Vocabulary

  • first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
  • of course: Sure ; Certainly
  • look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
  • cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
  • stick together: To support each other; remain united.
  • on to: Toward something; forward
  • get onto: To board or mount a vehicle, such as a bus, train, or bicycle.
  • end up with: To have something as a result.
  • out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
  • think about: To consider something carefully.
  • finish with: To end a relationship
  • authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
  • stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
  • controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
  • grab: To take and hold something quickly
  • technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
  • delicate: Easily broken or damaged
  • straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
  • treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
  • recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
  • amount: Quantity of something
  • roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
  • crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
  • quality: Feature associated with someone or something
  • lean: To balance against or on something for support
  • bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
  • tiny: Very, very small
  • similar: Nearly the same; alike
  • stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
  • render: To cause to be in a certain state or condition
  • reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
  • drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
  • organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
  • attitude: Way you act, think and feel about something
  • cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
  • slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
  • honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
  • medium: Method of expressing ideas or feelings
  • twist: To turn something in a circular direction
  • sizzle: A hissing sound of something burning or frying
  • important: Having power or authority
  • chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
  • garlic: Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
  • liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
  • simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • perfect: So good it cannot be improved
  • pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
  • sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
  • turn: To become (a particular age)
  • whisk: To beat egg, etc. to add air and make it light
  • perfume: Liquid with a pleasing smell you put on your skin
  • remove: To get rid of something completely
  • quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
  • spaghetti: Italian pasta in long thin strands
  • pepper: Green, red, or yellow vegetable with hollow center
  • add: To include as well
  • mortar: Stone bowl for crushing substances with a pestle
  • time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
  • sieve: Device with fine mesh to filter out liquids
  • platter: Large plate that holds several types of food
  • parmesan: Strong aged Italian cheese, e.g. grated over pasta
  • pork: Meat of a pig, used for food
  • peppercorn: Strong-smelling seasoning from the pepper berry
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    • attitude

      US /ˈætɪˌtud, -ˌtjud/

      UK /ˈætitju:d/

      • Noun
      • Way you act, think and feel about something
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    • authentic

      US /ɔˈθɛntɪk/

      UK /ɔ:ˈθentɪk/

      • Adjective
      • From a reliable source; accurate; true
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    • chop

      US /tʃɑp/

      UK /tʃɒp/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
      • To hit someone with your hand
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A hit with the hand in a sideways motion
      • Thick slice of meat still attached to a bone
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    • controversial

      US /ˌkɑntrəˈvɚʃəl, -siəl/

      UK /ˌkɔntrəˈvə:ʃəl/

      • Adjective
      • Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
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    • crack

      US /kræk/

      UK /kræk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
      • Unexpected and hard hit to the body
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To attempt to achieve a goal or objective
      • To hit someone or something hard and unexpectedly
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    • cream

      US /krim/

      UK /kri:m/

      • Adjective
      • Pale color that is yellowish white
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Type of a thick beauty product used on the skin
      • Thick liquid rubbed into the skin
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    • cure

      US /kjʊr/

      UK /kjʊə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Something that solves a problem or makes it better
      • Medical treatment making a sick person healthy
      • Transitive Verb
      • To fix or improve a problem
      • To make someone healthy or make a disease go away
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    • cut off

      US /kʌt ɔf/

      UK /kʌt ɔf/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To end a process, e.g. a phone call
      • To cut the end of something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To isolate or prevent access to a place or person.
      • To interrupt someone while they are speaking.
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    • delicate

      US /ˈdɛlɪkɪt/

      UK /'delɪkət/

      • Adjective
      • Easily broken or damaged
      • Finely made, with great care
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    • drag

      US /dræɡ/

      UK /dræɡ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To reluctantly move or go somewhere
      • To pull something heavy or difficult along the ground
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Force of air pushing back against a plane car etc.
      • Boring or annoying thing/activity
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    • end up with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To have something as a result.
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    • finish with

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To end a relationship
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    • first up

      US /fɚst ʌp/

      UK /fə:st ʌp/

      • Phrase
      • Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
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    • garlic

      US /ˈɡɑrlɪk/

      UK /'ɡɑ:lɪk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
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    • get onto

      US /ɡɛt ˈɑnˌtu/

      UK /ɡet ˈɔntu/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To board or mount a vehicle, such as a bus, train, or bicycle.
      • To start talking or dealing with a new subject.
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    • grab

      US /ɡræb/

      UK /ɡræb/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To take and hold something quickly
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    • honestly

      US /ˈɑnɪstli/

      UK /ˈɒnɪstli/

      • Adverb
      • With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
      • Genuinely; in a sincere manner.
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    • lean

      US /lin/

      UK /li:n/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To balance against or on something for support
      • To have a tendency to do something; favor
      • Adjective
      • Having a low fat content
      • Efficient; well-designed with no waste
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    • liquid

      US /ˈlɪkwɪd/

      UK /ˈlɪkwɪd/

      • Adjective
      • (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
      • In a state of being uncertain
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that is similar to the state of water
      • A drink; beverage.
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    • look at

      US /lʊk æt/

      UK /luk æt/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To use your eyes to focus on something
      • To focus your eyes on something carefully
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    • medium

      US /ˈmidiəm/

      UK /'mi:dɪəm/

      • Noun
      • Method of expressing ideas or feelings
      • Something available in a middle size or condition
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    • mortar

      US /ˈmɔ:rtə(r)/

      UK /ˈmɔ:tə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Stone bowl for crushing substances with a pestle
      • Cement, sand, etc. mixture for bonding bricks, etc.
      • Transitive Verb
      • To use a bonding cement to coat walls
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    • of course

      US /ʌv kɔː(r)s/

      UK /ɔv kɔː(r)s/

      • Adverb
      • Sure ; Certainly
      • Phrase
      • For sure; certainly
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    • on to

      US /ɑn tu/

      UK /ɔn tu:/

      • Preposition
      • Toward something; forward
      • Aware of someone's activities.
      • Adjective
      • Aware of someone's deception or illegal activities.
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    • organic

      US /ɔrˈɡænɪk/

      UK /ɔ:ˈgænɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Developing naturally and without a set structure
      • Concerning food made with few or no chemicals
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    • out of it

      US /aʊt ʌv ɪt/

      UK /aut ɔv it/

      • Adjective
      • Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
      • Not able to think clearly or react quickly; not with it.
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    • parmesan

      US /ˈpɑ:rməzɑ:n/

      UK /ˈpɑ:mɪzæn/

      • Adjective
      • Strong aged Italian cheese, e.g. grated over pasta
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    • pepper

      US /ˈpɛpɚ/

      UK /ˈpepə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Green, red, or yellow vegetable with hollow center
      • Hard covering of berries used as spices
      • Transitive Verb
      • To spread around randomly, as with bullets
      • To sprinkle or season with pepper.
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    • peppercorn

      US /ˈpepərkɔ:rn/

      UK /ˈpepəkɔ:n/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Strong-smelling seasoning from the pepper berry
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    • perfume

      US /pərˈfju:m/

      UK /ˈpɜ:fju:m/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Liquid with a pleasing smell you put on your skin
      • Nice, sweet or flowery smell
      • Transitive Verb
      • To add a pleasing smell to something
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    • platter

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      UK

      • Countable Noun
      • Large plate that holds several types of food
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    • pork

      US /pɔ:rk/

      UK /pɔ:k/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Meat of a pig, used for food
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    • quality

      US /ˈkwɑlɪti/

      UK /'kwɒlətɪ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Feature associated with someone or something
      • High level of worth or excellence
      • Adjective
      • Of a high standard
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    • recipe

      US /ˈrɛsəˌpi/

      UK /'resəpɪ/

      • Noun
      • Conditions likely to create a particular result
      • Directions for making a dish, with the ingredients
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    • render

      US /ˈrɛndɚ/

      UK /ˈrendə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to be in a certain state or condition
      • To digitally make an image ready for use
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A first coat of plaster applied to a surface.
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    • roughly

      US /ˈrʌflɪ/

      UK /ˈrʌfli/

      • Adverb
      • Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
      • In a manner that is violent or not careful
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    • sauce

      US /sɔs/

      UK /sɔ:s/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
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    • sensitive

      US /ˈsɛnsɪtɪv/

      UK /'sensətɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
      • (Private information) needing careful treatment
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    • sieve

      US /sɪv/

      UK /sɪv/

      • Noun
      • Device with fine mesh to filter out liquids
      • Transitive Verb
      • To push food through fine mesh to remove pips, etc.
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    • sizzle

      US /ˈsɪzəl/

      UK /'sɪzl/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A hissing sound of something burning or frying
      • Intransitive Verb
      • To become very hot as if being fried
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    • slice

      US /slaɪs/

      UK /slaɪs/

      • Countable Noun
      • Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
      • Piece or share of something
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To hit a ball so that it curves to one side
      • To cut a thin piece off something larger
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    • spaghetti

      US /spəˈɡɛti/

      UK /spəˈgeti/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Italian pasta in long thin strands
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    • stick

      US /stɪk/

      UK /stɪk/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To push a sharp or pointed object into something
      • To join together using glue or paste
      • Countable Noun
      • Long thin piece of wood from a tree
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    • stick together

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To support each other; remain united.
      • To adhere physically; to be joined by an adhesive substance.
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    • stir

      US /stɚ/

      UK /stɜ:(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To arouse (attention or interest)
      • To mix e.g. food by making circular movements
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Attention or interest aroused by an event
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    • straight

      US /stret/

      UK /streɪt/

      • Adjective
      • Not having curves, bends, or angles
      • Not gay; heterosexual
      • Adverb
      • in a line; immediately; honestly and directly
      • In a straight line; directly.
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    • technique

      US /tɛkˈnik/

      UK /tekˈni:k/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
      • The skill or ability to do something well.
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    • think about

      US /θɪŋk əˈbaʊt/

      UK /θiŋk əˈbaut/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To consider something carefully.
      • To remember or call to mind.
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    • tiny

      US /ˈtaɪni/

      UK /'taɪnɪ/

      • Adjective
      • Very, very small
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    • twist

      US /twɪst/

      UK /twɪst/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To turn something in a circular direction
      • To turn in a curving direction e.g. road or path
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Turn or spiral curve in a path or road
      • Bend or sudden change of direction
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    • whisk

      US /hwɪsk, wɪsk/

      UK /wɪsk/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To beat egg, etc. to add air and make it light
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A kitchen tool for beating food such as eggs to add air and make it light
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

    Vocabulary
    • brave

      adj. Having courage

    • comfort zone

      phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe

    Explanation
    a brave step is a noun phrase, where brave is an adjective modifying the noun step, meaning "a courageous step". forward is an adverb modifying step, meaning "ahead". The whole phrase serves as the object, answering the "what" of took (verb) — she took a brave step forward.

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    brave

    US/brev/
    UK/breɪv/
    adj.Brave
    v.t.To bravely face
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