Family Dinner – Vocabulary
Learn these words before you watch
All ten come up in the scene. Read them first – then the jokes land the first time.
commence
to begin something
shovel
to move with a shovel
grace
a prayer said by Christians before a meal to thank God for the food
grub
food
chatter
to talk for a long time about things that are not important
bounty
a generous gift
hellion
someone who causes a lot of trouble
savage
a person who behaves in a wild or uncivilized manner
omnivorous
able to eat both plants and meat
bad-mouth
to say bad things about someone to other people