Vocabulary

• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• up in the air: Not yet decided or resolved; uncertain.
• way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• in pursuit: Following or chasing someone or something, typically to catch them.
• flat out: To go as fast as you possibly can
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• have to: Must do
• get behind: To support or encourage.
• play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• out of nowhere: Suddenly and unexpectedly; from an unknown place or source.
• run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• ball out: To spend a lot of money extravagantly; to live lavishly.
• on the run: Fleeing or trying to escape, especially from the police.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• tremendous: Very good or very impressive
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• 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
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• leave: To go away from; depart
• quarter: 25 cents
• terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• row: To move a boat using oars
• foul: Terrible in smell, taste, appearance or morals
• carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
• arise: To stand up
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• offense: Attempt to score in a game or match
• gap: Distance between two objects
• whack: To hit someone or something with great force
• roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
• strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
• coach: Large, comfortable bus
• zip: To compress digital documents into one file
• platinum: Very expensive silver-colored metal
• tack: Small, sharp nail, usually with a wide, flat head
• strikeout: When the batter gets three strikes in baseball