Someone who is on the ball is intelligent and able to do a good job.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

And they are extremely proud of what they're doing. But all of us volunteers,workforce, everybody involved has to keep their eye on the ball, work hard right to the end.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

(JANIS JOPLIN - "BALL AND CHAIN") The music ended on Sunday night or,rather,the early hours of Monday, August eighteenth.

VOA: special.2009.08.10

His records include bouncing a ball the fastest for one mile,or 1.6 kilometers, on the Great Wall of China.

VOA: special.2011.05.16

They count down the final seconds to midnight as they watch a brightly lit ball slide down a pole on top of a tall building.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

Mr. Mindon saw a letter crushed into a small ball on the floor.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

I think all those goals are still possible, but I think that as a consequence to the war on Iraq, we took our eye off the ball.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

Mister Mindon saw a letter crushed into a small ball on the floor.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

"I don't really do a whole lot. I normally just spend time with family, go out to eat,hang out, wait for the ball to drop on TV."

VOA: special.2009.12.28

On Tuesday, there was a large party called the Halloween Ball.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

Then he would fall down on the floor again like a ball of dirt and start rubbing the side of his head with his back foot as if he had no idea he had been doing any more than any frog might do.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

The U.S.sealed the victory in the 72nd minute through Clint Dempsey, who pounced on a loose ball in front of the Spanish net and deposited it in the goal to double the American lead.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24