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Meaning of penalty area | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An area of a pitch or field, inside which a penalty is given to the offensive team if a foul is made by the defensive team.

Equivalents

Examples

“Racing out of his penalty area after a poor clearance, Haimov was beaten to the ball by Jerome, who rolled it to the waiting Shotton to fire a low shot past the goalkeeper.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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