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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary
A collective beaten docket
"Costa tries to curl one in at the back post after great work by Thiago. Ospina saves brilliantly. Arsenal players look a collective beaten docket." (The Guardian's sport report.)
What is "a collective beaten docket" in the above?
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Very roughly 'a list of a group of players who have given up trying to win'. Sports writers use words in very strange ways. Don't use their sports reports as a means of learning English.
- Very roughly 'a list of a group of players who have given up trying to win'.
- Sports writers use words in very strange ways.
- Don't use their sports reports as a means of learning English.
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Very roughly 'a list of a group of players who have given up trying to win'.
Sports writers use words in very strange ways. Don't use their sports reports as a means of learning English.
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