Vocabulary

• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• on time
• weekend off: A weekend when one does not have to work; free time on a weekend.
• run on: To continue longer than expected, e.g. a meeting
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• put it away: To return something to its proper location; to tidy up.
• down the line: At a later time; in the future.
• third one: The item that is in the third position in a sequence.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• play ball: Cooperate or act in agreement with others.
• get past: To overcome an obstacle or difficulty.
• hit on: To discover an idea, etc. by chance
• in the barrel: In a difficult situation; in trouble or at a disadvantage.
• fly out: To leave a place by airplane.
• in the zone: Experiencing a state of heightened focus and performance.
• off the wall: Unconventional; eccentric; bizarre.
• run it up: Accumulate or increase an amount, often of costs or debt.
• close by: Near in distance; nearby.
• have to: Must do
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• red hot: Extremely hot; heated to a point of glowing red.
• tremendous: Very good or very impressive
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• spot: A certain place or area
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• strike: To hit something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• 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
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• leave: To go away from; depart
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• division: How many times a number is contained in another
• streak: An continuous amount of something, e.g. luck
• arise: To stand up
• counselor: Person offering professional advice to others
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• barrel: To travel at high speed
• swing: Movement in a curved motion
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
• missile: A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
• strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• elevate: To make something higher
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
• erase: To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
• overpower: To control or defeat something or someone by force
• laser: Strong narrow beam of high-powered light
• randy: Wanting to have sex (often)
• wheeler: Having the number of wheels as stated
• strikeout: When the batter gets three strikes in baseball
• infield: Area of a baseball field enclosed by the bases