Vocabulary

• check out
• have to: Must do
• first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
• serve up: To present food to someone, typically in a restaurant or at home.
• kick off: To start a football match.
• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• in town: Present or available in the local area or city.
• at ease
• soak up: To absorb; to become filled with (something)
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• adorable: Lovable or appealing, e.g. like a cute child
• spot: A certain place or area
• atmosphere: Air around us
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• stunning: Causing amazement, e.g. because so very good
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• vibe: Distinct emotional aura experienced instinctively
• chill: State of being a little cold
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• vibrant: Having a lot of energy and being very active
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• architecture: Design and construction of buildings
• hustle: To make someone move quickly by pushing them
• stroll: To walk slowly and in a relaxed manner
• resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
• spiritual: Of religious belief; believing in things of soul
• grand: A counter for 1000 of something
• soak: To make something completely wet
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• buzz: Low pitched sound similar to the sound bees make
• splash: To throw water or liquids in many directions
• brick: Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• reservation: Arrangement to keep a room or table for you
• unwind: To reverse something that has been twisted/turned
• sculpture: Work of art made by cutting stone, wood, clay etc.
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• crystal: A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical
• fur: Hairy coat of an animal
• boutique: Small fashionable shop
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• part: Division of a book
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• trunk: Long nose of an elephant
• bustle: To move energetically or busily
• decor: Decoration or style of decoration of room/building
• downtown: Located in the business part of a town
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• pier: Strong post that helps support something
• visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
• call: A order or request for action
• ozone: Gas protecting the earth from the sun
• highly: In a manner that shows approval
• relax: To calm or quiet yourself, or stop worrying
• arrive: To reach the place you are traveling to
• top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
• sunset: Daily disappearance of the sun
• civic: Of a town or city; of rights or duties of citizens
• rooftop: Top of a roof, e.g. of garden on a roof
• yummy: (Of food) delicious; very tasty
• handmade: Made by hand or a hand process