regular customer; general audience; general public
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)
change; changing; exchange (e.g. of goods); change of sides (in baseball, American football, etc.); switching ends (in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
high five; high touch (involvement of personal attention and service)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
defense; defence; fielding
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
pitcher; pitcher (container); jug
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
fly (ball); fly (lure); fly (insect)
to practice; to practise; to train; to drill; to become practiced; to become practised
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
failing to catch a ball; dropping a ball; flubbing a catch
sudden and unexpected; coming out of nowhere; out of the blue