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| rivals | a person, company or thing that competes with another |
| icon | a famous person or thing that people admire |
| virtuoso | a person who is extremely skilful at doing something |
| sacred | very important and treated with great respect |
| pastime | something that you enjoy doing when you are not working |
| atmosphere | the feeling or mood that you have in a particular place or situation |
| controversial | causing a lot of angry public discussion or disagreement |
| hobby | an activity that you do for pleasure when you are not working |
| silhouette | the dark outline or shape of a person or object that you see against a light background |
| commentary | a spoken description of an event that is given while it is happening |
| competition | a situation in which people or organisations compete with each other for something |
| collide | If two people or objects collide they crash into each other |
| passion | a very strong feeling of love, hatred, anger, enthusiasm etc |
| splendour | the beautiful and impressive features or qualitiesof something especially a place |
| obstacle | a situation, an event etc that makes it difficult for you to move forward |
| hurdle | each of a series of upright frames that a person or horse jumps over in a race |
| leisure | time spent doing what you enjoy when you are not working |
| chess | a game for two people played on a board marked with black and white squares, using playing pieces representing kings, queens etc. |
| coach | somebody who trains a person or team in sport |
| referee | the official who controls the game in some sports |
