Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• have to: Must do
• to order: To give an instruction or command.
• serve up: To present food to someone, typically in a restaurant or at home.
• best known: Most widely or popularly recognized, famous, or familiar.
• scale down: To reduce in size, extent, or intensity.
• scale up: To increase in size, number, or extent.
• ahead of the curve: Being more advanced or knowledgeable than others.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• ahead of the game: Being well prepared or in an advantageous position.
• well-oiled machine: A system or organization that operates very efficiently.
• in the moment: At the present time; now.
• walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• shine on: To continue to shine; to keep giving light.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• speed up: To move more quickly
• to hand: To give or pass something to someone using your hand.
• symbol of: Something that represents or stands for something else, especially an object representing an abstract idea.
• cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
• get a sense: To understand or perceive something intuitively.
• drink in: To absorb or take in something with great enjoyment.
• wait on: To serve customers in a restaurant, shop, etc.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• method to the madness: A hidden purpose or plan in what seems like a chaotic situation.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
• atmosphere: Air around us
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• shift: To change in position or direction
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• flawless: With no imperfections or errors
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• tender: Gentle; with great care or consideration
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• leave: To go away from; depart
• grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
• staff: Employees of a company
• ounce: Unit of weight equal to 1/16 pound or 28 grams
• replace: To use instead of something else
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• crumble: To break into small parts or crumbs
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• great: Very good; better than before
• person: Man, woman or child
• appetizer: Food or drink to stimulate the appetite
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• fare: Money people pay to travel on buses, taxis, boats
• tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• inject: To add or put in more (money, energy etc.)
• wholesale: Concerning the selling of goods in large amounts
• corn: Small, painful hard spot on the foot
• combo: A small number of things that are combined or used together.
• cashier: Person whose job is taking money in a store, etc.
• deli: A shop selling unusual or special food products
• rite: Act that is part of a religious ceremony
• pastrami: Highly seasoned smoked beef
• cutter: A special tool used for cutting things