Run-up, off/on track
1)
I was in the PE class and we were jumping over a vaulting buck. I first had to make a run-up. It helps me pick up the speed and the run-up also makes it easier for me to push myself off the ground and jump.
Is 'make a run-up' correct if I want to say that I ran towards the vaulting buck before I jumped? What would you, on the other hand, call jumping that you can do without having to run? Perhaps 'jumping from a spot'?
2)
Can things 'get back on track' / 'get off track' or are these phrases used only for people?
Thank you! I really appreciate it.
Top answer
Ann225 Can things 'get back on track' / 'get off track' Yes. It doesn't have to be people. CJ
- Ann225 Can things 'get back on track' / 'get off track' Yes.
- It doesn't have to be people.
- CJ
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Ann225Can things 'get back on track' / 'get off track'
Yes. It doesn't have to be people.
CJ
0Ann225jumping that you can do without having to run?
The adjective "standing" is used for that.
There are "running jumps" and "standing jumps".
There are "vertical jumps" and "long jumps" (also called "broad jumps").
So there are four possibilities:
running vertical jump, standing vertical jump, running long jump, standing long jump
0Ann225Is 'make a run-up' correct if I want to say that I ran towards the vaulting buck before I jumped?
The idiomatic phrase is "I made a running approach to the vaulting buck" or "I approached the vaulting buck running".
CJ
0Ann225I first had tomake arun-up.
This is awkward and unnatural. It would be simpler and better without "make a".
Ann225vaulting buck
This is not familiar.
0I've never heard a vaulting buck.
I always say and hear a vaulting horse.
0Ann225I was in the PE class
In the UK, "the" and "class" would not be included.
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