Vocabulary

• on the run: Fleeing or trying to escape, especially from the police.
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• pick it up: To lift something from a surface.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• on the turf: Located or happening on a grass surface, often sports field.
• go to the wall: Fail, especially financially or in business.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• on contact: Happening immediately upon touching or meeting.
• in play: In a state of being actively involved in a game or activity.
• at bat: A player's turn to bat.
• run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• head out: To leave a place; depart
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• down the line: At a later time; in the future.
• in the zone: Experiencing a state of heightened focus and performance.
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• huge: Very very large
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• couple: To join something to something else
• 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
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• leave: To go away from; depart
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• dirt: Loose earth or soil
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• 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
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• deep: Complex and important
• mound: Raised area on the ground on which pitcher stands
• pitcher: Person who throws the ball during a baseball game
• turf: Grass or a grass-like surface
• hiss: To make a very long 's' sound to show disapproval
• spinner: Board with a spinning arrow used in some games
• apiece: Each, individually
• cam: Rotating or sliding piece in mechanical linkages
• yankee: Sometimes used insultingly an American
• strikeout: When the batter gets three strikes in baseball
• infield: Area of a baseball field enclosed by the bases
• topspin: Forward spin of a moving ball