Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• go over all: To review or examine every part of something carefully.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• first off: To begin with; firstly.
• varieties of: Different kinds or types of something.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• all at once: Suddenly; at the same time
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• as much a: To the same degree or extent.
• carry on: To engage in an activity, e.g. a conversation
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• soak up: To absorb; to become filled with (something)
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• talked into: To persuade someone to do something.
• check out
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• binge: To eat or drink too much at one time
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• broth: Liquid or soup that meat, etc. has been cooked in
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• feast: Religious celebration
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• garlic: Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• fill: To make something full
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• supper: Evening meal, often when informal
• lettuce: Salad vegetable that has large thin green leaves
• pot: Container designed to hold or store something
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• taro: Tropical herb grown for its edible root
• great: Very good; better than before
• corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
• spice: Plant used for making food sweet or hot-tasting
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• cultural: Of a particular society's customs and beliefs
• blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
• squid: Sea creature with ten arms, and a long thin body
• guru: An inspirational teacher or spiritual guide
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• hardcore: (Of sex films, etc.) extremely explicit
• clam: Kind of shellfish
• meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
• pepper: Green, red, or yellow vegetable with hollow center
• fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
• add: To include as well
• prawn: Largish edible shellfish with ten legs
• spoon: Tool with a rounded end for eating ice cream, etc.
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• fondue: Cooking pieces of food over a flame at the table
• chili: Hot-tasting spice used in curry, etc.
• carnivore: Any creature that consumes meat
• spicy: Hot and strongly flavored in taste
• skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
• meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
• fan: To blow air upon a fire to make it stronger
• bell: Metal object shaped like a cup that rings when hit
• wonderful: Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
• curd: Solid substance forming in milk when it sours
• pork: Meat of a pig, used for food
• unreal: Seeming strange or imaginary
• beck: Poetic mountain stream; brook
• tofu: Compressed bean curd used in cooking
• pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
• seafood: Fish, shellfish, etc. that can be eaten
• oooh: Sound people make when they make a mistake