Published On Mar 28, 2024
Could being the underdog help you succeed? Neil and Georgie discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.👇👇👇
❓❓❓ Which club overcame odds of 5000-1 to be beat top clubs to win the 2015-16 English Premier League title. Was it:
a) Charlton Athletic?
b) Leicester City? or,
c) Crystal Palace?
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Vocabulary:
✔️underdog - person or team in a competition or situation who seems least likely to win
✔️look down your nose at (someone) - think you are better than or superior to (someone)
✔️choking - failure of a sports player or team to perform their best due to psychological pressure or social expectation
✔️top dog - (informal) most successful, powerful or authoritative person in a group
✔️on the flip side - the opposite, less positive, or less popular side of something
✔️underperform - perform worse than expected
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