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sports  


      n  
1    modifier   relating to, concerned with, or used in sports  
sports equipment     
2      (Also called)    sports day     (Brit)   a meeting held at a school or college for competitions in various athletic events  

field sports  
      pl n   sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing  
sports car  
      n   a production car designed for speed, high acceleration, and manoeuvrability, having a low body and usually adequate seating for only two persons  
sports coat  
      n     (U.S, Austral., and N.Z.)      another name for     →   sports jacket  
sports jacket  
      n   a man's informal jacket, made esp. of tweed: worn with trousers of different material,   (Also called (U.S., Austral., and N.Z.))    sports coat  
sports medicine  
      n   the branch of medicine concerned with injuries sustained through sport  
sports shirt  
      n   a man's informal shirt, sometimes of knitted wool or cotton, which may be worn outside the trousers  
water sports  
      pl n  
1    various sports, such as swimming, water-skiing, or windsurfing, that take place in or on water  
2    Slang   sexual practices that involve urination  
winter sports  
      pl n   sports held in the open air on snow or ice, esp. skiing  
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Constrain
v.
to quit someone from doing what they wish to do
I was constrained to tell a lie because there was no way to hide it.
go to the bitter end
exp.
go to the extreme; do everything that could be done; exhaust all possibilities and resources
kill two birds with one stone
exp.
to do two things at the same time using the effort needed to do only one
hot-stepper
n.
person skilled for an activity, especially for one involving motion (like sports; dance)
una canción de los 90
scally
n.
A scally is a working class youth who wears designer sports clothes as a status symbol
Colloquial Very similar to a chav (but chavs are more extreme in their appearance than scallies)
can't be arsed
exp.
if you can't be arsed to do something, you can't be bothered to do it (you are too lazy to do it)
colloquial, British, very common
to jump the gun
exp.
to do something too soon, especially without thinking carefully about it
Originally used in sports contests that are started by firing a gun

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