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  2. Sportswear - Wikipedia

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    Especially in team sports which involved blocking, intercepting, or pursuing small, hard projectiles such as cricket, baseball, and hockey (where balls or pucks are struck to speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour (45 m/s)) jockstraps (or jillstraps) are standard equipment at higher levels of play.

  3. Volleyball jargon - Wikipedia

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    Most often used in court volleyball by the setter, it is often called a "setter dump" or a "turn and burn", but on the beach it is colloquially referred to as an "on-two" One-Two-Two Coverage: Attack coverage system where one player covers directly under the block, two players cover 1–3 meters away, and two players cover 4–5 meters away

  4. Volleyball - Wikipedia

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    Towel volleyball: towel volleyball is a popular form of outdoor entertainment. The game takes place in a volleyball court, and players work in pairs, holding towels in their hands and attempting to throw the ball into the opponent's field. This version can also be played with blankets held by four people. There are several variations. [54]

  5. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    In English, objects and complements nearly always come after the verb; a direct object precedes other complements such as prepositional phrases, but if there is an indirect object as well, expressed without a preposition, then that precedes the direct object: give me the book, but give the book to me.

  6. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    English (n.) spin placed on a ball in cue sports (UK: side) engineer: a technician or a person who mends and operates machinery one employed to design, build or repair equipment practitioner of engineering: one who operates an engine, esp. a locomotive (UK: engine driver) entrée

  7. Newcomb ball - Wikipedia

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    Baer first officially published a description of the game in 1895, together with the first book of rules for women's basketball. Originally, Newcomb ball involved two teams placed facing each other in a small gymnasium , the object being for one team to "throw the ball into the other team’s area with such direction and force that it caused ...

  8. Warriner's English Grammar and Composition - Wikipedia

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    In 1942 or 1943, Warriner was approached by a publisher's sales representative about revising a grammar book dating from 1898. Warriner instead began writing chapters for a new book, which was published by Harcourt Brace as Warriner's Handbook of English, aimed at grades 9 and 10. This book was followed by a volume aimed at 11th and 12th graders.

  9. Category:English grammar books - Wikipedia

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    English grammar books. Pages in category "English grammar books" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent ...