Friday, February 22, 2013

Learning English in U.S.

Basketball vocabulary
dribble
layup
block
pass
chest pass
bounce pass
cut
shout
rebound
make it take it
turnover
flop:

Others
food stamp
tattoo [tæ'tu]
taekwondo [taɪ'kɔndo]

Food

tortilla chips
tortilla: [tɔ:'tilə]

enchiladas: Mexican food. Tortilla rolled around a filling and covered with a chili pepper sauce.


Ranch: is a condiment made of some combination of buttermilk, mayonnaise, salt, garlic, onion, herbs (commonly chives[tʃaɪvz], parsley, and dill), and spices (commonly black pepper, paprika, and ground mustard seed), mixed into a sauce.

El Panchito: eggplant stuffed with crab meat, shrimp, scallops and chile con queso sauce

Lime Cilantro [sɪ'læntro] dressing
Basil: [ˈbāzəl] culinary herb used in Thai food

Marshmallow
Sausage
Crawfish
Mochi
Taro: [ˈtarō]
Mango [ˈmaNGgō]
Vinegar:

Gimbap(kimbap): a popular Korean dish made from steamed white rice (bap) and various other ingredients,  often served with danmuji or kimchiGimbap is derived from Japanese futomaki (Makizushi) during the Japanese rule, but now has certain distinctive elements not found in Japanese-style makizushi. Whereas the essence of Japanese sushi is vinegared rice, gimbap does not use rice vinegar but rather sesame oil.


Gamjatang: a spicy Korean soup made with pork spine or ribs, vegetables, green onion, hot peppers and ground wild sesame seeds. The meal is usually served with kimchi and a bowl of rice.

Jjamppong:

Sesame: 

Danmuji:

Kimchi:

Avocado:

The California roll (カリフォルニアロール Kariforunia rōru?) is a maki-zushi, a kind of sushi roll, usually made inside-out, containing cucumber,crab meat or imitation crab, and avocado. In some countries it is made with mango or banana instead of avocado. Sometimes crab salad is substituted for the crab stick, and often the outer layer of rice (in an inside-out roll) is sprinkled with toasted sesame seedstobiko or masago.

Barbacoa: a form of cooking meat that originated in the Caribbean with the Taíno people, from which the term “barbecue” derives.
Pinto bean: 

Bento: a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento holds rice, fish or meat, with pickled or cooked vegetables, usually in a box-shaped container.

Teriyaki: (kanjiき; hiragana: てりやき) is a cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which foods are broiled orgrilled with a glaze of soy saucemirin, and sugar.




American football
hut

Insects
wasp

Plants
bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis): state flower of Texas



Animals
jaguar: [ˈjagwär]

Phrases
a fly on the wall: if you say you would like to be a fly on the wall in a certain situation, you mean that you would like to be there secretly to see and hear what happens I'd give anything to be a fly on the wall when she tells him.

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