Vocabulary

• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• side with: To support one person or group against another in a disagreement.
• have to: Must do
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• from scratch: From the very beginning; from nothing.
• check out
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• pastry: Dough making top/bottom of pie; cake made of dough
• theme: An main or dominant idea, motif
• crunch: To crush something into pieces
• leave: To go away from; depart
• merchandise: Goods for sale
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• gooey: Soft and sticky
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• crispy: Dry and breaking with a sharp sound
• regard: Admiration or respect for a person or thing
• crystal: A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical
• piece: A counter in a board game
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• host: Mass; a great number
• fill: To make something full
• traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
• dozen: 12 people or things
• great: Very good; better than before
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• jam: To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
• area: Amount of measured space
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• moist: Being a little bit wet, often in a pleasing way
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• specialize: To focus on one area of a field or profession
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• creamy: Resembling or containing cream
• sparkle: To shine with a lot of very small points of light
• cube: Solid object that has six square sides
• sweetness: Property of tasting as if it contains sugar
• butter: Yellow substance made of cream, spread on bread
• homemade: Made at home, not in a factory
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• scone: Small cake in which fruit is generally added
• handmade: Made by hand or a hand process
• strawberry: Sweet fleshy red fruit
• lemon: Badly made or poorly functioning product
• guava: Small tropical American tree with yellow fruit
• candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
• blueberry: Sweet edible dark blue berries
• dill: Herb used in pickling and cooking