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Do ngoc tien Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

got the ball rolling 25 minutes in ?

Villa got the ball rolling 25 minutes in by confidently slotting home a pass from Messi, who himself slid in the second five minutes before half-time after latching onto the Spain striker's through ball.
I don't understand "get the ball rolling 25 minutes in". ?
  

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"To get the ball rolling" is an idiom that means to start something. com/get+the+ball+rolling

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"To get the ball rolling" is an idiom that means to start something. More examples here: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/get+the+ball+rolling
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Why is "in" after "25 miniutes" in this sentence? It should be :"Villa got the ball rolling in 25 minutes ..." ?
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"In 25 minutes" is either an expression of future time ("I'll be there in 25 minutes") or time duration ("I finihsed my homework in 25 minutes"). You could use "after 25 minutes" for the same meaning.

"25 minutes in" tells us how long something has/had been happening. Villa [started the process] 25 minutes in(to the match). We can use this in other situations too: "I started a new book
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mrBen"In 25 minutes" is either an expression of future time ("I'll be there in 25 minutes") or time duration ("I finihsed my homework in 25 minutes"). You could use "after 25 minutes" for the same meaning.
Sorry, I mean you could use "after 25 minutes" for the same meaning as "25 minutes in."
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