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Let us say I want to sell my car but I do not know exactly how much it is word="or">ord="ord="or">or">ord="or">orth. If someone asks me the price, I might giveord="a">a ord="ballpark">ballpark ord="figure">figureord="or">ord="ord="or">or">ord="or">ora ballpark estimate.
If someone offers me an amount that is close to my selling price, I might say the amount isin the ballpark.However, if I saywe are not in the same ballpark,I mean we cannot agree because my ideas are too different from yours.
Finally, when a situation changes completely, we saythat is a whole new ballgame.
This VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, was written by Shelley Gollust. I’m Faith Lapidus.
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