Vocabulary

• du jour: As made or served on a particular day; fashionable or popular at the moment.
• to order: To give an instruction or command.
• going on: To continue doing something
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• care for: To want or desire a thing
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• rip on: To criticize someone severely or unkindly.
• stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
• blow up: To suddenly become angry
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• got to: To arrive at some place
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• dig in: To start eating eagerly and enthusiastically.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• in a box: Contained or confined inside a box or small space.
• dying to: Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• bend over backwards: To try very hard to help someone, often to an excessive degree.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• pick me up: To collect someone or something from a place.
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• in town: Present or available in the local area or city.
• mess up: To make a mistake
• to boot: In addition; as well; besides.
• fire away: To start to ask questions
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in hell: In a very bad or unpleasant situation
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
• luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• act: To behave in a certain way
• dreadful: Extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• shrimp: Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
• excellent: Extremely good
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• product: Item that can be bought
• frozen: Hard, solid because it is below zero degrees
• salmon: Light pinkish orange color
• boil: To become extremely angry or excited
• dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
• vegetarian: Being made from vegetables and not having any meat
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• crab: Sea creature with a hard shell and two claws
• lamb: Young sheep
• northern: In or toward the north
• duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
• condensation: Act of shortening something
• parmesan: Strong aged Italian cheese, e.g. grated over pasta
• bistro: Small informal restaurant which serves wine
• inn: Hotel in the country
• pork: Meat of a pig, used for food
• lentil: Flat, round seed often eaten like a vegetable
• trout: Fish that lives in rivers and streams
• pie: Baked food with a filling encased in pastry