Vocabulary

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• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• time out: A brief suspension of activity; a pause.
• start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
• at least: As a minimum
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• over the top: More than what is considered normal or suitable; exaggerated.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• fluffy: Containing air and being light in weight
• recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• crust: Hard outer layer of something, e.g. the earth
• blast: To attack someone with words
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• render: To cause to be in a certain state or condition
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• dough: Substance made from flour and water to bake bread
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• leave: To go away from; depart
• pinch: A very small amount of something
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• medium: Method of expressing ideas or feelings
• sheet: Piece of cloth you put on the bed to sleep on
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• entertain: To receive someone as a guest
• liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
• crappy: Impolite term for not good, worthless
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• biscuit: A cookie
• adjust: To change; to attain a desired state or function
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• hearty: (Of emotions) warm and sincere
• shitty: Very bad
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• frozen: Hard, solid because it is below zero degrees
• simmer: To cook or be cooked so that it is just boiling
• whisk: To beat egg, etc. to add air and make it light
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• vegetarian: Being made from vegetables and not having any meat
• gravy: Brown sauce made from meat juices when cooking
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• sausage: Finely chopped and seasoned meat in a skin
• oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
• flour: Powder made from a grain used in cooking
• puff: To breath in and out quickly
• peanut: Edible small nut which grows under the ground
• powder: Dry material made up of small powder-like pieces
• dice: To cut food or other things into small pieces
• freezer: Electric refrigerator operating below zero degrees
• coarse: Feeling rough and not smooth
• skillet: Pan used for frying food
• cube: Solid object that has six square sides
• tablespoon: Large spoon that is used for measuring ingredients
• moat: Water-filled ditch surrounding a castle
• plop: Sound made when a solid is dropped into a liquid
• grated: To shred food into very small pieces
• pie: Baked food with a filling encased in pastry
• soda: Sweet bubbly flavored drink
• buttermilk: Substance comes from making butter from sour milk