Vocabulary

• over the top: More than what is considered normal or suitable; exaggerated.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• throw away: To fail to take advantage of a good chance
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• check out
• from the top: From the beginning.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• go in for: To enter a competition
• fight back: To make your point more strongly against opponent
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• one of each: A single item from every available type or variety.
• almost all of: Nearly the entire quantity or number of something.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• sit down: To take a seat
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• dude: Form of address for a man
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• cuisine: Certain style or technique of cooking
• section: A part of a whole
• extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• tender: Gentle; with great care or consideration
• broth: Liquid or soup that meat, etc. has been cooked in
• ferment: To go through a chemical change to make alcohol
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
• temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
• aromatic: (Of herbs, etc.) with a strong, but pleasant smell
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• cilantro: Herb used in Asian cooking; coriander
• bowl: Part of an object that has a rounded, inward curve
• balance: Instrument for weighing things
• cheek: The soft part of your face that is below your eye and between your mouth and ear
• part: Division of a book
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• paste: To move computer data from one page to another
• chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• goodness: (Used to express slight surprise)
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• rib: One of the curved bones protecting the chest/heart
• chili: Hot-tasting spice used in curry, etc.
• dish: Shallow container that you cook or serve food in
• soy: Food substance made from soya beans
• wine: Dark red color
• onion: Strong-smelling, strong-tasting vegetable
• salty: Containing or tasting like salt
• spicy: Hot and strongly flavored in taste
• sweetness: Property of tasting as if it contains sugar
• skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
• tendon: Band of tough fibrous tissue connecting muscles
• sheen: Soft, smooth, shiny quality, as of glossy hair
• wok: Pan with convex bottom used for stir frying
• alkaline: Containing or behaving like an alkali
• yum: Used to show pleasure at eating something nice
• pi: The ratio of the circumference to the diameter