Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• to taste: Add an ingredient according to your preference.
• have to: Must do
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• at least: As a minimum
• got to: To arrive at some place
• toss it in: To give up or abandon an effort or activity.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• piping hot: Extremely hot; very hot.
• cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• run to: To have enough money; be able to pay; afford
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• fat chance: Little or no chance; used to express disbelief that something will happen.
• pissed off: Angry or annoyed.
• in command: Having control or authority over something or someone.
• check on: To check that things are OK, correct
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• get here: To arrive at a specific location.
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• spit it out: To say something quickly, especially when reluctant to do so.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• like anything: Used to emphasize strong intensity or effort.
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• on the verge of: Very near to doing or experiencing something.
• says it all: To express everything that needs to be said without using many words.
• take it out of: To cause someone to feel very tired or exhausted.
• across the board: Broad in scope or content
• through with: Having had enough (of trouble); wanting to stop
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• nasty: Very bad, unpleasant, or offensive
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• crap: Impolite way of saying something is not good; Faeces
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• jerk: Someone you think is an idiot
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• disgusting: Having a very bad taste
• soggy: Unpleasantly wet
• damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• hideous: Very ugly; frightening-looking
• crispy: Dry and breaking with a sharp sound
• dreadful: Extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly
• 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
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• salmon: Light pinkish orange color
• frozen: Hard, solid because it is below zero degrees
• bland: Plain; flavorless; dull
• embarrass: To cause someone to feel ashamed
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
• ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• glue: Sticky substance used for joining things together
• lobster: Large hard-shelled sea crustacean, prized as food
• chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
• tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
• fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
• come: To arrive at a place
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• dead: Not alive
• shepherd: Person's name
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• long: Person's name
• fry: To cook something in fat or oil
• freezer: Electric refrigerator operating below zero degrees
• microwave: Cooking appliance using electromagnetic waves
• dish: Shallow container that you cook or serve food in
• soft: Having flowing curves rather than sharp edges
• olive: Person's name
• creamy: Resembling or containing cream
• mush: Something soft and wet and usually thick
• turkey: Edible bird resembling a large chicken
• paella: Saffron-flavored dish of rice/shellfish/chicken
• handmade: Made by hand or a hand process
• crepe: A flat pancake of French origin
• meatloaf: Ground meat formed and baked in an oven
• meatball: Ground meat formed into a ball and fried or boiled