Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• dice up: To cut something into small cube-shaped pieces.
• set with: To be decorated or adorned with something.
• in need: Not having the necessary things, such as food
• crush on: To have a brief but intense infatuation with someone.
• end in: To have something as the final result.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• tv show: A television program.
• check out
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• enthusiasm: Hobby or interest that you are passionate about
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
• idiom: Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
• absolute: Complete; total; pure; not limited in any way
• slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• fragment: Part that is broken off of something
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
• person: Man, woman or child
• shrimp: Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• excellent: Extremely good
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• great: Very good; better than before
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• cucumber: Long green vegetable that is eaten raw in salads
• meaning: To express a particular idea or thought
• instruct: To command someone formally to do something
• come: To arrive at a place
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• add: To include as well
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• dice: To cut food or other things into small pieces
• apostrophe: Punctuation mark (') showing possession
• flatten: To make level and spread out over a surface
• onion: Strong-smelling, strong-tasting vegetable
• basil: Green mint herb with broad leaves used in cooking
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• tofu: Compressed bean curd used in cooking
• yer: Nonstandard spelling of 'your'