Easy: Equaliser
Easy: Equaliser
Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast for you to learn football English one word at a time. We have three different levels for you: easy, medium and hard.
This episode is easy so we’re looking at common football words and phrases. Things you use and need to know to play the game.
Summary
Learn more football vocabulary with Premier Skills English. Each lesson in our Premier Vocabulary section looks at one football word or phrase. This lesson looks at the word equaliser.
You can find more Premier Vocabulary on the side of this page.
Transcript
Rich: Hello my name’s Rich and welcome to Premier Skills English - Premier Vocabulary.
Jack: Hi there! I’m Jack. We’re here to help you with your football English. Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast for you to learn football English one word at a time.
Rich: We have three different levels for you: easy, medium and hard.
Jack: This episode is easy so we’re looking at common football words and phrases. Things you use and need to know to play the game.
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Rich: The phrase we are looking at in this episode is equaliser.
Jack: An equaliser is a goal that is scored to make the scores between the two teams the same or equal.
Rich: If a team are losing 1-0 and then they score to make it 1-1 that goal is called the equaliser.
Jack: The team have equalised.
Rich: So, it can be a verb and a noun. Equaliser is the noun and equalise is the verb.
Jack: Have a listen to this short dialogue to help you understand this a little more.
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Rich: Come on! We’ve got to start playing better. They’re going to equalise - I can feel it.
Jack: There’s only a few minutes left. I think we’re going to do it. Come on you Reds!
Rich: Here we go. They’ve got a corner. No! 1-1! That’s the equaliser.
Jack: Hold on a minute. Look at the referee. It’s been disallowed. Their equaliser is not going to count.
Rich: And there’s the final whistle. Get in!
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Jack: Let’s look at the word equaliser in a bit more detail.
Rich: There are some very strong collocations with the word equaliser that you hear a lot when we talk about football.
Jack: Remember that a collocation is two or more words that are used next to each other a lot.
Rich: The most common collocations with equaliser are those connected to time because we often talk about equalisers near the end of a match.
Jack: I suppose when they happen near the end of a match it’s much more exciting. OK, so some common collocations connected to time include a last-minute equaliser, a late equaliser, a 90th or 89th-minute equaliser, an injury-time equaliser or a last-gasp equaliser
Rich: We also often talk about whether the team deserved the equaliser or not. We deserve something when we have done well or worked hard for a result.
Jack: So if a team has played well and equalise in the last minute we often hear the collocation a deserved equaliser.
Rich: But if the team haven’t been so good and get lucky near the end of a game we often hear the collocation an undeserved equaliser.
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Jack: One final important thing to remember is the spelling. In British English, we use an ‘s’ when we say equalise or equaliser.
Rich: In American English we use a ‘z’ when we say equalize or equalizer.
Jack: But the pronunciation is the same and we use a /z/ sound. This can be a difficult sound for some.
Rich: /zzzzzz/ cars, balls, zebra, puzzle, equalise, equaliser.
Final whistle
Jack: There is the final whistle!
Rich: We’ll be back soon with more Premier Vocabulary from Premier Skills English.
Jack: Bye for now and enjoy your football.
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How do fans feel when their team score a last-minute equaliser?
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25/05/2024
points
Supporters must be excited because their team efforts finally pay off.
25/05/2024 09:06
Arsenal
103
Supporters must be excited because their team efforts finally pay off.
08/08/2023
points
Fans must feel proud and happy when their team manages to score a last-minute equaliser.
08/08/2023 15:01
Manchester City
383
Fans must feel proud and happy when their team manages to score a last-minute equaliser.
17/02/2022
points
The fans feel very happy when their team score a last-minute equalizer.
17/02/2022 09:25
Manchester United
738
The fans feel very happy when their team score a last-minute equalizer.
30/04/2021
points
They feel excited, certainlly!!
30/04/2021 14:40
Arsenal
1512
They feel excited, certainlly!!
03/12/2020
points
There can't exist undeserved equalisers imho, only deserved lessons for a "to-be winner".
03/12/2020 16:29
Liverpool
6562
There can't exist undeserved equalisers imho, only deserved lessons for a "to-be winner".
03/12/2020
points
"Equalizer" 's spelt with "zee" :-),
"equaliser", though, with "es",
I'd have my swimming in the sea, -
it's equal to not having stress.
03/12/2020 16:25
Liverpool
6562
"Equalizer" 's spelt with "zee" :-),
"equaliser", though, with "es",
I'd have my swimming in the sea, -
it's equal to not having stress.
03/12/2020
points
My aim is to get an equaliser in a few days in my competition with MoBeckham. I'll be back! (c)
03/12/2020 16:09
Liverpool
6562
My aim is to get an equaliser in a few days in my competition with MoBeckham. I'll be back! (c)
03/12/2020
points
After having seen a last-moment equaliser, fans are to feel elated, joyous, and happy.
03/12/2020 16:07
Liverpool
6562
After having seen a last-moment equaliser, fans are to feel elated, joyous, and happy.
21/04/2020
points
Last shoot which provides equalise is a nightmare for winning team.
I follow Premier League. Many goals take place in extra time.
During the game if difference is one goal winning team shouldn't try to decrease game's tempo in order to "gain the time" In this case second goal will ensure to win.
21/04/2020 18:55
Tottenham Hotspur
5552
Last shoot which provides equalise is a nightmare for winning team.
I follow Premier League. Many goals take place in extra time.
During the game if difference is one goal winning team shouldn't try to decrease game's tempo in order to "gain the time" In this case second goal will ensure to win.