to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
match; game; bout; contest
play ball!; starting a match (of baseball, tennis, etc.)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
sphere; counter for balls
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
adds force or indicates command
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about