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World Cup Word of the Day: Attacking Flair

attacking flairWorld Cup Word of the Day. Languagecaster aims toA bring you a word or phrase each day that has been part of the World Cup 2014 story. Today, weA focus on the noun phraseA a€˜attacking flaira€™.

World Cup Word of the Day:A Attacking Flair

The noun ‘flair’ describes talent or exceptional skill and in football is almost always combined with the adjective ‘attacking’A to make the phrase attacking flair.A This describes a team with a lot of talent going forwards, a team that has an exciting attack, a number of talented attack-minded players. Most matches at this World Cup have beenA full of attacking flair. Attacking flair.

  • Example:A Neymar scored twice in a man-of-the-match display as Brazil rediscovered their attacking flair to overwhelm Cameroon and qualify for the World Cup knockout stage.
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