Vocabulary

• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• in arms: Bearing weapons; ready for or engaged in fighting.
• fast food chain: A company that operates many fast food restaurants.
• win over: To convince others to support you or your ideas
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• from scratch: From the very beginning; from nothing.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• only time will tell: The result or truth will be known in the future.
• time will tell: The future will reveal the answer or outcome.
• in hand: In one's possession or control.
• go south: To travel or move towards the south.
• have to: Must do
• plan on: To intend to do something; to expect to do something.
• food for thought: Something worth thinking seriously about.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• crave: To have a very strong desire for something
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• express: To send something by fast mail
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• cuisine: Certain style or technique of cooking
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• exception: Something different or not included
• distinction: Special quality that makes something different
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• important: Having power or authority
• skepticism: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• reception: Front desk area of an organization or building
• expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• shut: To stop being open for business
• great: Very good; better than before
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• lettuce: Salad vegetable that has large thin green leaves
• business: A company formed for making profit
• province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• bowl: Part of an object that has a rounded, inward curve
• official: Real, exact, truely felt
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• burrito: Flour tortilla folded around a filling
• chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• domino: Flat rectangular blocks with spots used in a game
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• primer: A kind of paint put on to make the top coat better
• taco: Tortilla rolled cupped around a filling
• famously: In a manner or to an extent that is well known
• panda: White and black bear-like mammal from China