Vocabulary

• check out
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• at school: Present and attending school.
• get lost: An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• spruce up: To make yourself look tidier and more attractive.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
• culinary: Concerned with cooking
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• persistent: Continuing to do something despite challenges
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• livestock: Any animals kept for use or profit
• joint: Body parts where bones meet and can move together
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• public: Owned by the government
• stable: In a position where something does not fall over
• pat: Person's name
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• award: To give a prize for doing something well
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• chick: A baby bird
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• herb: Small leafy plant used in medicines or food
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• great: Very good; better than before
• carnival: Traveling amusement show with rides and sideshows
• burn: To destroy with fire
• entrance: A place where you enter a house or other building
• bar: Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
• dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• moist: Being a little bit wet, often in a pleasing way
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• nursery: Place where trees and plants are grown and sold
• royal: Excellent or grand; suitable for a king or queen
• relish: (Usually spicy) food that adds zest to a dish
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• refreshing: To refill a person's glass with a drink
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• favourite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
• forget: To not remember something
• visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
• dome: Rounded roof or ceiling shaped like half a ball
• barber: Person whose job is to cut men's hair, shave them
• showcase: Cabinet to display objects or goods for sale
• precinct: Administrative/electoral section of city/town
• shack: Small often wooden building that is not well made
• turkey: Edible bird resembling a large chicken
• yummy: (Of food) delicious; very tasty
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• spruce: Evergreen tree with needle-like leaves
• pie: Baked food with a filling encased in pastry
• meatball: Ground meat formed into a ball and fried or boiled
• speckle: Pattern of many small marks on a surface