Vocabulary

• start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
• my personal favorite: Something that I like more than other things.
• by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
• hand on: To pass or transfer something physically to someone else.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• too heavy: Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• heat up: To become warmer; to make something warmer.
• fuck it up: To ruin or spoil something because of a mistake.
• integrity: Quality of being honest, fair and honorable
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• phenomenal: Amazing; remarkable
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• tender: Gentle; with great care or consideration
• couple: To join something to something else
• starch: Substance in food changed to energy in the body
• fiber: Basic character and nature of a person
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• quarter: 25 cents
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
• important: Having power or authority
• workout: Energetic exercise
• liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
• garlic: Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• pure: Not mixed with anything else
• crumble: To break into small parts or crumbs
• sour: (Of relationship) to cease to be good or friendly
• rack: A frame, stand, hook on which things are hung
• crunchy: (of food, snow) making a soft compacting sound
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• bind: To cover a wound, as with a bandage
• surprisingly: In an unexpected manner; to an unexpected degree
• stove: Device that burns fuel for heating or cooking
• cilantro: Herb used in Asian cooking; coriander
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• bowl: Part of an object that has a rounded, inward curve
• stain: A mark or unwanted spot / thing
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
• flour: Powder made from a grain used in cooking
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
• mushy: Excessively or insincerely emotional
• pepper: Green, red, or yellow vegetable with hollow center
• add: To include as well
• dice: To cut food or other things into small pieces
• cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• mince: To grind meat, etc. into very small pieces
• skillet: Pan used for frying food
• inch: 1/12th of a foot (2.54 centimeters)
• grate: To shred food into very small pieces
• traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner
• jelly: Semisolid food substance, eaten as dessert
• noise: Loud sounds that cause discomfort or annoyance
• brown: Of the color of coffee or chocolate
• parmesan: Strong aged Italian cheese, e.g. grated over pasta
• holiday: Day when people don't go to work or school
• shirt: Light garment for upper body, with sleeves
• food: What people and animals eat to live
• nice: Being attractive or of high quality or value
• jalapeno: Hot green or red pepper
• yee: The sound made to surprise someone