Vocabulary

• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• off the wall: Unconventional; eccentric; bizarre.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• stop by: To visit someone or some place for a short time
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• settle for: To accept something although not satisfied with it
• right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
• hit back: To retaliate; to respond to an attack or criticism with a similar action.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• set down
• on the line: At risk; in a situation where something could be lost.
• feel for: To have sympathy for someone; to empathize with someone's situation.
• go after: To chase or pursue something
• in play: In a state of being actively involved in a game or activity.
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• strike: To hit something
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• 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
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• blow: To move something using air
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• leave: To go away from; depart
• league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• swing: Movement in a curved motion
• unconventional: Not acting according to normal accepted rules
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• blaze: (Of a fire) to burn brightly
• deep: Complex and important
• gap: Distance between two objects
• peek: To look at something quickly (often secretly)
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• rookie: New to doing something; beginner
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• bench: Part of the room in court where the judge sits
• battery: Portable device that stores electricity
• glove: Piece of clothing to protect or keep hands warm
• ballpark: Facility in which ball games are played
• wolf: A dog-like wild animal
• bouncer: Person who removes troublemakers out of a bar
• defender: Fighter who fights against attack
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
• drake: Male duck
• strikeout: When the batter gets three strikes in baseball