maid; helper; help; assistance
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
match; game; bout; contest
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
taking the field first, thus batting second
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
underhand throw; submarine pitch
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
course of a thrown ball; course of a hit ball (golf, tennis, etc.)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
hitting the ball squarely
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
getting on base; reaching first base; times on base; TOB
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
second; number two; runner-up
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
base stealing; steal; stolen base
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)