Vocabulary

• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• from scratch: From the very beginning; from nothing.
• dig in: To start eating eagerly and enthusiastically.
• for the best: Resulting in the most positive or beneficial outcome, even if it's difficult or painful in the short term.
• experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• esteem: Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
• intimate: (E.g. of detail) fine, detailed or complete
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
• indulge: To let someone else have or do what they want
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
• culinary: Concerned with cooking
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• renowned: Widely known and esteemed
• craft: To make by hand and with much skill
• require: To demand that someone does something
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• cheesy: Being of poor quality or in bad taste; not sincere
• hype: Advertising, writing, or talk to spark interest
• countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
• grit: Strong determination
• breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
• avocado: Pear-shaped fruit with green flesh and large stone
• lounge: Long, extended chair to sit or lie down on
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• exquisite: Being very sensitive or detailed, e.g. of taste
• mediterranean: Describing the sea between Italy and Africa
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• glow: Pink color in the face, e.g. from exercise/emotion
• dig: To move material to create a hole
• assure: To confirm; state with certainty something is so
• flaky: Made of or resembling flakes
• great: Very good; better than before
• savor: To enjoy a feeling, taste, smell for a long time
• delightful: Greatly pleasing or entertaining
• smooth: Moving without stops and starts
• jam: To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• ideal: Exactly right; could not be better
• adore: To love very much; to give honor to
• quaint: Appealing and attractive in an outdated way
• picturesque: Pretty/interesting in a cute, old-fashioned way
• captivate: To catch and hold someone's interest; charm
• churn: To turn milk round and round to make butter
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• ambience: Atmosphere, mood or feeling of a place
• showcase: Cabinet to display objects or goods for sale
• fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
• view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
• forget: To not remember something
• weather: Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
• warm: To become more friendly or to like something
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• prowess: Great ability or skill, e.g. in sports
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• sweetness: Property of tasting as if it contains sugar
• bread: Money or earnings
• sweet: Piece of candy, or other food containing sugar
• bacon: Salted meat from a pig
• rooftop: Top of a roof, e.g. of garden on a roof
• turkey: Edible bird resembling a large chicken
• homemade: Made at home, not in a factory
• pistachio: Greenish nuts used in cakes, ice cream etc.
• bestseller: Book or other product selling in large numbers
• medallion: Round flat piece of jewelry worn on a chain
• nightcap: An alcoholic drink you drink just before bed