Vocabulary

• send off: To force someone to leave a game
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on target: Achieving the desired results or goals; accurate.
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• pull back: To move to a safer area; retreat
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• take a bow: To bend your head or body forward as a sign of respect or thanks to an audience.
• play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• inside the box: To think conventionally or in a traditional way.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• go find: To search for and locate someone or something.
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• jump in: To enter a vehicle quickly.
• side with: To support one person or group against another in a disagreement.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• pace off: To measure a distance by walking and counting steps.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• heading to: Going in a particular direction.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• get up off: To rise from a seated or lying position on something.
• to the left: In or toward the left direction.
• power on: To activate or switch on a device or machine.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• strike: To hit something
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• tournament: Sports contest with many games to find a winner
• absolute: Complete; total; pure; not limited in any way
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• crunch: To crush something into pieces
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• fortunate: Having good luck
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• underway: Happening now
• turf: Grass or a grass-like surface
• referee: Sports official who makes sure rules are followed
• deflect: To cause to turn in a different direction
• deflection: Action of making move in a different direction
• coca: Type of South American plant used to make cocaine