Vocabulary

• out of bounds: Outside the designated playing area in a sport.
• catch on: To become popular; start to be used
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• picks up: To catch a criminal and take to police station
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• gain on: To reduce the distance to someone or something.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• at least: As a minimum
• time out: A brief suspension of activity; a pause.
• set up
• side with: To support one person or group against another in a disagreement.
• in motion: Moving; not stationary.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in check: Under control; restrained.
• put it down: To place something on a surface.
• make for: To go to or toward something/someone for a reason
• over the top: More than what is considered normal or suitable; exaggerated.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
• to the left: In or toward the left direction.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• on the ball: Alert, quick to understand and respond to things.
• play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
• at the point of: Just about to do something or reach a state.
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• ramp up: To increase the level or amount of something sharply.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• shape up: To try harder, work better; make more effort
• turn on
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• possession: State of being under the control of evil spirits
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• convert: To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• leave: To go away from; depart
• tranquil: Calm; peaceful
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• quarter: 25 cents
• cliff: High, vertical or steep surface of rock or ice
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• coverage: Type of programs a radio or TV station broadcasts
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• hip: The upper part of Leg
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• great: Very good; better than before
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• lane: Marked strip of the road or swimming pool
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• defensive: Protecting something, yourself from attack
• worthy: Having merit or value; being honorable, admirable
• review: To carefully look at the quality of something
• measurement: Size or amount of something or someone
• playbook: Notebook with diagrams of the plays of a team
• hunt: To search for wild animals to kill (for food)
• sideline: To make someone less important, or irrelevant
• touchdown: Getting ball over touch line in American football
• receiver: Earpiece of a telephone
• blitz: To suddenly and aggressively attack
• interception: Preventing something from proceeding or arriving
• bobby: Police officer (UK slang)
• wildcat: Oil/gas well in area not known to be productive