Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• have to: Must do
• at least: As a minimum
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in charge: To be responsible for
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• money talks: Money has great influence or power.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• end up with: To have something as a result.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• get with it: To understand and become involved in what is happening.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• mess up: To make a mistake
• off the hook: Released from an obligation or responsibility.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
• of itself: Happening automatically without external cause or help.
• in itself: Considered alone or without reference to anything else; intrinsically.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• to taste: Add an ingredient according to your preference.
• pick it up: To lift something from a surface.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• mix up: To put various things together so they become one
• go on: To continue doing something
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• finish off: To complete the last part of something.
• aside from
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• business venture
• light taste: A mild or delicate flavor.
• hanging out: To spend time with your friends
• tap into: To manage to use something in a way that brings you benefits
• see through: To realize the truth about
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• dude: Form of address for a man
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• tender: Gentle; with great care or consideration
• bullet: Metal object fired from a gun
• savory: (Of taste) salty or spicy rather than sweet
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• steam: Mist collecting on a surface when wet air cools
• holy: Being good according to religious standards
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• snack: Small amount of food eaten between meals
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• fill: To make something full
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• business: A company formed for making profit
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• appetizer: Food or drink to stimulate the appetite
• taro: Tropical herb grown for its edible root
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• professor: Teacher who teaches at a college or university
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• clam: Kind of shellfish
• dice: To cut food or other things into small pieces
• octopus: Sea creature with eight arms or tentacles
• custard: Sweet, pudding-like dessert made with eggs, milk
• salty: Containing or tasting like salt
• meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
• bacon: Salted meat from a pig
• super: Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
• bro: Shortened form of 'brother'
• breakfast: First meal of the day
• boba: The boba (aka the tiny, chewy black balls at the bottom of the drink) is made from tapioca, which is a gluten-free starch extracted from the root of a cassava plant.
• mozzarella: Mild white Italian cheese
• pie: Baked food with a filling encased in pastry
• homework: Work that a student is given to do at home
• tofu: Compressed bean curd used in cooking
• seafood: Fish, shellfish, etc. that can be eaten
• midwest: North central region of the United States
• crispier: More brittle and dry