Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• piping hot: Extremely hot; very hot.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• food tour: A guided tour that focuses on sampling and learning about local cuisine.
• made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• for instance: As an example.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• dig in: To start eating eagerly and enthusiastically.
• my eye: Used to express disbelief or skepticism.
• root for: To support a sports team
• turn over: To lose possession of a ball in sports
• right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
• in terms of
• falling apart: To suffer a nervous breakdown
• on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
• blow on: To exhale air onto a surface or object.
• kind of sad: Slightly sad; a little bit melancholy.
• in color: Displayed or produced using all colors; not black and white.
• finish off: To complete the last part of something.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• scoop: To dig out for a hole with a tool or hands
• blow: To move something using air
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• crispy: Dry and breaking with a sharp sound
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• cabbage: Round green vegetable with tightly packed leaves
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• snack: Small amount of food eaten between meals
• shrimp: Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
• batter: Someone using a bat to play sports, e.g. baseball
• pickle: A cucumber preserved in brine or vinegar
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
• waffle: Batter cooked in a hot iron, as with crisscrosses
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• predominant: Having more power or influence than others
• tour: To travel to several places to perform a show
• powder: Dry material made up of small powder-like pieces
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• paste: To move computer data from one page to another
• mushy: Excessively or insincerely emotional
• pipe: To speak in a high-pitched voice, like a child
• fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• fry: To cook something in fat or oil
• price: Person's name
• tasty: Good tasting; having a lot of flavor
• dish: Shallow container that you cook or serve food in
• cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
• skewer: Thin metal or wooden stick to hold pieces of food
• octopus: Sea creature with eight arms or tentacles
• soy: Food substance made from soya beans
• quail: A type of bird hunted for sport
• ball: Large dance where people dress formally
• custard: Sweet, pudding-like dessert made with eggs, milk
• street: Road in a city with buildings and places to walk
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• sweetness: Property of tasting as if it contains sugar
• leaf: Page in a book
• meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
• jelly: Semisolid food substance, eaten as dessert
• bean: Large seed eaten as a vegetable
• lime: White containing calcium used in farming
• lotus: Any aquatic plant of the water lily family
• bonito: Fishes similar to mackerels and tunas
• yam: Tropical climbing plant with edible tubers (roots)
• yen: Currency used in Japan
• zooming: To move along or go somewhere very quickly
• nightlife: Nighttime diversions, e.g. clubs