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
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• strike: To hit something
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• 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
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• 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
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• 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
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• batter: Someone using a bat to play sports, e.g. baseball
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• successful: Having the desired effect or result
• mobile: Able to be moved or able to move
• official: Real, exact, truely felt
• datum: Item of factual information
• diving: To swim deep under water with an air supply
• ballpark: Facility in which ball games are played
• metronome: Swinging device that ticks to mark time in music
• miller: Someone who grinds grain into flour
• randy: Wanting to have sex (often)
• strikeout: When the batter gets three strikes in baseball