Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• going on: To continue doing something
• good thing going: A successful or advantageous situation or activity.
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• sweet tooth: A great liking for sweet foods.
• send away for: To request something by mail or post.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• taste good: To have a pleasant flavor.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• on to: Toward something; forward
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• risk your life: To put yourself in danger of dying.
• the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
• next to: Being located along side another
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• work off: To work to pay some debts
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• out of the way: Remote; isolated.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• instinct: Natural way of thinking; intuition
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
• crust: Hard outer layer of something, e.g. the earth
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• address: Exact street location of a place
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• leftover: (Of food) that you didn't eat at a meal
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• bullet: Metal object fired from a gun
• whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• leave: To go away from; depart
• cupboard: Piece of furniture used for storage
• peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
• batch: Amount of something that is produced at one time
• balcony: Platform with a rail projecting out of a building
• squirrel: Small furry tree-living animal with a big tail
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• mirror: Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• surround: To be all the way around something
• dial: To call a person or place on a telephone
• jam: To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
• stab: To strike a blow with a knife, as to kill someone
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
• evil: Act considered morally bad
• selfish: Concerned about your own interests, not others'
• knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• cop: Slang for police officer
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• divorced: To legally end a marriage to (someone)
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• backfire: (Vehicle) to explode fuel in the muffler
• conglomerate: Combination of several businesses; large company
• thief: Person who steals something
• live: To be alive
• butcher: Store selling meat; person who sells meats
• crumb: Small drop of food, usually of bread or cake
• nestle: To be sheltered or protected by e.g. trees, hills
• creamy: Resembling or containing cream
• pumpkin: Large roundish orange fruit that can be eaten
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• custard: Sweet, pudding-like dessert made with eggs, milk
• scare: To become frightened
• street: Road in a city with buildings and places to walk
• save: To make your computer keep a file
• nutmeg: Spice made from the seed of a tropical tree
• trifle: Thing that is of little value; trivial affair
• cranberry: Small, dark-red berry used for juice, etc.
• louse: Small insects living on animal/human body
• cookie: A flat, round sweet baked food
• pie: Baked food with a filling encased in pastry
• grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
• cheesecake: A cake made with cream cheese