Vocabulary

• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• lead off: To begin; to start something, such as a meeting or performance.
• on base: Having reached a base safely in baseball.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• tag up: To join or assemble with others at an agreed time or place.
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• green light
• hop in: To get in or on a vehicle
• lower half: The bottom part of something, especially when divided horizontally.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• stand for: To support a particular idea, e.g. in politics
• on the run: Fleeing or trying to escape, especially from the police.
• on cue: At exactly the moment expected or required.
• off the bat: Immediately; without delay.
• creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant
• strike: To hit something
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• cue: Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• leap: To enter or start something eagerly
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• leave: To go away from; depart
• league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
• buck: To resist or go against the trend
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• 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
• deed: Something that is done; act or action
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• barrel: To travel at high speed
• swing: Movement in a curved motion
• criminal: Involving illegal activity; relating to crime
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• offense: Attempt to score in a game or match
• gap: Distance between two objects
• tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• 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
• relay: To put in new carpet or flooring
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• bat: Small flying mouse-like animal with wings
• upstairs: On a floor above
• glove: Piece of clothing to protect or keep hands warm
• nope: A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
• slug: To punch or hit with a closed fist
• chopper: Large heavy knife with a square blade; small ax
• dodger: Someone who avoids (e.g. paying tax) dishonestly
• backhand: Handwriting that slopes to the left
• freeman: Someone who is not a slave
• tanner: Craftsman who tans skins and hides