Vocabulary

• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• come up to: To meet expectations
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• on the move: Traveling or going from place to place.
• in the zone: Experiencing a state of heightened focus and performance.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• in the mix: Being involved or included in a group or activity.
• run back: To come back
• good call: A wise or correct decision; a sensible choice.
• tag out: In baseball, to put a baserunner out by touching them with the ball while they are not on a base.
• call on: To order or ask someone to do a specific activity
• ball out: To spend a lot of money extravagantly; to live lavishly.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• tremendous: Very good or very impressive
• strike: To hit something
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• cruise: To easily achieve
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
• leave: To go away from; depart
• luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• foul: Terrible in smell, taste, appearance or morals
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• grace: Dignified polite behavior, as when things go badly
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• slap: To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• athletic: Fit and strong; physically capable
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• swing: Movement in a curved motion
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• addition: Act of adding something; thing that is added
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• pad: Object that is thin, flat, and usually soft
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• underway: Happening now
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• crow: Large black bird
• unstoppable: Not capable of being stopped
• ray: Person's name
• overturn: Improbable and unexpected victory
• liner: Material used to cover the inside surface of
• strikeout: When the batter gets three strikes in baseball