Vocabulary

• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• on the run: Fleeing or trying to escape, especially from the police.
• run over: To go beyond a limit, e.g. of a budget
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• stop in: To visit a place briefly, usually on the way to somewhere else.
• count on: To depend on someone
• stack up: To compare with something else; measure up.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• one strike: In baseball, a swing at a pitch that the batter misses, that is called a strike by the umpire, or that is bunted foul.
• hand on: To pass or transfer something physically to someone else.
• roll over: To make a payment later than planned
• on base: Having reached a base safely in baseball.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• play ball: Cooperate or act in agreement with others.
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• strike: To hit something
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• 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
• 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
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• bare: Lacking contents; empty
• 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
• foul: Terrible in smell, taste, appearance or morals
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• hop: Dance party
• schedule: A list of events and their times
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• swing: Movement in a curved motion
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• bay: Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• glove: Piece of clothing to protect or keep hands warm
• chopper: Large heavy knife with a square blade; small ax
• strikeout: When the batter gets three strikes in baseball
• infield: Area of a baseball field enclosed by the bases