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amateur English

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Definitions in simple English

amateur

An amateur is a person who does something for fun, not as a job. An amateur in sports, is a person who does not play for money. An amateur is someone who is not very good at what they are doing.

amateur

If something is amateur, it is not very good. If something is amateur, it is created or done by amateurs

amateur

someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime (= recreational, unpaid) engaged in as a pastime an amateur painter gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals recreational golfers reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating unpaid extras in the documentary an athlete who does not play for pay (= amateurish, inexpert, unskilled) lacking professional skill or expertise a very amateurish job inexpert but conscientious efforts an unskilled painting

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Topics amateur topics

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Simple sentences

You are a professional, but I am an amateur.
He is just an amateur.
He's just an amateur.
Tom is an amateur.
Tom is just an amateur.
Tom is an amateur astronomer.
Tom is an amateur photographer.
He is an amateur gardener, but his flowers are beautiful.
This is not a job for an amateur.
Your propaganda is so amateur.
Being an amateur translator, Tom often makes the mistake of writing translationese.
I'm an amateur.
I'm just an amateur.
Tom is an amateur archaeologist.

Movie subtitles

Your employee's carelessness subjected me to personal derision, not to mention the writing was amateur.
Amateur night?
You know, compared to you, my friend Shapeley's an amateur.
He won first prize at amateur night.
Amateur theatricals?
You see, to be a kleptomaniac, you can't sell any of the stuff afterwards or you'll lose your amateur standing.
Then keep your amateur flying talk to yourself, doc till you get your feet off the ground.
I'm all right with tools. I've done quite a little work with astronomical instruments, but when it comes to theory I'm pretty much of an amateur.
I've been watchin' you, lad. and you're not bad for a wartime-educated amateur.
He was doubled up on his face in that bag-of-old-clothes position that always means the same thing, he had been killed by an amateur or by somebody who wanted it to look like an amateur job.
As a mass killer, I am an amateur by comparison.
An amateur or something?
You know, Mr. Lermontov, I wouldn't dream of boring you with the performance of an amateur.
In addition Muller was also an active radio amateur.
He's a rank amateur.
Amateur?
Well, nevertheless, this, uh, rank amateur has kept you crime experts guessing for over a month.
Sooner or later this amateur is gonna peddle his stuff.
And the inspector calls me an amateur.
Hey, listen, professor, I ain't no amateur.
Instead of working as an amateur, why not kill rabbits for me?
You think I'm an amateur or something?
They are sending a stupid, bumbling amateur detective.
No, only a amateur.
I'm no amateur.
I knew you were only an amateur.
She's an amateur.
Helen Wills is an amateur in tennis.
You know, compared to you. my friend Shapeley is an amateur.
I'm a little bit rusty for a former amateur champion.
You deserve severe punishment, but there's no need to punish an amateur like you.
Rather than work as an amateur, would you like to kill rabbits for me?
He had been killed by an amateur. or by somebody who wanted it to look like an amateur job.
Most of the greatest horses and finest amateur riders in the history of steeple chasing have competed for this trophy.
Don't be frightened, I'm not exactly an amateur.
You don't have to be a critic to recognize an amateur.
What makes you so sure that she's an amateur?
Amateur, but effective. Where were we?

News and current affairs

It is unlikely, but possible, that a hardliner like Ted Cruz, or a rank amateur with deep religious convictions, such as the neurosurgeon Ben Carson, will capture the party.
There is no more room for amateur central banks trying to exploit what they perceive as a residual domestic money illusion.
Perhaps it was due to the absence of England, whose fans include the last bands of amateur warriors.
It was one of those rare moments of opportunity when an amateur could compete with professionals.
Likewise, the amateur painter does not increase her or his attractiveness much compared to a van Gogh or a Picasso.
In Eastern Europe, including Russia, that means currency boards tied to the Euro; in Latin America it means full dollarization and no more amateur management of exchange rates and central banks.
Unlike football, the Olympics were always closely associated with elites: amateur athletes recruited from universities, and so on.
Dominated by amateur investors, home markets do not turn on a dime.
A local man whose brothers all serve in the police force, a sports fan, and an amateur basketball coach, Crowley does not move in the same social circles as Gates.

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