Vocabulary

• to taste: Add an ingredient according to your preference.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• main dish: The primary dish of a meal.
• equal parts: Amounts that are the same in size or quantity.
• dry out: To remove moisture from something; to become completely dry.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• touch on: To briefly discuss
• finishing touch: A final detail or action that completes and enhances something.
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• soup up: To improve or enhance a machine’s performance.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• in your face: Bold, aggressive, and confrontational.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
• amount: Quantity of something
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• fabric: Cloth or material
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• grain: Seeds of plants used for food
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• moisture: Small amount of wetness that can be felt
• mustard: Spicy yellow or brown condiment used to add flavor
• durable: Able to stay in good condition for a long time
• ferment: To go through a chemical change to make alcohol
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• satisfaction: Happy feeling because of something that you did
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• sheet: Piece of cloth you put on the bed to sleep on
• breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• important: Having power or authority
• rinse: To wash off small amounts of dirt, soap suds, etc.
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• garlic: Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
• harvest: Gathering crops from the fields; the crops
• chewy: (Of food) needing a lot of chewing; tough
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• container: An object that can be used to hold things
• traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
• surround: To be all the way around something
• pickle: A cucumber preserved in brine or vinegar
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• seaweed: Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
• pearl: Person's name
• oyster: An edible marine mollusk
• slurp: To drink noisily
• oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• nut: Metal ring screwed onto a bolt
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• mud: Soft, wet dirt
• meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
• fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• add: To include as well
• seed: A person's children; offspring
• soy: Food substance made from soya beans
• radish: Plant grown for its edible strong-tasting root
• barbecue: Grill used for cooking food over an open fire
• urchin: Small sea animal with stiff parts like needles
• lacquer: Liquid put on wood/metal to make it shiny
• horseradish: Pungent root used in sauces, etc. to add flavor
• handmade: Made by hand or a hand process
• roe: Eggs of a fish
• tofu: Compressed bean curd used in cooking
• seafood: Fish, shellfish, etc. that can be eaten