hatteburg, a former catcher whose playing career was seemingly ended by an elbow injury
- sign up vs sign someone up | WordReference Forums
The church has signed up more than enough volunteers for the festival b : to hire (someone) to do something especially by having that person sign a contract The team signed up [= signed on] several new players The record label signed the band up
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