Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• pork chops
• pull back: To move to a safer area; retreat
• push away: To move someone or something away from you by pushing.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• red onion: A type of onion with reddish-purple skin and white flesh tinged with red.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• turn down: To fold something, e.g. a shirt collar
• curl up: To lie or sit with your legs bent close to your body.
• flip through: To look quickly through a book or magazine.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• through the roof: Rising to a very high level; skyrocketing.
• shoot through: To leave abruptly or escape quickly.
• in under: Located inside and beneath something.
• eat in: To have a meal at home instead of going out.
• first off: To begin with; firstly.
• going on: To continue doing something
• to taste: Add an ingredient according to your preference.
• sesame oil: An oil derived from sesame seeds, used in cooking and as a flavouring.
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• broth: Liquid or soup that meat, etc. has been cooked in
• generous: Giving or ready to give freely
• couple: To join something to something else
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• vinegar: Sharp-tasting liquid made from sour wine, malt etc.
• slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
• roast: To strongly criticize often in a teasing manner
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• important: Having power or authority
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• garlic: Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
• crispy: Dry and breaking with a sharp sound
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• sticky: Easy to adhere or stick to other things
• spinach: Vegetable with dark green leaves, full of iron
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• sour: (Of relationship) to cease to be good or friendly
• flatter: To praise in a rather false way, to get something
• curl: To form something into a round or curved shape
• aromatic: (Of herbs, etc.) with a strong, but pleasant smell
• sesame: Tropical plant with seeds used as food in oil
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• fortify: To protect against military attack, as with walls
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
• pan: To follow an object being filmed with a camera
• nut: Metal ring screwed onto a bolt
• ginger: Being reddish-brown in color
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• moist: Being a little bit wet, often in a pleasing way
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• virgin: Someone who did not do a thing before; first timer
• glaze: Light coating of liquid that makes surface shiny
• toast: Bread grilled to make it brown and crisp
• prawn: Largish edible shellfish with ten legs
• fiery: Of or like fire; hot or angry
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
• rib: One of the curved bones protecting the chest/heart
• fry: To cook something in fat or oil
• mince: To grind meat, etc. into very small pieces
• chili: Hot-tasting spice used in curry, etc.
• soy: Food substance made from soya beans
• thyme: Type of herb with a slightly minty flavor
• marinate: To put food in sauce to add flavor before cooking
• rind: Tough, outer skin of orange, lemon etc.