Training for Premier League starts - News Review

Have you missed football during the coronavirus crisis?

The English Premier League clubs have agreed to start contact training – which means players will not be staying two metres apart. Clubs are discussing the restart of the football season. Neil and Catherine look at the vocabulary in the news around this story so you can talk about it too.

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The story

Premier League clubs will be meeting again shortly to discuss a possible restart of the English Premier League football season. This follows the announcement that the clubs have agreed to start contact training - which means that players will not be staying two metres apart.

Vocabulary

resume
start again

• People wonder when normal life will resume after coronavirus.
• Full office working is not expected to resume for a long time.

edges
moves slowly

• As summer edges closer, people are thinking about their holidays.
• Economists say we are edging towards a cash-free economy.

back
give support

• Some people are surprised the prime minister decided to back his advisor.
• The union won’t back the latest pay offer.


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