Vocabulary

• sharp knife: A knife with a keen edge or point for cutting.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• cut through: To pass or go directly through something, often overcoming an obstacle.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• spot on: Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
• rinse off: To clean something by washing water over it.
• lift up: To raise something to a higher position.
• twist the knife: To make someone feel worse about a painful situation.
• head up: To lead or manage a team, project, or organization.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• over the top: More than what is considered normal or suitable; exaggerated.
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• fluffy: Containing air and being light in weight
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• starch: Substance in food changed to energy in the body
• blunt: Without a sharp edge or point
• slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
• tilt: To change to a newly preferred idea or opinion
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• sufficient: Having or providing enough when needed
• rinse: To wash off small amounts of dirt, soap suds, etc.
• comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
• sharp: Person's name
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• aromatic: (Of herbs, etc.) with a strong, but pleasant smell
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• steel: Very strong or determined character in a person
• squash: To stop a revolt, etc. continuing; overcome; defeat
• lid: Cover that can be lifted or removed, as on bottles
• halfway: A middle point between two extremes
• salmon: Light pinkish orange color
• blade: One of several flat pieces in a fan which move air
• simmer: To cook or be cooked so that it is just boiling
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• evenly: Equally; with advantage to both sides
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• fluff: Soft light material, full of air
• infuse: To soak tea, etc. in hot water, oil etc.
• strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• knuckle: Rounded bone where the fingers can bend
• pepper: Green, red, or yellow vegetable with hollow center
• fragrant: Having a sweet or enjoyable smell
• bone: Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
• olive: Person's name
• flavour: Taste of something, especially in food or drink
• close: Almost; near
• onion: Strong-smelling, strong-tasting vegetable
• pierce: Person's name
• racket: Stringed bat used in tennis, badminton etc.
• horizontally: In a flat or level direction
• tablespoon: Large spoon that is used for measuring ingredients
• fillet: Narrow piece or slice of boneless meat or fish
• colander: Bowl-shaped strainer used to wash or drain foods
• cardamom: Aromatic seeds used as seasoning
• tong: Chinese secret society or fraternal organization