reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
color scheme; colour scheme
match; game; bout; contest
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
black ground; black cloth
nine; team; players on a team; no
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
baseball-playing teenager; high-school baseball player
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
pitch that hits the batter
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
without leaving any trace
to scatter away; to vanish
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
sphere; counter for balls
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
hitting (a ball with a bat, racket, golf club, etc.); batting; batted ball; struck ball
hurray; hooray; go!; you can do it!
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)