Hi, Nil Alexandrov!
I read your message from 21.12.2022 11:23

 AK>>    Kate looked hopefully at Reynie. "I don't suppose you
 AK>> know what he means, do you? Just right off the bat?"
 AK>>    Reynie shook his head. "No idea."
 AK>> What did she mean with her bat? :)
 NA> This expression comes from the baseball and this is a fixed
 NA> expression means immediately. The bat is the stick you play
 NA> with. There are couple of more baseball terminology is used
 NA> daily, like let*s touch base (tomorrow and discuss that), (the value
 NA> is) in the ballpark, etc.

Yeah, what a game -- a half of the world loves it, and the other part has no idea what it is. :)

Bye, Nil!
Alexander Koryagin
fido.english_tutor 2022

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