Jul 15, 2018 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: goal fest It’s fair to say that it’d been quite a while since we had a classic World Cup final. In 2006, Italy won a fairly dull match on penalties; in 2010, Spain beat the Dutch one-nil and Germany won by the same margin in 2014, with the winner coming late in extra time. Today, though, all […]
Jul 7, 2018 Chunk of the day, Chunks Chunk of the day: high drama And then there were four! So we’ve now had the quarter-finals of this year’s World Cup, and we know who the semi-finalists are: France, Belgium, England and Croatia. Incredibly, this is now the first World Cup ever in which not one of the big three – Brazil, Argentina or Germany – will feature at this […]
Jul 3, 2018 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: déjà vu The second round of the World Cup is often when the tournament really starts coming to life. When you’re in a do-or-die situation, and it’s either you or your opponents who’ll be going home at the end of the game, you’re more likely to give 110% and go that extra mile. It can make for […]
Jun 28, 2018 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: humiliated Last Saturday in my first World Cup-related post, I expressed my fear that given our recent record in international competitions, England could well face humiliation at the hands of Panama, who were enjoying their first-ever World Cup. In the end, England absolutely battered Panama, winning 6-1 in a game that saw both Harry Kane and […]
Jun 26, 2018 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: cracking In my last evening class, one of my students came in looking slightly confused. “I’ve got a question about something my English housemate said”, he told me. “OK. Let’s hear it, then”. “Well, I know she went to see this new sci-fi film, Annihilation. Do you know it?” “Well, I’ve heard of it“, I replied, […]
