Vocabulary

• in hot water: In trouble; in a difficult situation.
• apart from: Except for; not considering
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• slightly: Only a little
• crave: To have a very strong desire for something
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• sake: Japanese rice wine
• fridge: An electric cool box for keeping food fresh
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• broth: Liquid or soup that meat, etc. has been cooked in
• obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• vinegar: Sharp-tasting liquid made from sour wine, malt etc.
• leave: To go away from; depart
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• blanket: Piece of cloth you covers yourself with in bed
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• piece: A counter in a board game
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• shrimp: Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
• hearty: (Of emotions) warm and sincere
• traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• seaweed: Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
• salmon: Light pinkish orange color
• bowl: Part of an object that has a rounded, inward curve
• customer: Someone who buys goods or services from a business
• freeze: To harden to a solid below zero degrees
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• powder: Dry material made up of small powder-like pieces
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
• fishy: Strange; suspicious; probably untrue
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• prep: Preparation for an action or event
• fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• soy: Food substance made from soya beans
• eel: Long thin fish that looks like a snake
• fillet: Narrow piece or slice of boneless meat or fish
• poach: To cook something gently in boiling liquid
• slime: Thick slippery substance, often rather disgusting
• jasmine: Plant producing flowers and a sweet smell
• sushi: Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed
• puffer: Poisonous fish that inhales air when threatened
• kombu: Edible kelp used in East Asian cuisine