Vocabulary

• run to: To have enough money; be able to pay; afford
• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• ball out: To spend a lot of money extravagantly; to live lavishly.
• play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• throw out: To make someone leave, because of bad behavior
• over the head: Too difficult for someone to understand or grasp.
• at the least: As a minimum; no less than.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• roll back
• turn in: To produce or achieve a good performance
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• by mistake: Accidentally; unintentionally.
• down the line: At a later time; in the future.
• to the left: In or toward the left direction.
• pitch in: To help or join together to accomplish something
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• tag on: To add something extra or join a group or activity.
• on base: Having reached a base safely in baseball.
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• strike: To hit something
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• shed: Small building used for storage
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
• hustle: To make someone move quickly by pushing them
• couple: To join something to something else
• 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
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• deck: Floor built into a ship, bus, plane or home
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• swing: Movement in a curved motion
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• shade: Area of darkness when something blocks the light
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• deep: Complex and important
• dime: Coin worth 10 US cents
• jar: To have a harsh or unsettling effect on someone
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• skip: Very large waste disposal bin
• retire: To stop using, producing, or servicing something
• wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
• come: To arrive at a place
• mound: Raised area on the ground on which pitcher stands
• popped: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• circle: A perfectly round shape
• depart: To die
• bat: Small flying mouse-like animal with wings
• ball: Large dance where people dress formally
• hustling: To make someone move quickly by pushing them
• costly: Being very expensive, often wasteful
• sandy: Person's name
• cutter: A special tool used for cutting things
• techno: Style of fast heavy electronic dance
• dugout: Low shelter for players near baseball diamond
• hopper: Mix of things to be considered or done
• backhand: Handwriting that slopes to the left
• infield: Area of a baseball field enclosed by the bases
• outfield: Area of a baseball playing field beyond the bases
• playable: That can be played