Hi all, when referring to the opponent team as a whole in a football/basketball match, should I call them "opponent" or "opponents"? When I look up this word in the dictionary, the word is defined as a person, but I wonder if it can also refer to a team of players. Many thanks! :)
Hello WordReferencers! Can somebody tell me the French equivalent for: 'To carry weight' as in "the two players are supposed to carry equal weight. I can only think of something like 'avoir influence', but I'm sure there's better. Many thanks Nigi.
The church has signed up more than enough volunteers for the festival. b : to hire (someone) to do something especially by having that person sign a contract The team signed up [= signed on] several new players. The record label signed the band up.
The players of Real Madrid have won the World Cup. Nikon is going to announce a new camera. Nikon representatives are going to announce a new camera. From British folks, articles, etc I often see the plural, when no such distinction is made. It seems to me just to be the British style with collective nouns. Real Madrid have one the World Cup.
When using 受, the sentence structure usually goes like this: " [thing] 受 [group of people] 的 [noun]". If you were to say "this is a very popular book by basketball players" (which would mean that the book is written by basketball players and is popular), you would say "这本篮球运动员写的书很受欢迎” or something like that.
Unable to afford the salaries of superstars, the creative Beane goes looking for players who are young, raw and/or overlooked. One recruiting tirtakes him to the home of Scott Hatteburg, a former catcher whose playing career was seemingly ended by an elbow injury.
I agree with sdgraham. "Lock in" means to secure something. In this situation, the soccer players may have been trying to secure a position on the team and were told to "lock in your spot." But even that doesn't sound natural to me. Another example: A home buyer may want to "lock in" the current interest rate before it goes up again.
These days, we use the word to refer to social, rather than divine, grace. For instance, a leader with charisma may easily gain popular support, and a job applicant with charisma may shine in an interview.
Charisma is a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically exceptional powers or qualities.
Charisma, attribute of astonishing power and capacity ascribed to the person and personality of extraordinarily magnetic leaders. Such leaders may be political and secular as well as religious.
Definition of charisma noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
They include but are not limited to: confidence, exuberance, optimism, expressive body language, and a passionate voice. People with charisma are often enthusiastic and speak with assertiveness.
You say that someone has charisma when they can attract, influence, and inspire people by their personal qualities. He has neither the policies nor the personal charisma to inspire people.
CHARISMA meaning: 1. a special quality that some people have naturally that makes them able to influence other people…. Learn more.
Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley had great charisma, or a special personal charm or appeal that gave them influence or authority. Charisma is often a quality possessed by successful politicians or leaders, or by other public figures.
charisma A term introduced by Max Weber to describe an ability to lead and inspire through force of personality and without the aid of material incentives, coercion, or the authority of office.
Charisma is the magnetic and charming personal quality that draws people to someone. People who have an outgoing, energetic, and likable personality that seems to naturally draw other people to them are said to have charisma.
They're all wrong because "always" should be before the verb. "How he always argues with me" or "how he's always arguing with me" would be the most usual answers.
'Arguing' as a noun is the process generally. Only 'argument' can be used for a specific one that lasts ten minutes or happened twice on Tuesday, so you would only want a plural for 'argument'.
All of them are correct. The first and the third mean much the same. If there's a difference it could be that the third suggests you've been arguing about different things, while the first doesn't have that same suggestion. The second has a slightly different meaning. Please tell us your context. Have the arguments stopped? Are they likely to continue?
have been arguing a lot vs. have had a lot of arguments vs. have been ...
"Arguing" is more general in meaning. It refers to any sort of prolonged verbal disagreement. "Bickering" specifically refers to arguing over minor matters, or engaging in pointless, petty arguments. Bickering is a certain form of arguing.
Would there be any differences in meaning when the first part of the sentence (1) is changed from “There's no arguing” to “It’s impossible to argue”? (1)There's no arguing with my wife on how many children to have.
Ah, yes, it seems to be. On the face of it, it seems to have the opposite of the intended meaning. 'There is no argument that' normally means (or to me normally means) that it is obviously true; there is no point arguing against it. We are all agreed that these constructs are unworthy. However, they need it to mean that no reasonable person could make an argument for it: no-one would say these ...
He was a brilliant talker, and when he was arguing some difficult point he had a way of skipping from side to side and whisking his tail which was somehow very persuasive. The others said of Squealer that he could turn black into white" My try is: "Los otros (animales) decían de Squealer que podía hacer del blanco negro (ser super persuasivo)"