Could being the underdog help you succeed? Neil and Georgie discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.👇👇👇
❓❓❓ Which club overcame odds of 5000-1 to be beat top clubs to win the 2015-16 English Premier League title. Was it:
a) Charlton Athletic?
b) Leicester City? or,
c) Crystal Palace?
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Vocabulary:
✔️underdog – person or team in a competition or situation who seems least likely to win
✔️look down your nose at (someone) – think you are better than or superior to (someone)
✔️choking – failure of a sports player or team to perform their best due to psychological pressure or social expectation
✔️top dog – (informal) most successful, powerful or authoritative person in a group
✔️on the flip side – the opposite, less positive, or less popular side of something
✔️underperform – perform worse than expected
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so marruecos was the underdog in the world cup but they surprised their rivals
What means underdog😊
Can you guys make a video difference between oldest and earliest, newest or latest
I don't think so. This doesn't explain why everyone in the world must love the US, the world superpower, at the risk of being labelled and discredited as "anti-American". The BBC loves the US too, especially when it's about wars. How do you explain that?
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Luton was really doing great in their EPL debut
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underperform, on the flip side, underdog , the top dog, you are superior to sb, look down your nose at sb,
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VOCABULARY FORM VIDEO “Why everyone loves the underdog ⏲ 6 Minute English”
1. Relegated: to put (someone or something) in a lower or less important position, rank, etc. – usually used as (be) relegated; usually + to
2. Merit: [count] :a good quality or feature that deserves to be praised
3. Underdog: person or team in a competition or situation who seems least likely to win
4. Look down your nose at (someone): think you are better than or superior to (someone)
5. Choking: failure of a sports player or team to perform their best due to psychological pressure or social expectation
6. Top dog: (informal) most successful, powerful or authoritative person in a group
7. On the flip side: the opposite, less positive, or less popular side of something
8. Underperform: perform worse than expected.
29.03.2024 VIETNAM
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I still remember the 2015/2016 Premier League when Leicester city got champion.
Wonderful!
I wait for the BBC to upload the video.
Its leicester city.
4:57 Good her knowledge about football is not much good but also not too much bad
4:57
I was right!