Vocabulary

• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• at bat: A player's turn to bat.
• high expectations: A strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future; a high degree of anticipation.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• on deck: In baseball, being the next batter to come up to bat.
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• hit out: To criticize someone or something strongly and publicly.
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• air out: To ventilate a room or space by opening windows or doors.
• run to: To have enough money; be able to pay; afford
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• strike: To hit 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
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• toss: To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
• dominant: The strongest; most powerful
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• identical: The same in every way
• opponent: Person who opposes an idea or plan; enemy
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• couple: To join something to something else
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• leave: To go away from; depart
• bare: Lacking contents; empty
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• harm: To damage, injure, or hurt someone or something
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• deck: Floor built into a ship, bus, plane or home
• batter: Someone using a bat to play sports, e.g. baseball
• shadow: To cover something with shade
• corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
• ladder: Series of levels to go up in society or business
• picturesque: Pretty/interesting in a cute, old-fashioned way
• dart: To move suddenly away; race away
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• elevate: To make something higher
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• skip: Very large waste disposal bin
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• come: To arrive at a place
• spun: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• borderline: Line dividing two areas or categories
• upstairs: On a floor above
• standpoint: Mental position from which things are viewed
• glove: Piece of clothing to protect or keep hands warm
• victor: Person who wins a game or other competition
• changer: A person who changes something
• randy: Wanting to have sex (often)
• colt: Young male horse
• strikeout: When the batter gets three strikes in baseball