Vocabulary

• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• certain foods: Specific types of food, often referring to those with particular characteristics or effects.
• ring in: To call by telephone.
• breathe out: To exhale air from the lungs.
• join the club: Used to say you have the same (usually unpleasant) experience.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• turn into: To change to become something else
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• on special: Available for sale at a reduced price.
• from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
• have to: Must do
• curl up: To lie or sit with your legs bent close to your body.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• consider: To think carefully about something
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• fertility: The state of a female being able to produce young
• reference: A letter of recommendation, e.g. for a job
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• prosperity: State of being financially/economically successful
• abundance: Quantity that is very large or more than enough
• stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• prosperous: Being successful and having a lot of money
• ensure: To make something sure, certain, or safe
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• blanket: Piece of cloth you covers yourself with in bed
• important: Having power or authority
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• sticky: Easy to adhere or stick to other things
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• curl: To form something into a round or curved shape
• longevity: Amount of time someone or something lives or lasts
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• bright: Cheerful and happy (manner)
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• bundle: A group of things that are tied/fastened together
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• part: Division of a book
• slurp: To drink noisily
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• squid: Sea creature with ten arms, and a long thin body
• signify: To mean something; be a symbol of something
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
• seed: A person's children; offspring
• special: Being additional or extra
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• symbolize: To represent to show a thing's essential character
• munch: Sound made when eating something quickly or loudly
• traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner
• misfortune: Unfortunate or unlucky event
• bless: To make something holy by saying a special prayer
• pomegranate: Round fruit with many red seeds
• homemade: Made at home, not in a factory
• melon: Hard round fruit with sweet juicy flesh and seeds
• rebirth: When learning, a culture etc. begins again
• tofu: Compressed bean curd used in cooking
• olden: Long past
• sunflower: Very tall plant with large, bright yellow flowers