to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
capacity; volume; capacitance
law-like nature; regularity
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
pitcher's first pitch (to batter)
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
even if not; even without
to swing late (at a ball)
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
hard ball; regulation ball
distortion; falsification; perversion
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
hitting to the opposite field
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
tag up; touch-up (e.g. of a painting)
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path