Vocabulary

• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• to taste: Add an ingredient according to your preference.
• few steps: A small number of steps; a short distance.
• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• after dark: After the sun has set and night has begun.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• old school: Traditional or old-fashioned in style, behavior, or attitude.
• plug into: To connect an electrical device to a power source.
• stock up: To accumulate a supply of something.
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• at last: Finally; after a long delay.
• no accident: Not happening by chance; deliberate or intentional.
• ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
• obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• culinary: Concerned with cooking
• cruise: To easily achieve
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• stroll: To walk slowly and in a relaxed manner
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• bullet: Metal object fired from a gun
• feast: Religious celebration
• riot: Person, thing, or event that is extremely funny
• tranquil: Calm; peaceful
• attraction: Theme park or fairground; place worth visiting
• futuristic: Concerning futurism
• bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
• devour: To eat quickly and hungrily
• century: Period of 100 years
• bend: To become curved or no longer straight
• sizzle: A hissing sound of something burning or frying
• canal: Channel cut through land for boats or ships
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• steam: Mist collecting on a surface when wet air cools
• shrine: Religious place that honors a person or saint
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• batter: Someone using a bat to play sports, e.g. baseball
• karma: (Hinduism, Buddhism) force affecting future lives
• pesky: Causing irritation or annoyance
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• nourish: To cause an idea, belief, or feeling to develop
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• adventurous: Not being afraid of dangerous situations
• fury: Rage; violent anger
• shadow: To cover something with shade
• metropolis: Very large and important city
• legendary: Being a very famous sports player, actor etc.
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• statue: Stone or metal image of a person, often carved
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• amusement: State of being amused or feeling enjoyment
• torn: To move very quickly, often with carelessness
• incense: To cause to feel great anger; to infuriate
• tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
• anime: A form of Japanese animation
• roar: To laugh in a loud and continuous manner
• retro: (Of fashion) repeating styles of the past
• serenity: Absence of mental stress or anxiety
• nearby: Close to where you are
• partake: To have or take a share, e.g. of food
• mechanical: Done without thought or feeling; automatic
• crab: Sea creature with a hard shell and two claws
• boulevard: Wide, grand street often with trees on both sides
• downtown: Located in the business part of a town
• powerhouse: Highly energetic and indefatigable person
• buddhist: Someone who follows the teachings of Buddha
• hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
• octopus: Sea creature with eight arms or tentacles
• visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
• follow: To come after someone; be guided by someone
• manga: A style of Japanese comic strip or comic book
• street: Road in a city with buildings and places to walk
• temple: A flat area on the side of the forehead
• strife: Conflict or discord
• walk: To move with your legs at a slowish pace
• south: Direction to your right when facing the rising sun
• buddhism: Religion devoted to the teaching of Buddha
• zen: A Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight
• bonito: Fishes similar to mackerels and tunas