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

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. 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/ CONTACT US!! INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/) Twitter - @thinkenglishpod Blog - thinkinginenglish.blog Gmail - [email protected] Vocabulary List To qualify (v) - to succeed in getting into a competition Nigeria was the first team to qualify for the World Cup To reschedule (v) - to agree on a new or later date for something to happen I rescheduled my doctor’s appointment for later in the week Title (n) - the position you get by beating all other competitors in a sports competition Joe Louis won the heavyweight boxing title in 1937 Host (n) - a place of organization that provides the space and other necessary things for a special event Qatar is the host nation for the next World Cup Commentator (n) - a reporter for radio or TV who provides a spoken description of and remarks on an event, especially a sport competition He is a football commentator Beneficial (adj) - helpful, useful, good A day off will be beneficial to your health Exclamation (n) - something you say or shout suddenly because of surprise, fear, pleasure, etc He shouted an exclamation of delight To dominate (v) - to have control over a place or person Despite dominating the game, United couldn’t score and lost 2-0 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices