war; battle; match; game; competition
pitching ability; counter for throws (of a javelin, bowling ball, etc.); counter for casts (of a line)
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
heart of the batting order (3rd, 4th and 5th batters); 3-4-5 hitters; cleanup; cleaning up
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate
preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar
practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space
coaching; couching (stitch)
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform top; sweatsuit; tracksuit; Jersey (cattle)
pinch-hitting; pinch hitter; performing a duty in place of someone else; proxy
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
to be working hard; to be doing one's best
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
body; physique; build; stature
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank
baseball ground; baseball field; baseball stadium; ballpark
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act innocent
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed