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Two teams of 12 players contest the right to bat or field. The batting team tries to score by hitting the ball, which is thrown up by themselves, and running between the batting crease and two touch posts to score runs (unlike cricket, one must make a full trip back-and-forth to score a point, rather than simply going from one of the places to the other).
Allows the shot to drop below their shoulder or outside the vertical plane of their shoulder during the put. At any time if the shot loses contact with the neck then it is technically an illegal put. During the putting motion, touches with any part of the body (including shoes): the top or ends of the toe board; the top of the iron ring
Developments and discoveries in German-speaking nations in science, scholarship, and classical music have led to German words for new concepts, which have been adopted into English: for example the words doppelgänger and angst in psychology. Discussion of German history and culture requires some German words.
Aal - eel; aalen - to stretch out; aalglatt - slippery; Aas - carrion/rotting carcass; aasen - to be wasteful; Aasgeier - vulture; ab - from; abarbeiten - to work off/slave away
In Zeus' case it was a shield, and in Athena's a cloak with a gorgon head. The Greek word aigis could thus have become the "helm of awe" through folk etymology because of the similarity with ON œgr which means "terrible". It has nothing to do with the Norse sea giant Ægir. [20] Hildegrim Middle High German: Hildegrîn, Old Norse: Hildegrímur
A First World War Canadian electoral campaign poster. Hun (or The Hun) is a term that originally refers to the nomadic Huns of the Migration Period.Beginning in World War I it became an often used pejorative seen on war posters by Western Allied powers and the basis for a criminal characterization of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilization and humanitarian values having ...
Woellke won the British AAA Championships title in the shot put event at the 1937 AAA Championships. [3] [4] [5] He won a bronze medal at the 1938 European Championships. [6] Woellke served with the Order Police. During World War II, he was a captain in the Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 attached to a regiment in the Waffen-SS.
Ball games: To remain alert. In most games involving balls, it is important for players to keep track of the ball. AHDI dates to circa 1900. [37] keep the ball rolling (keep the ball bowling) Some ball games: To keep a conversation or endeavour from flagging. In some games, the ball must be kept moving or play stops.