Vocabulary

• at bat: A player's turn to bat.
• pitch out: To throw something away or discard it.
• losing streak: A series of consecutive losses or failures.
• on the run: Fleeing or trying to escape, especially from the police.
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• roll it: To prepare a marijuana cigarette.
• turn on
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• rolls on: For time to pass
• double off: To suddenly turn off a road or path.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• pull off: To manage to succeed
• game on: An exclamation indicating the start of a game or activity.
• set down
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• run to: To have enough money; be able to pay; afford
• on deck: In baseball, being the next batter to come up to bat.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• in pursuit: Following or chasing someone or something, typically to catch them.
• down the line: At a later time; in the future.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• consecutive: Following one after the other in order
• 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
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• leave: To go away from; depart
• uncanny: So keen and perceptive as to seem supernatural
• pinch: A very small amount of something
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• streak: An continuous amount of something, e.g. luck
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• deep: Complex and important
• tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
• match: To equal or be as good as something else
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• come: To arrive at a place
• mound: Raised area on the ground on which pitcher stands
• long: Person's name
• bat: Small flying mouse-like animal with wings
• knee: Middle part of your leg that bends
• diving: To swim deep under water with an air supply
• diamond: Very hard colorless stone used in jewelry
• safe: Highly likely
• bouncer: Person who removes troublemakers out of a bar
• comp: Intensive examination of specialized information
• cutter: A special tool used for cutting things
• replay: To play a game again, as on a video
• catcher: Person catching the ball behind the batter
• freeman: Someone who is not a slave
• hertz: Unit for measuring the frequency of sound waves
• strikeout: When the batter gets three strikes in baseball
• infield: Area of a baseball field enclosed by the bases