She just managed to keep the ball in play.

她把球勉强保持在界内。

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You can be poor and play football in the street with a little ball made out of newspapers, you know?

你可以很穷，可以在街上用报纸做的小球踢足球，你知道吗？

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In soccer, only goalkeepers may use their hands to play the ball.

在足球比赛中，只有守门员才可用手接球。

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But the home side dominated possession putting together spells of neat and patient build-up play which just lacked an incisive final ball - perhaps an indication why Rovers season will finish in mid-table obscurity rather than the play-offs places.

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But in fact the ball was in play after the first drop - so he incurred a two-shot penalty, leading to the horrendous sextuple-bogey.

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Players must not play the ball dangerously or in a way which leads to dangerous play - the umpire deems it to be dangerous if it causes legitimate evasive action by players.

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