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blood sport

French translation: sport sanglant

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English term or phrase:	blood sport
French translation:	sport sanglant
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19:43 Mar 22, 2010

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English term or phrase: blood sport

"Chessboxing is the ultimate blood sport. Athletes rely on blood pumping to their muscles when they fight. And when they sit down to play chess, that blood flow gets rerouted to the brain."
"Sport sanguinaire" ne me paraît pas adapté...

Axelle531 KudoZ activity Questions: 1207 (3 open) (164 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 13:42

sport sanglant

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http://www.lefigaro.fr/sport/2009/10/13/02001-20091013ARTFIG...

The video is great!

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Definition:
blood sport noun
n [C usually plural]
any sport that involves animals being killed or hurt to make the people watching or taking part feel excitement

(Definition of blood sport noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

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I think it's misused here!

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"Brawn and brains biathalon" is what I would call it.

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A bloody mindgame!

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Local time: 13:42

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sport sanglant

kashew

sport sanguin

Sophie Gesbert

sport de sang

Sheila Wilson

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sport de sang

Explanation:
The title of a rap song and a film.

Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 12:42
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

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sport sanguin

Explanation:
pas très utilisé, mais c'est une suggestion.

Example sentence(s):

C'est en fait une exaltation pour les sports sanguins. On retrouve la même en haltérophilie, une admiration non retenue pour les hommes les plus forts, mais ils ne sont jamais américains, ni à l'arraché ni à l'épaulé-jeté.

Reference: http://www.liberation.fr/sports/0101189739-lutte-libre-heros...

Sophie Gesbert
France
Local time: 13:42
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French

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peer agreement (net): +6

sport sanglant

kashew
France
Local time: 13:42
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English
PRO pts in category: 58

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