Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• pull it out: To remove something from a place or container by pulling.
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• secret of: The key or hidden information that explains something.
• step into: To enter a place or situation.
• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• get it on: To start doing what you say you will do
• going on: To continue doing something
• get back at: To take revenge on someone
• in terms of
• press on: To continue doing something in a determined way; to persevere.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• out of time: Having no more time available to do something.
• keep it together: To remain calm and in control of your emotions, especially in a difficult situation.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• break apart: To separate into pieces; disintegrate.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• up close and personal: Very near or intimately, often in detail or physically close.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• vouch for: To assert or confirm as a truth based on one's experience or knowledge.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• moment of truth: A critical point, especially in a difficult situation, when one's fate or success is determined.
• the moment of truth: The crucial time when the real outcome is decided.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• dough: Substance made from flour and water to bake bread
• misery: Thing that causes unhappiness
• gooey: Soft and sticky
• grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• idiot: A person who is foolish or not very smart
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• crispy: Dry and breaking with a sharp sound
• crisp: To make or become dry and crisp, as with heat
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• great: Very good; better than before
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• approve: To formally accept something or grant permission
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• match: To equal or be as good as something else
• spatula: Hand tool used to mix or spread soft substances
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• burn: To destroy with fire
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• pan: To follow an object being filmed with a camera
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
• elevate: To make something higher
• decoration: Making something more attractive or beautiful
• goodness: (Used to express slight surprise)
• ranch: Large farm, made mostly of land for raising cattle
• throwback: Example of a species thought dead, but revived
• pool: Amount collected, e.g. money, for some purpose
• title: Book produced by a publisher
• charcoal: Burnt wood used for fuel/drawing
• crusty: Having a hardened crust as a covering
• butter: Yellow substance made of cream, spread on bread
• gotcha: Shortened form of 'got you'
• bro: Shortened form of 'brother'
• backstage: In the area of a theater behind the stage
• cheddar: A type of cheese
• bathe: To be covered completely in something, e.g. light
• cheese: Yellowish solid food made from aged milk
• kitchen: Place where food is cooked
• freely: (Living, existing) without being controlled