Support so'po:rt [t> Tj British to like a particular team, and want it to win.- 'Which teem do you support?" "Oh. United, of course!'
, Don't say am supporting Juventus'. ! Say I support juventus.
the person who makes sure that players obey the rules
referee! umpire re fori:. 'лтраюг [n Cj
tne person in charge of a game, who makes sure that the players obey the rules and decides who has won game: What's the score? I The score at
half time was 12-18.
final score (=the score at the end of the
game)
0© when two teams or players have the same score
draw ГSPECIALLY BRITISH tie KSPIVIAI l\ AMI Ч
ft Afs dm. far |n CJ when both players or teams have the same number of points at the end of a game: "What was the result of the Barcelona и Real Madrid game?" "ft was с draw."
end in a draw/tie The game ended in a tie.
Qbe two ad/be four all etc he
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(two etc) xclass="underline" spoken say this when both players or teams have two points, four points etc in a game: It's two all at the moment, but United seems the better team. I "What was the final score?" "One all"
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Use referee about football, basketball, hockey, and boxing.
Use umpire about baseball, cricket, and tennis.
SPREAD
to cover a larger area or affect a larger group of people
judges djAd^z/ [n plural] the people who decide which person is the best in a competition
Use judges about sports in which people do not compete in teams, such as skating, horse-riding, and gymnastics.
the points you get when you are playing a sport
point /paint/ In C] a unit used for measuring how well you are doing in a sport or game: Steve Jones is 15 points ahead. I Damon Hill leads the Formula 1 Championship. with 58 points from 6 races. get/score a point We lost the game when the Giants scored 14 points in the
last quarter.
goal gaol/ In Q the point you get when
you make the ball go into the net in sports such as football or hockey score a goal (=get a goal)
score /sb:r/ (n C) the number of points that the two teams or players have in a
when fire/liquid etc spreads
spread spred [l> I] if fire, liquid, smoke etc spreads, it moves outwards in all directions to cover a larger area: The fire spread quickly through the building. + through/across/to etc By now the flood water had spread across 80 square miles of farmland. I She knocked over her glass, and a dark pool of wine spread over the tablecloth.
spreading - spread - have spread
В when information/ ideas/feelings etc spread
spread /Spred; It» \/T] if information, an idea, or a feeling spreads, or if you spread it, more and more people begin to know about it or be affected by it: News of the President's death spread quickly. + to/into/through etc a feeling of panic that spread through the whole army
when diseases spread
Spread spred/ [v I/T] if a disease spreads, or if it is spread, it is passed from one person to another, and it affects more and more people: Some diseases are spread by insects. + through/to/across Cholera is spreading through the refugee camps at an alarming rate.
spreading - spread - have spread spread [n singular]
the spread of sth (=when a disease
spreads) the spread of AIDS
infectious /m'fekjas/ [adj] an infectious
disease is spread by being passed from one person to another: in/ecfious diseases such as typhoid highly in/ectious (=very infectious) Measles is a highly infectious illness that can be extremely serious.
E when people go in many directions
spread out /.spred aotI [phrasal verb I] if a group of people spreads out, they move apart from each other so that they cover a
larger area: 'Spread out/" shouted the sergeant. "We have to search the whole forestI Small groups of survivors spread out across the plain.
scatter :'sk2et3r/ [v I] if a group of people scatter, they all suddenly move in different directions, especially to avoid something dangerous: A gun went off and the crowd scattered. I The rioters scattered when police vans arrived.
to put butter, glue etc on a surface
spread spred [u T] to put a thin layer of a soft substance, such as butter or glue, on a surface, so that it covers it spread sth on sth Spread the glue evenly on both surfaces. I He spread plaster on the wails.
spread sth with sth tu;o slices of toast spread with peanut butter
spreading - spread - have spread
to open something out and arrange it on a surface
spread/spread out /Spred, ,spred 'aot
(u T] to open something such as a sheet, a map, or a newspaper, and arrange it so that it lies flat on a table, the floor, or another surface
spread oat sth Jim spread out a blanket for her to sit on.
spread sth out/over/on He took the map and spread it out on the table. I I spread the towels over the radiator to dry.
when things are spread over a wide area
scattered /'Skaet3rd [adj] things that are scattered are spread over a large area in an irregular or untidy way + about/over/among etc Tiny cottages were scattered ail over the hillside.
spread out /spred 'aot/ |ad; not before noun] things that are spread out are spread over a large area with a lot of space between them
+ on/among/across etc Diane had her papers spread out all over the floor.
STAND
if you mean 'can't stand something', go to вдо 6
see also sit, lie
D to be in a standing
position
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spread Ues/rumours/gossip l=deliberately tell untrue information to a lot of people) Someone's been spreading lies about Nancy again.
spreading - spread - have spread