85. Football English: All the Vocabulary You Need to Watch the UEFA European Football Championship in English! (English Vocabulary Lesson)

<p><strong>Back of the net! What a save! To move the goalposts! To be on the ball! English, and especially British English, is full of football related vocabulary, expressions and idioms. So, to celebrate the start of the UEFA European Football Championship, let’s learn a few of the most useful examples together. Hopefully by the end of the episode you will be able to watch football games in English with ease. And if you hate football, don’t worry! Much of the vocabulary in the episode is also used in business English and everyday conversations.</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/06/14/85-football-english-all-the-vocabulary-you-need-to-watch-the-uefa-european-football-championship-in-english-english-vocabulary-lesson/"><strong>TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/06/14/85-football-english-all-the-vocabulary-you-need-to-watch-the-uefa-european-football-championship-in-english-english-vocabulary-lesson/</strong></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/01/04/39-brexit-all-the-essential-vocabulary-english-vocabulary-lesson/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CONTACT US!!</a></p> <p>INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/</a>)</p> <p>Twitter - @thinkenglishpod</p> <p>Blog - <a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thinkinginenglish.blog</a></p> <p>Gmail - [email protected]</p> <p><br></p> <h4><strong>Vocabulary List</strong></h4> <p><strong>To qualify (v) - to succeed in getting into a competition</strong></p> <p><em>Nigeria was the first team to qualify for the World Cup</em></p> <p><strong>To reschedule (v) - to agree on a new or later date for something to happen</strong></p> <p><em>I rescheduled my doctor’s appointment for later in the week</em></p> <p><strong>Title (n) - the position you get by beating all other competitors in a sports competition</strong></p> <p><em>Joe Louis won the heavyweight boxing title in 1937</em></p> <p><strong>Host (n) - a place of organization that provides the space and other necessary things for a special event</strong></p> <p><em>Qatar is the host nation for the next World Cup</em></p> <p><strong>Commentator (n) - a reporter for radio or TV who provides a spoken description of and remarks on an event, especially a sport competition</strong></p> <p><em>He is a football commentator</em></p> <p><strong>Beneficial (adj) - helpful, useful, good</strong></p> <p><em>A day off will be beneficial to your health</em></p> <p><strong>Exclamation (n) - something you say or shout suddenly because of surprise, fear, pleasure, etc</strong></p> <p><em>He shouted an exclamation of delight</em></p> <p><strong>To dominate (v) - to have control over a place or person</strong></p> <p><em>Despite dominating the game, United couldn’t score and lost 2-0</em></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support</a>

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