Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• check out
• second hand: (Of goods) already used
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• have off: To have free time from work or duties.
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• know better: To be wise enough not to do something.
• food culture: The practices, attitudes, and beliefs as well as the networks and institutions surrounding the production, distribution, preparation, and consumption of food.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• got to: To arrive at some place
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• left and right: In both the left and right directions.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• go on: To continue doing something
• goes to show: To demonstrate or prove something.
• come along: To go with someone who takes the lead
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• appreciate: To rise in value (of property or belongings)
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
• stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• delusion: False belief despite evidence to the contrary
• leave: To go away from; depart
• straw: Dry yellow stems of crops such as wheat
• broccoli: Vegetable with thick branches and green flowers
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• vintage: Old and somewhat treasured
• lick: To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
• boutique: Small fashionable shop
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• spice: Plant used for making food sweet or hot-tasting
• apron: Clothing to keep clothes clean when cooking
• translate: To change something into a different state
• part: Division of a book
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• area: Amount of measured space
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• fuse: Device connected to and making a bomb explode
• ginger: Being reddish-brown in color
• suggestion: Idea about what someone should do
• wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
• intersect: To divide something by crossing it
• spoon: Tool with a rounded end for eating ice cream, etc.
• hammer: To bring severe damage, harm, or blame upon
• fashion: Style of dress or activity popular at some time
• long: Person's name
• pitcher: Person who throws the ball during a baseball game
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• polished: To make something smooth and shiny by rubbing it
• friendship: Feeling of liking someone; good relationship
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• underground: (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
• spicy: Hot and strongly flavored in taste
• incorrectly: In a way that is incorrect or wrong
• runny: Being able to flow as a liquid
• zipper: Device with interlocking teeth to close pants, etc.
• yummy: (Of food) delicious; very tasty
• watery: Having a lot (maybe too much) water
• lake: Large area of water surrounded by land
• shoe: Outer covering for the foot, often made of leather
• ale: Fermented alcoholic drink made from malt
• mama: A mother