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Hbae787 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
How to describe an opposing style
In sports, a good player seems to lose to a lesser player more often than not because the lower-ranked player has a style that is particularly dominant to the higher-ranked player. Please fill in the blanks for these sentences:
(The number-one Roger beats everyone else but lost to seventh-ranked Jimmy five times last year.)
a. Roger is ............. to Jimmy
b. Roger's style is .......... to Jimmy's.
c. Roger is a ............ of Jimmy
d. Jimmy is ......... to Roger
e. Jimmy's style is ......... to Roger's.
f. Jimmy is a ......... of Roger.
(The number-one Roger beats everyone else but lost to seventh-ranked Jimmy five times last year.)
a. Roger is ............. to Jimmy
b. Roger's style is .......... to Jimmy's.
c. Roger is a ............ of Jimmy
d. Jimmy is ......... to Roger
e. Jimmy's style is ......... to Roger's.
f. Jimmy is a ......... of Roger.
Top answer
hbae787 has a style that is particularly dominant to the higher-ranked player. I don't think I can play this game. I don't accept the premise.
- hbae787 has a style that is particularly dominant to the higher-ranked player.
- I don't think I can play this game.
- I don't accept the premise.
- What do you mean when you say a style is dominant to a player?
- The semantics are out of whack here.
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hbae787has a style that is particularly dominant to the higher-ranked player.I don't think I can play this game.
I don't accept the premise.
What do you mean when you say a style is dominant to a player? The semantics are out of whack here.
Are you asking us to rewrite this "exercise"?
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Let me try again.
A is a good tennis player. However when he plays B, a tennis player who lost to most others, A usually loses to B. It is due to many reasons (B's style somehow plays well against A, or whatever). What I am looking for is a word or words that describe this.
"Arch-rival", "Arch-enemy", "Nemesis", "Pigeon" are what I thought of, but not quite there.
A is a good tennis player. However when he plays B, a tennis player who lost to most others, A usually loses to B. It is due to many reasons (B's style somehow plays well against A, or whatever). What I am looking for is a word or words that describe this.
"Arch-rival", "Arch-enemy", "Nemesis", "Pigeon" are what I thought of, but not quite there.
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