Vocabulary

• on deck: In baseball, being the next batter to come up to bat.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• down the line: At a later time; in the future.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• at bat: A player's turn to bat.
• punch out: To record the time of departure from work, typically using a time clock.
• over the head: Too difficult for someone to understand or grasp.
• warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• on the flat: Located on a level, even, or smooth surface.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• bat in: To hit the ball to score a run in baseball or softball.
• bounce back: To return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or illness.
• change up: To introduce variety or do something differently.
• ask for help: To request assistance or support.
• settle for: To accept something although not satisfied with it
• have to: Must do
• going on: To continue doing something
• on the run: Fleeing or trying to escape, especially from the police.
• through with: Having had enough (of trouble); wanting to stop
• pitch into: To attack or criticize forcefully; to start working energetically.
• count on: To depend on someone
• off the bat: Immediately; without delay.
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• pull off: To manage to succeed
• on base: Having reached a base safely in baseball.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• strike: To hit something
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• toss: To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• leave: To go away from; depart
• intend: To plan or want to do something
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• deck: Floor built into a ship, bus, plane or home
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
• bench: Part of the room in court where the judge sits
• mound: Raised area on the ground on which pitcher stands
• glove: Piece of clothing to protect or keep hands warm
• marsh: Person's name
• dugout: Low shelter for players near baseball diamond
• strikeout: When the batter gets three strikes in baseball