{"id":2161,"date":"2015-11-22T09:22:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T15:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=2161"},"modified":"2021-11-15T22:45:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T04:45:24","slug":"landing-punches-several-other-landings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/landing-punches-several-other-landings\/","title":{"rendered":"landing punches &#038; other important landings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>after a unanimous decision over <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>miguel cotto <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">last night<\/span><\/span><strong>,<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>saul &#8216;canelo&#8217; alvarez<\/strong> <\/span>is now the wbc middleweight champion.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/85.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2179\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/85-300x187.jpeg\" alt=\"canelo celebrating victory over cotto landing\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/85-300x187.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/85.jpeg 652w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>canelo celebrates his victory over miguel cotto.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0(<em>ap photo\/john locher)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>some fans saw the fight as more competitive than the judges did, but <\/p>\n<h4>canelo was credited with <em>landing<\/em> 155 of his 484 punches (32%) while cotto hit canelo with 129 of the 629 punches he <em>threw<\/em> (21%), according to compubox.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>throw<\/strong><\/em> is a typical verb to use with <em>punch<\/em> and <em><strong>throw a punch<\/strong><\/em> is a typical\u00a0expression.<\/p>\n<h6><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/e6b7f77e78106d34880f6a7067006d68.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2164\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/e6b7f77e78106d34880f6a7067006d68-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"canelo landing a punch against cot to\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/e6b7f77e78106d34880f6a7067006d68-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/e6b7f77e78106d34880f6a7067006d68.jpg 669w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em><em>canelo <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">landing<\/span> a punch to the side of cotto&#8217;s head (ap photo\/john locher)<\/em><\/em><\/h6>\n<p><em><strong>land<\/strong><\/em> refers to the punches that actually hit the opponent.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p>in addition, many analysts and canelo himself commented that he <em>landed<\/em> more powerful punches than cotto verified this<\/p>\n<h4>[canelo]\u00a0<em>landed<\/em> 40 percent of power punches against cotto (118-of-298). cotto <em>landed<\/em> 75-of-255 for 29 percent.<\/h4>\n<p>in spanish, canelo communicated this idea with\u00a0the verb <em>conectar\u00a0<\/em>saying\u00a0he <em>connected<\/em>\u00a0on more power punches,. this is a common\u00a0way to say it in english too. for example,\u00a0<strong>stephen a. smith<\/strong> of espn tweeted this after the fight&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good fight. Just as I predicted Canelo Alvarez won 7-5. Flat-footed, he threw more power shots. Connected. Cotto was valiant, but he lost!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith\/status\/668305441475137536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>the action<em><strong> land<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is the point of interest here, though.<\/p>\n<p>a standard application of the word is in relation to an airplane returning to land.\u00a0in spanish the idea is that the airplane returns to earth. the action\u00a0<em>aterrizar<\/em>\u00a0is based on <em>tierra<\/em>;\u00a0earth.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/planeslanding2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2168\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/planeslanding2-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"plane landing\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/planeslanding2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/planeslanding2-210x140.jpg 210w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/planeslanding2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>a plane <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">landing<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<p>all of the following\u00a0situations are also <em>landings<\/em> in english. spanish, however,\u00a0frequently uses a different word.<\/p>\n<p>an <em><strong>aquatic landing<\/strong><\/em> or <em><strong>landing on water<\/strong><\/em> is known in spanish as <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>amarizar<\/em> <\/span>or <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>acuatizar<\/em><\/span>, inspired by the spanish words <em>mar<\/em> (sea) and <em>acu\u00e1tico\/<a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/mexican-slang-in-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">agua<\/a><\/em> (aquatic, water).<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/float-plane-landing.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2172\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/float-plane-landing-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"float plane landing\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/float-plane-landing-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/float-plane-landing-210x140.jpg 210w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/float-plane-landing.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>a <\/em><em>water plane\u00a0can <u>land<\/u>\u00a0on water\u00a0<\/em> ()<\/h6>\n<p><em><strong>lunar<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0or <em><strong>moon landings<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(NOT <em>mooning&#8211;<\/em>which means <em>showing your ass to people<\/em>) in spanish are can be\u00a0described with the verb <em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">alunizar<\/span><\/em> based on the spanish word for moon, <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>luna<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/moon-landing.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2173\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/moon-landing-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"moon landing\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/moon-landing-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/moon-landing-1024x799.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>walking on the moon,  known as the <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/super-bowl-xlix-ratings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alleged<\/a> apollo 11 moon <\/em><em><u>landing<\/u><\/em><em>\u00a0(nasa)<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/bart-simspon-mooning-landing.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2175\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/bart-simspon-mooning-landing-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"bart simspon mooning landing\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/bart-simspon-mooning-landing-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/bart-simspon-mooning-landing.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em><strong>&#8220;mooning&#8221;<\/strong> means showing your ass to people, not going to the moon.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><em><strong>landing on mars<\/strong><\/em> is sometimes reported\u00a0in spanish as <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>amartizando<\/em><\/span> because mars in spanish is <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>marte<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/curiosity-rover-landing-on-mars.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2171\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/curiosity-rover-landing-on-mars-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"curiosity rover landing on mars\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/curiosity-rover-landing-on-mars-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/curiosity-rover-landing-on-mars-638x360.jpg 638w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/curiosity-rover-landing-on-mars.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>an animated  of the curiosity rover <u>landing<\/u>\u00a0 on mars (nasa)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>and a big stair in a stairway is also known as a <em><strong>landing<\/strong>;\u00a0<\/em>a place to\u00a0<em>land,<\/em>\u00a0<em>turn and go down more stairs<\/em>. in spanish, it&#8217;s called a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>descanso<\/em><\/span> or <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">rellano<\/span><\/em>. these words have nothing to do with <em>aterrizar<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/at-all-def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stairway-landing.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2162\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stairway-landing-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"stairway landing\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stairway-landing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/stairway-landing.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>a<\/em><em> place to <u>land<\/u>\u00a0on a stairway (diychatroom.com)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>do u know any other ways to use the word <em>landing<\/em>? \u00a0share your examples under\u00a0<strong>leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>after a unanimous decision over miguel cotto last night, saul &#8216;canelo&#8217; alvarez is now the wbc middleweight champion. canelo celebrates his victory over miguel 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