Vocabulary

• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• on to: Toward something; forward
• flat out: To go as fast as you possibly can
• sick and tired: Fed up with or annoyed by something.
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• have to: Must do
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• red hot: Extremely hot; heated to a point of glowing red.
• in the game: Still involved or active in a competition or situation.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• off the wall: Unconventional; eccentric; bizarre.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• inevitable: That must happen; certain to happen
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• bulk: Most of something; majority of
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• couple: To join something to something else
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• grand: A counter for 1000 of something
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• conviction: Act of finding someone guilty of a crime
• role: Character played by an actor
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• leave: To go away from; depart
• slam: To criticize sharply
• pinch: A very small amount of something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• smash: Accident involving vehicles
• flush: Feeling that comes suddenly
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• sprint: To race or move at full speed
• auction: To sell to a person offering the highest price
• scar: Long lasting emotional pain from a bad experience
• bid: To propose an amount you want to pay for something
• foul: Terrible in smell, taste, appearance or morals
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• draft: Withdrawal of money from the bank
• dig: To move material to create a hole
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• deep: Complex and important
• boil: To become extremely angry or excited
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• bolt: Line of electricity in the sky from lightning
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• goodness: (Used to express slight surprise)
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• mound: Raised area on the ground on which pitcher stands
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• poise: Way of behaving with confidence/emotional control
• pitcher: Person who throws the ball during a baseball game
• bat: Small flying mouse-like animal with wings
• hustling: To make someone move quickly by pushing them
• hill: High land not as high as a mountain
• hunt: To search for wild animals to kill (for food)
• liner: Material used to cover the inside surface of
• grandpa: Your mother or father's father
• strikeout: When the batter gets three strikes in baseball