Vocabulary

• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• force in: To enter a place by applying physical force.
• drill down: To examine something in detail; to analyze deeply.
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• picks up: To catch a criminal and take to police station
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• on the run: Fleeing or trying to escape, especially from the police.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• down the line: At a later time; in the future.
• add on: To attach or include something extra.
• on base: Having reached a base safely in baseball.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• in the game: Still involved or active in a competition or situation.
• game on: An exclamation indicating the start of a game or activity.
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• strike: To hit something
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• spoil: To damage something, usually by treating it poorly
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• leave: To go away from; depart
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• swing: Movement in a curved motion
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
• underway: Happening now
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• ribbon: Long thin piece of cloth for tying hair/decoration
• dunk: To put a donut, etc. into a liquid to wet it
• yankee: Sometimes used insultingly an American
• infield: Area of a baseball field enclosed by the bases