Vocabulary

• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• strike out: To not hit the ball when playing baseball
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on the run: Fleeing or trying to escape, especially from the police.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• on base: Having reached a base safely in baseball.
• of late: Recently; lately.
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• hanging out: To spend time with your friends
• of all time: The best or most significant in history.
• in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• throw off: To put out (heat, smell etc.); emit
• set up
• at bay: Kept at a distance; held back.
• nasty: Very bad, unpleasant, or offensive
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• spot: A certain place or area
• strike: To hit something
• 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
• huge: Very very large
• 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
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• leave: To go away from; depart
• poke: To give a push, thrust, or jab
• frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• foul: Terrible in smell, taste, appearance or morals
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• replace: To use instead of something else
• confirm: To formally approve or check something
• deck: Floor built into a ship, bus, plane or home
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• swing: Movement in a curved motion
• batter: Someone using a bat to play sports, e.g. baseball
• false: Not real or genuine
• rotation: Regular change of the crops grown in a field
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• deep: Complex and important
• exclamation: Abrupt excited utterance
• underway: Happening now
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• come: To arrive at a place
• jersey: Shirt worn as part of a sports uniform
• mound: Raised area on the ground on which pitcher stands
• quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• snare: To trap using a device or clever trick
• line: Border that divides two places or regions
• dunk: To put a donut, etc. into a liquid to wet it
• glove: Piece of clothing to protect or keep hands warm
• nick: Person's name
• seamer: A way to bowl a cricket ball using its seam