Post by Thoithoi O'Cottage on Aug 17, 2014 9:54:49 GMT 5.5
Every game has its own terminology, and your knowledge of the game allows you freedom to speak about it more effectively than being general. We will talk about a few common generic terms that you can use to speak about scoring, winning, defeating, and losing in sports.
When you blow somebody away, you defeat them completely in a competition. If they did not quite know how you really box, your pummeling the opponent quite like a punching bag may blow your parents and friends away.
If a team outplays another, the former plays much better than the latter. As a result, the match becomes a complete blowout, and people may start to leave before it is over. In such a situation, the former team gives the latter a drubbing—that is a very easy defeat. The former team plays well, and comes off with a clear victory.
However, if a match is a draw, it finishes with each side/team having equal points and without either winning. A match ends in a draw, say, 3 to 3. The two teams (A and B) draw. Team A draws against/with Team B. Team A and Team B draw 3–3. Team A draws their game against Team B.
If two competitors finish at exactly the same time in a race, that is a dead heat. However, if it is a very narrow win, then one noses the race out (against the other). That can be a real photo finish, because the leading runners are so close together that only a photograph of them passing the finishing line can show which the winner is.
Sometimes we also come across runners who can outrun all of their competitors to a ridiculous, un-game-like extent. You see such very fast runners outdistancing the other runners—you can very easily tell it from the growing distance they gain in fractions of seconds.
(To be continued.)
When you blow somebody away, you defeat them completely in a competition. If they did not quite know how you really box, your pummeling the opponent quite like a punching bag may blow your parents and friends away.
If a team outplays another, the former plays much better than the latter. As a result, the match becomes a complete blowout, and people may start to leave before it is over. In such a situation, the former team gives the latter a drubbing—that is a very easy defeat. The former team plays well, and comes off with a clear victory.
However, if a match is a draw, it finishes with each side/team having equal points and without either winning. A match ends in a draw, say, 3 to 3. The two teams (A and B) draw. Team A draws against/with Team B. Team A and Team B draw 3–3. Team A draws their game against Team B.
If two competitors finish at exactly the same time in a race, that is a dead heat. However, if it is a very narrow win, then one noses the race out (against the other). That can be a real photo finish, because the leading runners are so close together that only a photograph of them passing the finishing line can show which the winner is.
Sometimes we also come across runners who can outrun all of their competitors to a ridiculous, un-game-like extent. You see such very fast runners outdistancing the other runners—you can very easily tell it from the growing distance they gain in fractions of seconds.
(To be continued.)