Vocabulary

• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• at bat: A player's turn to bat.
• head out: To leave a place; depart
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• heading home: Going towards one's home.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• on the verge of: Very near to doing or experiencing something.
• fly up: To ascend or rise quickly into the air.
• play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• to scale: In proportion; maintaining accurate relative dimensions.
• have to: Must do
• punch out: To record the time of departure from work, typically using a time clock.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• hit off: To start something successfully or in a promising way.
• on base: Having reached a base safely in baseball.
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• on the run: Fleeing or trying to escape, especially from the police.
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• evolve: To develop certain features
• aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• strike: To hit something
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• chaotic: Utterly confused
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• 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
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• ethic: Set of moral principles; rules of behavior
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• 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
• leave: To go away from; depart
• heck: Expressing surprise, or frustration
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• swipe: To pass a magnetic card through a digital reader
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• verge: Brink or threshold
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• jam: To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
• relay: To put in new carpet or flooring
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• glove: Piece of clothing to protect or keep hands warm
• chopper: Large heavy knife with a square blade; small ax
• teal: Bluish shade of green
• infield: Area of a baseball field enclosed by the bases