Vocabulary

• play out: To use up or exhaust
• lean into: To bend or move your body closer to something, often for support or to get a better view.
• spot on: Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
• off air: Not currently broadcasting or transmitting.
• in terms of
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• eat in: To have a meal at home instead of going out.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• lean towards: To be inclined to support or favor something; to tend to agree with.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• have to: Must do
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• from start to finish: Covering the whole process from beginning to end.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• culinary: Concerned with cooking
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• proximity: State of being near or close to something
• downright: Absolute; absolutely
• cuisine: Certain style or technique of cooking
• innovative: Having or using new methods or ideas
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• important: Having power or authority
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• chief: Leader of a race or group of people
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• shrimp: Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• great: Very good; better than before
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• supply: Availability of products and services for use
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• earn: To deserve something because you worked for it
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• bistro: Small informal restaurant which serves wine
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• bon: Good
• seafood: Fish, shellfish, etc. that can be eaten
• midwest: North central region of the United States
• honeysuckle: Sweet-smelling climbing shrubby tree