Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• mop up: To clean a liquid from a surface by using a mop or cloth.
• have to: Must do
• level with: To be honest and straightforward with someone; to tell someone the truth.
• get up to: To do something slightly naughty
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• in a minute: Very soon; in a short amount of time.
• red onion: A type of onion with reddish-purple skin and white flesh tinged with red.
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• balsamic vinegar: A dark brown vinegar made from grape juice, aged in wooden barrels.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• take it out of: To cause someone to feel very tired or exhausted.
• check out
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• roll it: To prepare a marijuana cigarette.
• first off: To begin with; firstly.
• goes well: To happen in the way desired
• tip over: To fall or turn over; to overturn.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• fold over: To bend something so that one part covers the other.
• press down: To apply pressure to something with a pushing motion.
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• cook off: A contest where participants compete in cooking.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• crust: Hard outer layer of something, e.g. the earth
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• yield: To bend or break because of a strong force
• mustard: Spicy yellow or brown condiment used to add flavor
• honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
• vinegar: Sharp-tasting liquid made from sour wine, malt etc.
• slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
• grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• garlic: Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• sour: (Of relationship) to cease to be good or friendly
• great: Very good; better than before
• blaze: (Of a fire) to burn brightly
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• whisk: To beat egg, etc. to add air and make it light
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
• rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
• pan: To follow an object being filmed with a camera
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• mayonnaise: Creamy, thick savory dressing for food
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• torch: Light or flame to be carried in the hand
• level: Specific height of something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• rag: Piece of old cloth, usually used for cleaning
• toast: Bread grilled to make it brown and crisp
• smear: To cover a surface with something sticky
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• pepper: Green, red, or yellow vegetable with hollow center
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• olive: Person's name
• smell: To have a particular odor
• salt: Natural white crystal used to flavor food
• garnish: To add salad, etc. as decoration to food
• meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
• mop: Sponge or cloth on long handle, for washing floor
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• baguette: Long thin loaf of French bread
• horseradish: Pungent root used in sauces, etc. to add flavor
• char: To become burnt and the outside appears black
• baste: To moisten meat with its juices when cooking