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American football |
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Amerikanisches Fußball |
‘How many players are there in an American football team?’ American English =‘football’ |
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baseball |
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Baseball |
‘I played baseball on holiday.’ |
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basketball |
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Basketball |
‘I used to enjoy playing basketball but now I prefer playing hockey.’ |
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cricket |
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Cricket |
‘I enjoy playing cricket.’ |
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football |
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Fußball |
‘I used to play football before I injured my knee.’ American English = ‘soccer’ (and different from ‘American football’) |
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hockey |
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Hockey |
‘I was captain of the university hockey team.’ |
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netball |
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Netzball |
‘I’ve started playing netball for a local team.’ |
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rugby |
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Rugby |
‘I used to play rugby but prefer football now.’ |
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badminton |
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Badminton |
‘I play badminton on Thursday evenings at the local sports centre.’ |
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squash |
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Squash |
‘I play squash every Saturday morning.’ |
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table tennis |
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Tischtennis |
‘I don’t understand the rules of table tennis. I prefer squash instead.’ Also known as ‘ping pong’ |
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tennis |
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Tennis |
‘My favourite sport is tennis.’ |
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biathlon |
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Biathlon |
‘The biathlon competition will be taking place soon.’ |
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bobsleigh |
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Bobfahren |
‘Did you see the bobsleigh competition on television yesterday?’ |
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cross-country skiing |
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Skilanglauf |
‘I went cross-country skiing at New Year.’ |
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downhill skiing |
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Abfahrtslauf |
‘I prefer cross-country skiing to downhill skiing.’ |
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ice hockey |
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Eishockey |
‘We’re going to watch the ice hockey game on Saturday.’ |
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ice skating |
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Eislaufen |
‘What time is the ice skating competition on television?’ |
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snowboarding |
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Snowboarden |
‘I prefer snowboarding to skiing.’ |
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canoeing |
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kanufahren |
‘We went canoeing on the river.’ |
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to row |
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rudern |
‘I’m planning to row the length of the Forth.’ Note the pronunciation of ‘to row’ (a water sport) vs. ‘to row’ (to have an argument) |
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rowing |
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rrudern |
‘I enjoy rowing, especially when the sun is shining.’ |
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sailing |
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segeln |
‘I’m going to spend next week sailing along the coast.’ |
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to scuba dive |
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sporttauchen |
‘Last summer I went scuba diving off the coast of Egypt.’ |
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surfing |
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surfen |
‘I’ve taken up surfing as a hobby.’ |
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to swim |
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schwimmen |
‘I swim most mornings.’ |
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swimming |
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schwimmen |
‘I’m not a strong swimmer. I prefer running to swimming.’ |
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to windsurf |
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windsurfen |
‘I want to learn to windsurf when I’m on holiday this summer.’ |
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windsurfing |
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windsurfen |
‘I’d like to go windsurfing today, but the weather isn’t suitable.’ |
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yachting |
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segeln |
‘I enjoy yachting, but it’s quite expensive.’ |
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