Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• going on: To continue doing something
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• kick it up: To increase the intensity, energy, or quality of something.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• up in the air: Not yet decided or resolved; uncertain.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• outer edge: The external boundary or periphery of something.
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• get up in: To wake and leave bed at a particular time.
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• slightly: Only a little
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• staple: Main food of a particular community
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• collaboration: Act of working with someone to complete a task
• stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
• cheesy: Being of poor quality or in bad taste; not sincere
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• conviction: Act of finding someone guilty of a crime
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• depth: Distance below a surface
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• velocity: Speed in a given direction
• splash: To throw water or liquids in many directions
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• sizzle: A hissing sound of something burning or frying
• garlic: Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• hop: Dance party
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• crunchy: (of food, snow) making a soft compacting sound
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• stab: To strike a blow with a knife, as to kill someone
• shred: To tear or rip up something to small pieces
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• spice: Plant used for making food sweet or hot-tasting
• burn: To destroy with fire
• pan: To follow an object being filmed with a camera
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• herb: Small leafy plant used in medicines or food
• like: To want to
• pepper: Green, red, or yellow vegetable with hollow center
• add: To include as well
• scum: Layer of unpleasant stuff forming on top of liquid
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• funk: Feeling of fear; sadness
• emerald: Green-colored gemstone
• pastor: Minister in charge of a Christian church or group
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• macaroni: Pasta in the form of slender tubes
• basil: Green mint herb with broad leaves used in cooking
• producer: Company producing or growing a certain product
• orthodox: Believing in and following traditions; traditional
• love: Person's name
• beautiful: Having dome something well
• mozzarella: Mild white Italian cheese
• grandmother: Your mother or father's mother