Vocabulary

• in the news: Being widely reported in the media.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• food delivery: A service that delivers food to a customer's location.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• write down: To record in writing
• have to: Must do
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• consciousness: Process by which thoughts, ideas are processed
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• monologue: Long speech given by one person, often in a play
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• elegant: Having or showing grace, style or beauty
• pinch: A very small amount of something
• patch: Cover worn over an eye to protect or hide it
• collision: Act of crashing into someone or something else
• vanilla: Having the taste of vanilla
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• delivery: Way someone acts when speaking publicly
• campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
• dash: To hit against something with a lot of force
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• sour: (Of relationship) to cease to be good or friendly
• scrape: To take something off a surface with a sharp tool
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• lid: Cover that can be lifted or removed, as on bottles
• trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
• regain: To get something back that had been lost
• alley: A narrow road or path between buildings
• drizzle: Light rain
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
• discard: To take a card out of your hand in a card game
• burrito: Flour tortilla folded around a filling
• ketchup: Thick red sauce made from tomatoes
• tacky: Having a cheap and ugly appearance
• truffle: Expensive black edible fungi
• divorced: To legally end a marriage to (someone)
• raisin: Dried black grape, used in cooking
• bin: Type of container, usually for trash
• trunk: Long nose of an elephant
• internship: Period of time when a person works as an intern
• drunk: To put liquid in your body through your mouth
• come: To arrive at a place
• inventor: Person who creates new machines, systems etc.
• plane: An airplane
• popped: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• gnaw: To keep biting on something, like a bone
• depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
• bog: To get stuck, slowed down or become delayed
• researcher: Someone who works to find new facts and ideas
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• pebble: Small, smooth stone, as found on a beach
• dashboard: Console of a car or vehicle
• watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
• seasonal: Of or occurring at a particular time of year
• butter: Yellow substance made of cream, spread on bread
• sugar: Substance which the body stores or uses for energy
• today: This day; day that is happening now
• precinct: Administrative/electoral section of city/town
• popcorn: Small-eared corn that burst in dry heat
• parmesan: Strong aged Italian cheese, e.g. grated over pasta
• chocolate: Hard brown candy made from cocoa beans
• sandwich: To catch between two things
• food: What people and animals eat to live
• packet: Small, thin container that holds something
• checkmate: When you lose at chess if your king cannot escape
• freshly: Newly; recently; just now
• eat: To put food in your mouth
• cayenne: Hot-tasting red pepper used in cooking
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject
• taffy: Sweet chewy candy of boiled sugar or syrup