derby[derbies](horse race) noun [UK: ˈdɑː.bi] [US: ˈdɝː.bi] corsadi spazionoun {f} space travel(travel through space in order to visit and explore other worlds) noun [UK: speɪs ˈtræv.l̩] [US: ˈspeɪs ˈtræv.l̩] ...
Derby/ˈdɑːbɪ;US:ˈdɜːrbɪ/n the Derby⇒an annual horse race run at Epsom Downs, Surrey, since 1780: one of the English flat-racing classics any of various other horse races local Derby⇒a football match between two teams from the same area ...
British jockey Freddy Head rode the French four-year-old filly Ivanjica to an impressive victory on Sunday (3 October) in the world's richest horse-race -- the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp, Paris. UK: NIJINSKY, RODE BY BRITISH JOCKEY LESTER PIGGOTT, WINS ENGLISH DERBY ...
Derby, thea very importantyearlyhorse race held at Epsom in England in May orJune, on a day which is known as Derby Day Originderby1.(1800-1900)2.Derby, important horse race held at Epsom, England, from LordDerby(1752-1834) who started it.3.From the wearing of such hats at the Derb...
[Derby] a derby horse (only three year old horse race) derived from the British Derby. Also strike < English: Derby> [carriage] car. Use case: meal card, cargo card < UK: car> [cassette player] cassette recorder < UK: cassette> [1.] cast cast < English: cast> 2. grades, grade...
Sport:The story of the Derby- Withaudio- The oldest and most famous horse race in the world. NEWSport:The origins of football and rugby- (shortA2level text). Sport:The story of football and rugby- (B2 level text), and how football came from England to Brazil. ...
1913 - Suffragette Emily Wilding Davison throws herself under the Kings horse at the Epsom Derby1914 - Anglican Church in Wales is disestablished.1914 - The heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire is assassinated. Outbreak of World War I.1914 - Battles of Mons, the Marne, and Ypres.1915 - ...
travelling so far, only to discover that ‘up north’ isn’t as far away as we southerners always believe. We may have got that wrong but the famed warm Yorkshire welcome is as true as ever. The reason for my visit was to watch the oldest horse race in the English sporting calendar....
Other related terminol-ogy includesfair play(1828),match(1873),ring(1881),record(1884),derby(1888,originally‘race for young horses’; the football-related meaning was introducedmuch later, in 1950) andrush1891. All these terms are still well-established today(see 6.4 for more extended ...
Queen Elizabeth II watches horse race from the royal balcony during Derby Day at Epsom Derby festival in Epsom, Britain on June 3, 2017. (Xinhua) LONDON, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is to receive an 8-percent "pay rise" next year, worth nearly 7.7 million U.S....