THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

TO WAFT
[INTRANSITIVE,

TRANSITIVE]

to move, or make something move, gently through the air

YM

+ adverb/preposition
The sound of their voices wafted across the lake.
Delicious smells wafted up from the kitchen.

waft something + adverb/preposition The scent of the flowers was wafted along by the breeze.
Heady
having a strong effect on your senses; making you feel excited and confident
SYNNYM

INTOXICATING

the heady days of youth

the heady scent of hot spices

a heady mixture of desire and fear
Profits grew last year by a heady 5.7%.
the heady atmosphere of independence
2 [NOT BEFORE NOUN] (OF A PERSON) excited in a way that makes you do things without worrying about
the possible results
She felt heady with success.
mesmerize
VERB (British English also -ise)
mezmraz

[USUALLY PASSIVE] mesmerize somebody to have such a strong effect on you that you cannot give
your attention to anything else
SNONYM

FASCINATEThey

were mesmerized by her performance

mesmerizing, -ising
ADJECTIVEHer performance was mesmerizing.
flurry
NOUN
flri

; flri

plural flurries
1 [USUALLY SINGULAR] an occasion when there is a lot of activity, interest, excitement, etc. within a
short period of time
a sudden flurry of activity
Her arrival caused a flurry of excitement.

A flurry of shots rang out in the darkness.

2 a small amount of snow, rain, etc. that falls for a short time and then stops
snow flurriesflurries of snow
3 a sudden short movement of paper or cloth, especially clothes
The ladies departed in a flurry of silks and satins.
peppercorn
NOUN
; peprkrn

pepkn

a dried berry from a tropical plant, that is crushed to make pepper

nib
NOUN
nb

; nb

the metal point of a pen

grind
VERB
rand

; rand

ground, ground
rand

; rand

FOOD/FLOUR/COFFEE
1 [TRANSITIVE] grind something (down/up)| grind something (to/into something) to break or crush
something into very small pieces between two hard surfaces or using a special machine
to grind coffee/corn
The animal has teeth that grind its food into a pulp. see also GROUND adjective
2 [TRANSITIVE] grind something to produce something such as flour by crushingThe flour is ground using traditional
methods.
3 [TRANSITIVE] grind something (NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH) = MINCE
MAKE SHARP/SMOOTH
4 [TRANSITIVE] grind something to make something sharp or smooth by rubbing it against a hard surfacea special stone
for grinding knives
PRESS INTO SURFACE
5 [TRANSITIVE] to press or rub something into a surfacegrind something into something He ground his cigarette into
the ashtray.grind something in The dirt on her hands was ground in.
RUB TOGETHER
6 [INTRANSITIVE, TRANSITIVE] to rub together, or to make hard objects rub together, often producing an unpleasant
noisegrind (together) Parts of the machine were grinding together noisily.
grind something (together) She grinds her teeth when she is asleep.He ground the gears on the car.
MACHINE
7 [TRANSITIVE] grind something to turn the handle of a machine that grinds something
to grind a pepper mill

emulsifier
NOUN
; mlsfar

mlsfa(r)
connoisseur
NOUN

; knsr

kns(r)

; knsr

an expert on matters involving the judgement of beauty, quality or skill in art, food or music
a connoisseur of Italian painting
a wine connoisseur
The exhibition will be a delight for the collector and connoisseur of silver ornaments.
coarse
ADJECTIVE
; krs

ks

coarser, coarsest

1 (OF SKIN OR CLOTH ) roughcoarse hands/linen

OPPOSITE

SMOOTH, SOFT

2 consisting of relatively large piecescoarse sand/salt/hair

OPPOSITE

FINE

3 rude and offensive, especially about sex

SYNONYM

VULGAR

coarse manners/laughtercoarsely

ksli

; krsli

ADVERB coarsely chopped onions (= cut into large pieces)He laughed coarsely at her.

coarseness

ksns

; krsns

NOUN [UNCOUNTABLE]
cross-pollinate
VERB
;

cross-pollinate something (BIOLOGY) to move pollen from a flower or plant onto another flower or
plant so that it produces seedscross-pollination
;
NOUN [UNCOUNTABLE]