Vocabulary

  • have to: Must do
  • fresh produce: Recently harvested fruits and vegetables offered for sale.
  • out of season: Not at the time of year when a particular fruit, vegetable, activity, etc. is at its best or most easily available.
  • draw out: To lengthen (far beyond the normal limits)
  • have at: To attack someone or something.
  • at least: As a minimum
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • date back: To have existed since a particular time in the past.
  • to hand: To give or pass something to someone using your hand.
  • nasty: Very bad, unpleasant, or offensive
  • properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
  • delicate: Easily broken or damaged
  • cultivate: To grow plants, crops etc.
  • plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
  • force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
  • purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
  • squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
  • texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
  • recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
  • amount: Quantity of something
  • increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
  • drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
  • draw: To attract attention to someone or something
  • robust: Having physical vigor or energetic good health
  • facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
  • messy: Being complex or difficult to fix
  • principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
  • stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
  • thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
  • tender: Gentle; with great care or consideration
  • scoop: To dig out for a hole with a tool or hands
  • moisture: Small amount of wetness that can be felt
  • serve: To act in a particular position or office
  • bitter: Feeling angry and sad over something
  • produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
  • slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
  • pinch: A very small amount of something
  • count: To add things together to find the total number
  • peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
  • century: Period of 100 years
  • obtain: To be given or to earn something through efforts
  • chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
  • prefer: To like something better than something else
  • basis: Main ingredient or part of something
  • regard: Admiration or respect for a person or thing
  • expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
  • clarify: To make a liquid become clear or pure
  • great: Very good; better than before
  • disparity: Unfair difference between things; inequality
  • hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • gravy: Brown sauce made from meat juices when cooking
  • puree: Juice made from crushed fruit or vegetables
  • flour: Powder made from a grain used in cooking
  • pigeon: Gray bird that is common in cities
  • cucumber: Long green vegetable that is eaten raw in salads
  • cover: To record a different version of another song
  • season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
  • machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
  • light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
  • parsley: Small, green herb used to season or garnish food
  • pepper: Green, red, or yellow vegetable with hollow center
  • mortar: Stone bowl for crushing substances with a pestle
  • butcher: Store selling meat; person who sells meats
  • cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
  • weather: Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
  • vine: Long thin plant that climbs over something
  • date: To have become old-fashioned
  • coarse: Feeling rough and not smooth
  • sieve: Device with fine mesh to filter out liquids
  • superlative: Highest in quality or excellence
  • garnish: To add salad, etc. as decoration to food
  • tout: To praise or promote something
  • shallot: Type of longish onion
  • cayenne: Hot-tasting red pepper used in cooking
  • veal: Meat from a young cow
  • pestle: Hand tool for grinding substances in a mortar
  • moi: (French) me
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    • at least

      US /æt list/

      UK /æt li:st/

      • Adverb
      • As a minimum
      • Not less than
      • Phrase
      • No less than; at the minimum
      • Used to indicate that something is positive in a bad situation.
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    • basis

      US /ˈbesɪs/

      UK /ˈbeɪsɪs/

      • Noun
      • Main ingredient or part of something
      • Starting situation, fact, idea to develop from
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    • bitter

      US /ˈbɪtɚ/

      UK /'bɪtə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Feeling angry and sad over something
      • Sharp unpleasant taste (e.g. strong black coffee)
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    • butcher

      US /ˈbʊtʃɚ/

      UK /ˈbʊtʃə(r)/

      • Countable Noun
      • Store selling meat; person who sells meats
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cut up dead animals to sell their meat
      • To kill people violently and without compassion
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    • cayenne

      US /keɪ'en/

      UK /keɪ'en/

      • Noun
      • Hot-tasting red pepper used in cooking
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    • chop

      US /tʃɑp/

      UK /tʃɒp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
      • To hit someone with your hand
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A hit with the hand in a sideways motion
      • Thick slice of meat still attached to a bone
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    • clarify

      US /ˈklærəˌfaɪ/

      UK /'klærəfaɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make a liquid become clear or pure
      • To state again so that a point is clearer
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    • coarse

      US /kɔrs,kors/

      UK /kɔ:s/

      • Adjective
      • Feeling rough and not smooth
      • Being rude and impolite
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    • count

      US /kaʊnt/

      UK /kaʊnt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To add things together to find the total number
      • To matter or be important
      • Countable Noun
      • Number of things added together, e.g. votes
      • With the number of crimes, knockouts, as stated
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    • cream

      US /krim/

      UK /kri:m/

      • Adjective
      • Pale color that is yellowish white
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Type of a thick beauty product used on the skin
      • Thick liquid rubbed into the skin
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    • cucumber

      US /ˈkjuˌkʌmbɚ/

      UK /ˈkju:kʌmbə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Long green vegetable that is eaten raw in salads
      • A long, green-skinned fruit with watery flesh, typically eaten raw in salads or pickled.
      • Adjective
      • Having the flavor or scent of cucumber.
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    • cultivate

      US /ˈkʌltəˌvet/

      UK /'kʌltɪveɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To grow plants, crops etc.
      • To cause to grow by education; to enlighten
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    • date back

      US /det bæk/

      UK /deit bæk/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To have existed since a particular time in the past.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have originated at a certain time in the past.
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    • delicate

      US /ˈdɛlɪkɪt/

      UK /'delɪkət/

      • Adjective
      • Easily broken or damaged
      • Finely made, with great care
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    • disparity

      US /dɪˈspærɪti/

      UK /dɪˈspærəti/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Unfair difference between things; inequality
      • Inconsistency; incongruity.
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    • drain

      US /dren/

      UK /dreɪn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
      • Something that depletes resources or energy.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To empty or remove liquid from
      • To use up the energy/ money/power of something
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    • draw out

      US /drɔ aʊt/

      UK /drɔ: aut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To lengthen (far beyond the normal limits)
      • To get someone to tell you their real feelings
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    • expense

      US /ɪkˈspɛns/

      UK /ɪk'spens/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Money you have to pay to do part of your job
      • Paying money for something (big)
      • Uncountable Noun
      • When resources e.g. time is used to do something
      • Expenditure of resources; spending
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    • facility

      US /fəˈsɪlɪti/

      UK /fəˈsɪləti/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
      • Skill to do something with ease
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    • flour

      US /flaʊr/

      UK /ˈflaʊə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Powder made from a grain used in cooking
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cover something with flour in cooking
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    • fresh produce

      US

      UK

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Recently harvested fruits and vegetables offered for sale.
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    • garnish

      US /ˈgɑ:rnɪʃ/

      UK /ˈgɑ:nɪʃ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To add salad, etc. as decoration to food
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Salad, etc. added as decoration to food
      B2
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    • gravy

      US /ˈɡrevi/

      UK /ˈgreɪvi/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Brown sauce made from meat juices when cooking
      B2
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    • have at

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To attack someone or something.
      • To begin doing something with enthusiasm.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • messy

      US /ˈmɛsi/

      UK /'mesɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Being complex or difficult to fix
      • Being untidy or dirty
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    • moi

      US

      UK

      • Proper Noun
      • (French) me
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    • moisture

      US /ˈmɔɪstʃɚ/

      UK /'mɔɪstʃə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Small amount of wetness that can be felt
      B1
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    • mortar

      US /ˈmɔ:rtə(r)/

      UK /ˈmɔ:tə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Stone bowl for crushing substances with a pestle
      • Cement, sand, etc. mixture for bonding bricks, etc.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use a bonding cement to coat walls
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    • nasty

      US /ˈnæsti/

      UK /'nɑ:stɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Very bad, unpleasant, or offensive
      • Unkind; unpleasant.
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    • obtain

      US /əbˈtein/

      UK /əbˈteɪn/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To be given or to earn something through efforts
      • To get something through your efforts
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
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    • out of season

      US

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Not at the time of year when a particular fruit, vegetable, activity, etc. is at its best or most easily available.
      • Inappropriate or unsuitable for the current time or situation.
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    • parsley

      US /ˈpɑ:rsli/

      UK /ˈpɑ:sli/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Small, green herb used to season or garnish food
      B2
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    • peel

      US /pil/

      UK /pi:l/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
      • Transitive Verb
      • To remove the outer skin of something, e.g. fruit
      • To remove the cover or outer layer from something
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    • pepper

      US /ˈpɛpɚ/

      UK /ˈpepə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Green, red, or yellow vegetable with hollow center
      • Hard covering of berries used as spices
      • Transitive Verb
      • To spread around randomly, as with bullets
      • To sprinkle or season with pepper.
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    • pestle

      US /ˈpɛsəl, ˈpɛstəl/

      UK /ˈpesl/

      • Countable Noun
      • Hand tool for grinding substances in a mortar
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    • pigeon

      US /ˈpɪdʒən/

      UK /'pɪdʒɪn/

      • Noun
      • Gray bird that is common in cities
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    • pinch

      US /pɪntʃ/

      UK /pɪntʃ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A very small amount of something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause pain by pressing against something
      • To squeeze painfully between e.g. thumb and finger
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    • plenty

      US /ˈplɛnti/

      UK /'plentɪ/

      • Pronoun
      • When there is not too little of something; a lot
      • Uncountable Noun
      • A large or sufficient amount or quantity; abundance.
      • A lot of something
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    • principle

      US /ˈprɪnsəpəl/

      UK /ˈprɪnsəpl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
      • Natural law that explains how things work
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    • properly

      US /ˈprɑːpərli/

      UK /ˈprɔpəlɪ/

      • Adverb
      • In an appropriate or correct manner
      • In a way that is suitable or appropriate.
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    • puree

      US /pjʊ'reɪ/

      UK /pjʊ'reɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Juice made from crushed fruit or vegetables
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    • purpose

      US /ˈpɚpəs/

      UK /'pɜ:pəs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
      • A person's sense of resolve or determination.
      • Adverb
      • With clear intention or determination.
      • Intentionally; deliberately.
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    • recipe

      US /ˈrɛsəˌpi/

      UK /'resəpɪ/

      • Noun
      • Conditions likely to create a particular result
      • Directions for making a dish, with the ingredients
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    • regard

      US /rɪˈɡɑrd/

      UK /rɪ'ɡɑ:d/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Admiration or respect for a person or thing
      • Careful thought or attention.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To think about a person, thing in a particular way
      • To look at a person or thing in a particular way
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    • robust

      US /roˈbʌst, ˈroˌbʌst/

      UK /rəʊˈbʌst/

      • Adjective
      • Having physical vigor or energetic good health
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    • scoop

      US /skup/

      UK /sku:p/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To dig out for a hole with a tool or hands
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • An amount of e.g. ice cream taken from a whole
      • An important news story broken for the first time
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    • serve

      US /sɚv/

      UK /sɜ:v/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To act in a particular position or office
      • To hit the first ball to an opponent in tennis etc.
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    • shallot

      US /ʃəˈlɑt, ˈʃælət/

      UK /ʃəˈlɒt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Type of longish onion
      C1
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    • sieve

      US /sɪv/

      UK /sɪv/

      • Noun
      • Device with fine mesh to filter out liquids
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push food through fine mesh to remove pips, etc.
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    • slice

      US /slaɪs/

      UK /slaɪs/

      • Countable Noun
      • Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
      • Piece or share of something
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To hit a ball so that it curves to one side
      • To cut a thin piece off something larger
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    • squeeze

      US /skwiz/

      UK /skwi:z/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
      • Act of putting pressure on, as to get liquid out
      • Transitive Verb
      • To force or threaten someone to give you something
      • To strongly compress something to get liquid out
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    • stock

      US /stɑk/

      UK /stɒk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
      • Merchandise; goods kept by a business for sale
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Tasty liquid added to stews, soups etc.
      B2TOEIC
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    • superlative

      US /sʊˈpə:lətɪv/

      UK /suˈpɜ:lətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Highest in quality or excellence
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    • tender

      US /ˈtɛndɚ/

      UK /'tendə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Gentle; with great care or consideration
      • Feeling pain when an area of skin is touched
      • Noun
      • A formal offer for something (e.g. some business)
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    • texture

      US /ˈtɛkstʃɚ/

      UK /ˈtekstʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Quality from different elements, as in music
      • Look and feel of a substance or material
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give a particular look or feel to a surface
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    • thick

      US /θɪk/

      UK /θɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Difficult to see through, as fog
      • Full of (people, etc.)
      • Adverb
      • In close association or friendship.
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    • to hand

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To give or pass something to someone using your hand.
      • To offer assistance or help.
      A1
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    • tout

      US /taʊt/

      UK /taʊt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To praise or promote something
      B2TOEIC
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    • veal

      US /vil/

      UK /vi:l/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Meat from a young cow
      C1
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    • vine

      US /vaɪn/

      UK /vaɪn/

      • Noun
      • Long thin plant that climbs over something
      B2
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

    Vocabulary
    • brave

      adj. Having courage

    • comfort zone

      phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe

    Explanation
    a brave step is a noun phrase, where brave is an adjective modifying the noun step, meaning "a courageous step". forward is an adverb modifying step, meaning "ahead". The whole phrase serves as the object, answering the "what" of took (verb) — she took a brave step forward.

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    brave

    US/brev/
    UK/breɪv/
    adj.Brave
    v.t.To bravely face
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