Vocabulary

• start off: To begin or commence something.
• going on: To continue doing something
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• got to: To arrive at some place
• hold off: To delay doing something; postpone.
• check on: To check that things are OK, correct
• from scratch: From the very beginning; from nothing.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• have to: Must do
• on time
• all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
• halfway through: At or in the middle of a period of time or an activity.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• hide behind: To avoid responsibility or truth by using something as an excuse.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• take it out of: To cause someone to feel very tired or exhausted.
• in the drink: To fall into water, especially unexpectedly.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
• break the ice: To say or do something to relieve tension or awkwardness, especially at the start of a conversation or meeting.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• go through the motions: Perform actions without real enthusiasm or interest.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• at least: As a minimum
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• check out
• all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
• to order: To give an instruction or command.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• over easy: Cooked with the yolk still runny and the white mostly set.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• hanging out: To spend time with your friends
• in your face: Bold, aggressive, and confrontational.
• off and on: Intermittently; sometimes happening and sometimes not.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• in charge: To be responsible for
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• jerk: Someone you think is an idiot
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• signature: Something that represents a person's work or style
• plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• medium: Method of expressing ideas or feelings
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• greasy: Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
• garlic: Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• shrimp: Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• smoothie: Someone who polite and confident, but in a insincere way
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• appetizer: Food or drink to stimulate the appetite
• frozen: Hard, solid because it is below zero degrees
• bun: Woman's hairstyle of hair drawn into a round shape
• bowl: Part of an object that has a rounded, inward curve
• entrance: A place where you enter a house or other building
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
• lamb: Young sheep
• fry: To cook something in fat or oil
• dine: To eat
• spicy: Hot and strongly flavored in taste
• combo: A small number of things that are combined or used together.
• cauliflower: White vegetable, that looks similar to broccoli
• platter: Large plate that holds several types of food
• darling: Dearly loved person
• homemade: Made at home, not in a factory
• salad: Uncooked vegetables made into a dish
• steak: Thick slice of meat from animal or large fish
• bobby: Police officer (UK slang)
• gyro: Greek sandwich of sliced roast lamb in pita bread
• snapper: Large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fish