high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to be opposite; to face each other
front; frontage; facade; main
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
four balls; base on balls; a walk
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
according to plan; as planned; on target
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
to swing late (at a ball)
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
thinking (about a matter) for a long time; contemplating for a long time; lengthy consideration; pondering
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
space; interval; space character; whitespace
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
imposing stance; daunting pose
pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket); pitched ball
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
hard ball; regulation ball
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental