Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• in itself: Considered alone or without reference to anything else; intrinsically.
• game over: The end of a game or a situation.
• ball out: To spend a lot of money extravagantly; to live lavishly.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• out of the box: Thinking in an original or creative way.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• swing by: To visit a place briefly, usually on the way to somewhere else.
• on base: Having reached a base safely in baseball.
• right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• hit off: To start something successfully or in a promising way.
• hold off: To delay doing something; postpone.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• picks up: To catch a criminal and take to police station
• lead on: To encourage someone to believe something that is not true.
• add on: To attach or include something extra.
• lead to: To result in some action
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
• strike: To hit something
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• comparison: Act of comparing things
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• notch: Certain level (slightly higher or lower than)
• creep: To move quietly so as not to be seen
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• relic: Valuable, ancient thing or work of art
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• errand: Short trip to buy, collect something, etc.
• batter: Someone using a bat to play sports, e.g. baseball
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• bind: To cover a wound, as with a bandage
• mobile: Able to be moved or able to move
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• helmet: Hard or padded protective hat, as worn by soldiers
• iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• seam: Line where cloth, metal etc. are joined together
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• add: To include as well
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
• upstairs: On a floor above
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• diving: To swim deep under water with an air supply
• placement: Act of putting something in a place or position
• ballpark: Facility in which ball games are played
• metronome: Swinging device that ticks to mark time in music
• mariner: (Literary) person who sails on the seas
• miller: Someone who grinds grain into flour
• randy: Wanting to have sex (often)
• offseason: Another spelling of off-season
• strikeout: When the batter gets three strikes in baseball