Here are some of the words and phrases that we used on this week’s show.
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- all heart – very kind, always thinking about other people
Liverpool are all heart (Damon suggests that Liverpool’s draw with Luton was to help the smaller club with money).
- convincing – persuasive, strong
Espanyol had a convincing win last week.
- don’t give two (*** usually profane word ***) – don’t care about, think something is not improtant
Kitson of Reading said he didn’t give two *** about the FA Cup.
- to thump – to hit, or to beat convincingly / easily with a lot of goals
Blackburn were thumped by Coventry in the FA Cup.
- thrills and spills – excitement, lots of action
There were thrills and spills, a wonderful tournament.
- tenure – length of time in a job
It looks as though managers’ tenure is getting shorter and shorter every year that goes past.
- to pan out – to finish (usually successfully)
How do you see Manchester United’s season panning out?
- complacency – feeling smug, too confident
I think complacency has struck United on a couple of occasions.
- to deride – to make fun of, to dismiss as unimportant, ridicule
A lot of people deride the League Cup (Carling Cup).
- second string – the second team, a weakened team
I’m not a believer in sending out second strings (in the FA Cup).
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