Vocabulary

• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• down the line: At a later time; in the future.
• at bat: A player's turn to bat.
• drive out: To force someone or something to leave a place or situation.
• sit back: To relax and take it easy.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• move back: To retreat or withdraw from a position.
• think on: To consider something carefully before making a decision.
• picks up: To catch a criminal and take to police station
• on to: Toward something; forward
• stay up: To not go to bed until late
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• cut in: To interrupt someone's conversation
• in the frame: Believed to be involved or suspected in an event or crime.
• throw out: To make someone leave, because of bad behavior
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• strike: To hit something
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• terrain: Characteristics (e.g. rough) of a piece of land
• couple: To join something to something else
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• visual: Of or relating to vision
• offensive: Causing displeasure or anger
• leave: To go away from; depart
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• wrist: Part where your hand joins your arm
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• jam: To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
• strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• crook: A criminal or thief; dishonest person
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• glove: Piece of clothing to protect or keep hands warm
• cutter: A special tool used for cutting things
• mead: Alcoholic drink made from honey
• cam: Rotating or sliding piece in mechanical linkages
• restart: To begin working again after it has stopped