Vocabulary

• lead off: To begin; to start something, such as a meeting or performance.
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• on base: Having reached a base safely in baseball.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• turn into: To change to become something else
• jump in: To enter a vehicle quickly.
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• stop by: To visit someone or some place for a short time
• hit away: To continue hitting repeatedly.
• on cue: At exactly the moment expected or required.
• good call: A wise or correct decision; a sensible choice.
• through with: Having had enough (of trouble); wanting to stop
• off the wall: Unconventional; eccentric; bizarre.
• strike out: To not hit the ball when playing baseball
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• out of town: Away from one's usual place of residence or work; absent from the local area.
• to the left: In or toward the left direction.
• on the run: Fleeing or trying to escape, especially from the police.
• third one: The item that is in the third position in a sequence.
• shut out: To prevent from entering; keep out of relationship
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• barely: Only just; just possible
• strike: To hit something
• 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
• accountable: Be responsible to someone or for some activity
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• leave: To go away from; depart
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• false: Not real or genuine
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• sting: To be aroused to anger or action
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• part: Division of a book
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• jar: To have a harsh or unsettling effect on someone
• perfectly: In a faultless manner; without mistakes
• ramble: To talk or write in an apparently purposeless way
• bench: Part of the room in court where the judge sits
• upstairs: On a floor above
• triple: Group or set of three
• cutter: A special tool used for cutting things