Vocabulary

• off the wall: Unconventional; eccentric; bizarre.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• in plenty: In large amount; more than enough.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• on the fly: While in motion or progress; spontaneously; without prior planning or preparation.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• over the head: Too difficult for someone to understand or grasp.
• pitch out: To throw something away or discard it.
• square up: To stand facing someone in a fighting position; to prepare to fight.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• hit off: To start something successfully or in a promising way.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• ball up: To crumple something into a ball shape.
• cash in: To sell asset to get money back
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• in terms of
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• one strike: In baseball, a swing at a pitch that the batter misses, that is called a strike by the umpire, or that is bunted foul.
• stop by: To visit someone or some place for a short time
• on the money: Exactly correct or precise.
• at bat: A player's turn to bat.
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• strike: To hit something
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• relentless: Continuing without slowing or losing strength
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• leave: To go away from; depart
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• sack: To put something in a large bag
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• swing: Movement in a curved motion
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• deep: Complex and important
• bang: To strike something loudly or forcefully
• bay: Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• rattle: To make a series of sharp noises by shaking
• mound: Raised area on the ground on which pitcher stands
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• warm: To become more friendly or to like something
• bat: Small flying mouse-like animal with wings
• nick: Person's name
• bouncer: Person who removes troublemakers out of a bar
• swung: To move something in a back and forth motion
• chopper: Large heavy knife with a square blade; small ax
• baseball: Small ball used in the game of baseball
• hitter: Someone who hits (usually a ball in sports)
• backhand: Handwriting that slopes to the left
• sinker: A weight that sinks fishing lines under water
• infield: Area of a baseball field enclosed by the bases
• springer: Breed of a small brown and white spaniel dog
• playable: That can be played