ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
without permission; without notice
broad-rimmed topless cap worn (esp. by young children) to prevent shampoo getting into one's eyes
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
long hit; slugging; extra-base hit
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
almost not able (to do something)
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh; extremely irritating thing
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
head; brains; intellect; understanding
advance (to the next base)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to take command; to give direction
overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
baseball-playing teenager; high-school baseball player