Essential Food Vocabulary Guide
Essential Food Vocabulary Guide
Glossary
Page 41 4.12 ingredient (n) /ɪnˈɡriːdiənt/
sth that is included to make or bake different
4.1 eat up (phr v) /iːt ʌp/ food ● The main ingredients you need to make
to eat all your food ● Eat your breakfast up. a cake are flour, eggs, sugar and butter or oil.
The school bus is coming! ❖ ❖
4.2 prepare (v) /prɪˈpeə(r)/ 4.13 trolley (n) /ˈtrɒli/
to make sth ready to use/eat ● Ken is preparing a shopping cart for carrying things in a shop
the salad for dinner. ➣ preparation (n) ● The children put some more cereal into the
❖ shopping trolley. ❖
4.3 eat out (phr v) /iːt aʊt/ 4.14 credit card (n) /ˈkredɪt kɑːd/
to have a meal at a restaurant ● I like eating out a card from a bank which you can use to buy
with my family at weekends. We often go to a sth and pay for it later ● Can I pay for my
fish restaurant near the sea. ❖ tickets by credit card? ❖
4.15 add up (phr v) /æd ˈʌp/
to calculate the total of two or more numbers,
Reading Pages 42–43 prices, etc. ● If you add up the numbers in this
line, you’ll get 100. ❖
4.4 supermarket (n) /ˈsuːpəmɑːkɪt/ 4.16 save money (phr) /seɪv ˈmʌni/
a big shop where you can buy food and other to keep money that you don’t need to spend
things ● I’m going to the supermarket to buy right now ● It’s difficult to save money when
some cat food. ❖ you don’t have a good job. ❖
4.5 recipe (n) /ˈresəpi/ 4.17 conclude (v) /kənˈkluːd/
instructions for making food ● Jeanne uses her to end a piece of writing or a speech
grandma’s recipe to make pizza. ● I concluded my email with ‘See you
❖ soon!’. ➣ conclusion (n), conclusive (adj)
4.6 cookbook (n) /ˈkʊkbʊk/ ❖
a book with recipes for making food ● Olivia 4.18 diet (n) /ˈdaɪət/
wrote a cookbook with recipes for traditional what you usually eat ● It’s important to include
Mexican dishes. ❖ the right kind of food in your daily diet.
4.7 decide (v) /dɪˈsaɪd/ ➣ dietician (n), dietary (adj) ❖
to think about things, and then make a choice 4.19 habit (n) /ˈhæbɪt/
● Greta decided to order a pizza and watch sth you do regularly ● Alan is trying to improve
a film. ➣ decision (n), decisive (adj) his sleeping habits by not using the internet at
❖ night. ❖
4.8 match (n) /mæʧ/ 4.20 still (adv) /stɪl/
sth that goes well together with sth else and not stopping up to a certain time ● Dad’s aunt
has similar qualities ● Fried chicken goes is 90 and she still goes for long walks every
well with rice. They’re the perfect match. day. ❖
➣ match (v) ❖
4.21 once (adv) /wʌns/
4.9 mainly (adv) /ˌmeɪnli/ one time ● Sally played golf once, but she
mostly ● The island’s restaurants serve didn’t enjoy it. ❖
mainly fish. ➣ main (adj) ❖
4.22 shopping list (n) /ˈʃɒpɪŋ lɪst/
4.10 smart (adj) /smɑːt/ a note that you write with all the things you
controlled by a computer so that it responds need to buy ● I’ll write a shopping list for the
and acts by itself ● The smart lights outside party food. ❖
our building switch on if you walk by at night.
❖ 4.23 cupboard (n) /ˈkʌbəd/
a piece of furniture that has space to
4.11 meal (n) /miːl/ store things in and has doors on the front
the food you eat at one time, e.g. lunch, dinner ● Put away your coat in the hall cupboard.
● We have a big meal in the evening when my ❖
parents come home from work. ❖
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4.24 fridge (n) /frɪdʒ/
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cold ● Katrina put the milk and cheese into the
fridge. ❖ 4.35 meat (n) /miːt/
the soft part of an animal’s body that other
4.25 onion (n) /ˈʌnjən/ animals eat as food ● Heather doesn’t eat
a hard round vegetable that has many layers meat, so she ate a cheese pie. ❖
inside and a purple or brown skin outside
● Cutting up onions always makes my eyes 4.36 garlic (n) /ˈɡɑːlɪk/
hurt. ❖ a small vegetable with a very strong taste and
smell ● Let’s put some garlic sauce on the fish.
4.26 delicious (adj) /dɪˈlɪʃəs/ ❖
having a very nice taste ● This cake is
delicious. May I have another piece? 4.37 pasta (n) /ˈpæstə/
❖ spaghetti, noodles, etc. ● Italy is famous for
its pasta dishes. ❖
4.27 omelette (n) /ˈɒmlət/
a dish made from mixing eggs together and 4.38 chilli (n) /ˈtʃɪli/
frying them with other foods ● For breakfast, a kind of small thin red or green pepper that
we sometimes have a cheese omelette with has a very hot taste ● I put a few chillies in the
toast. ❖ sauce to make it spicy. ❖
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4.63
house. ❖
restaurant (n) /ˈrestrɒnt/
4.51 market (n) /ˈmɑːkɪt/ a place where you can sit and buy meals to
a place where you can go to buy or sell things eat ● Sometimes I eat at a restaurant with my
on a street or in a special building ● People family. ❖
buy fruit and vegetables at the street market 4.64 fantastic (adj) /fænˈtæstɪk/
here on Tuesdays. ➣ market (v) very good; wonderful ● Greta had a fantastic
❖ holiday in Crete with her family. They want to
4.52 sandwich (n) /ˈsænwɪtʃ/ go back there next year. ❖
a snack that you make from two pieces of 4.65 as well (phr) /əz wel/
bread put together with food in between also; too ● I’m not very hungry. I can’t eat fish
them ● Would you like a cheese and tomato with salad and have ice cream as well.
sandwich? ❖ ❖
4.53 actually (adv) /ˈæktʃuəli/ 4.66 answer (the phone) (v) /ˈɑːnsə(r) (ðə fəʊn)/
in fact ● I didn’t know that Marie was to pick up the phone when sb calls ● Don’t
actually from France. ➣ actual (adj) answer the phone! It will be somebody selling
❖ something again. ➣ answer (n) ❖
4.54 prediction (n) /prɪˈdɪkʃn/ 4.67 pass (v) /pɑːs/
what sb says will happen in the future ● What’s to do well in an exam, a course, etc. ● I hope
my prediction for the match? Roger’s team will you’ll pass your French exam. ➣ pass (n)
win again. ➣ predict (v), predictable (adj) ❖
❖
4.68 anyway (adv) /ˈeniweɪ/
4.55 hope (v) /həʊp/ used to change the subject to a main point
to wish that sth good is possible ● I hope in a conversation ● It’s a bit late to eat now.
Grandad will enjoy his dinner. ➣ hope (n) Anyway, shall we watch a film? ❖
❖
4.69 luck (n) /lʌk/
4.56 sure (adj) /ʃʊə(r)/ sth that makes sth good or bad happen by
certain of sth ● I’m sure you’ll like this cake. chance ● Good luck with your new cookbook.
❖ ➣ lucky (adj) ❖
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4.90 biscuit (n) /ˈbɪskɪt/
4.78 taco (n) /ˈtækəʊ/ a thin crispy cake ● Have a biscuit with your
a small Mexican flat bread filled with different hot chocolate. ❖
food and often served with chilli sauce ● At this
4.91 pre-heat (v) /ˌpriːˈhiːt/
Mexican restaurant, they make great cheese
to switch on an oven to make it hot before
tacos. ❖
cooking food in it ● Pre-heat the oven to
4.79 nacho (n) /ˈnæːtʃəʊ/ 180°C while you’re mixing the ingredients.
a small piece of fried Mexican bread often ➣ preheated (adj) ❖
eaten with a sauce or cheese ● Let’s buy
4.92 oven (n) /ˈʌvn/
some nachos for our film night. ❖
the inside part of a cooker where food is
4.80 smoothie (n) /ˈsmuːði/ cooked ● The cakes are still in the oven.
a drink made from fruit or vegetables mixed They will be ready soon. ❖
with fruit juice, milk or yoghurt ● I had a 4.93 almond (n) /ˈɑːmənd/
banana and apple smoothie for breakfast. a small oval nut with a smooth hard shell
❖ ● There are some almonds in this cake.
4.81 vanilla (n) /vəˈnɪlə/ ❖
a sweet flavouring made from the seeds of 4.94 dough (n) /dəʊ/
a plant that we add to give taste to food like a mixture of flour and other ingredients used to
cakes or ice cream ● Which ice cream do you make bread, pies or biscuits ● The cook mixed
like best? Chocolate, strawberry or vanilla? the dough and left it in the fridge for an hour.
❖ ❖
4.82 garlic bread (n) /ˌɡɑːlɪk ˈbred/ 4.95 bake (v) /beɪk/
bread heated with garlic and butter inside to cook food in an oven ● Put the biscuits in
● In Italian restaurants, you can have garlic the oven and bake them for 15 minutes.
bread with your pasta. ➣ baker, baking (n), baked (adj)
❖ ❖
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4.96 chopped (adj) /tʃɒpt/ 4.110 metre (n) /ˈmiːtə(r)/
sth cut into small pieces with a knife ● Put the a unit for measuring how long or high sth is or
chopped carrots and onions in the soup. how tall sb is; 100cm ● The table is two metres
➣ chop (v) ❖ long. ❖ ✎ Abbrev: m
4.97 gram (n) /ɡræm/ 4.111 kilo (n) /ˈkiːləʊ/
a small unit for measuring how heavy sth is a unit for measuring how heavy sb or sth is;
● You’ll need 250 grams of butter for this 1,000 grams; a kilogram ● I’ll buy a kilo of
recipe. ❖ tomatoes at the market. ❖
4.98 icing sugar (n) /ˈaɪsɪŋ ʃʊɡə(r/ 4.112 degree (n) /dɪˈɡriː/
a kind of soft white sugar usually used on the top a unit used to measure temperature ● The
of cakes or biscuits ● Cheryl is going to put some oven needs to be 20 degrees hotter.
icing sugar on the brownies. ❖ ❖
4.99 flour (n) /ˈflaʊə(r)/ 4.113 kilometre (n) /kɪˈlɒmɪtə(r)/
a soft white or brown powder made from wheat a unit used to measure distance; 1,000 metres
or other grain, used to make bread, biscuits, ● Our house is four kilometres from the school.
cakes, etc. ● Put the flour into a bowl with the ❖ ✎ Abbrev: km
butter and sugar. ❖ 4.114 length (n) /leŋkθ/
4.100 flavouring (n) /ˈfleɪvərɪŋ/ how long sth is ● What’s the length of
sth added to food to give it more taste the room? ➣ long (adj), lengthen (v)
● This biscuit has strawberry flavouring. ❖
➣ flavour (n, v) ❖ 4.115 weight (n) /weɪt/
4.101 finally (adv) /ˈfaɪnəli/ how heavy sth is ● Check the weight of your
at the end ● Finally, cut the cake and eat it. bags before you travel by plane. ➣ weigh (v)
➣ final (n, adj) ❖ ❖
4.102 mix (v) /mɪks/ 4.116 temperature (n) /ˈtemprətʃə(r)/
to put two or more things together to make sth how hot or cold sb or sth is ● The temperature
different ● Mix the butter and sugar before you is very low in Greenland in winter.
add the eggs. ➣ mixture (n) ❖ ❖
4.103 spoon (n) /spuːn/ 4.117 pot (n) /pɒt/
an object that has a long handle with a small a container for keeping food fresh ● There’s a
round bowl shape at the end, used for mixing pot of yoghurt on the table. ❖
or picking up food ● Henry was eating his soup 4.118 yoghurt (n) /ˈjɒɡə(r)t/
with a silver spoon. ❖ a thick white food made from milk that you can
4.104 roll out (phr v) /rəʊl aʊt/ eat with fruit or other flavourings ● I often have
to make sth flat using a special kitchen tool or yoghurt and fruit for breakfast. ❖
your hands ● Roll out the dough and put it into 4.119 oil (n) /ɔɪl/
the baking tin. ❖ a thick liquid, usually made from plants, used
4.105 board (n) /bɔːd/ for cooking or preparing food ● Dad always
a thin flat piece of wood or plastic, etc. often puts oil on salads. ➣ oil (v), oily (adj)
used for preparing food ● Chop the carrots on ❖
the board. ❖ 4.120 first of all (phr) /fɜːst əv ɔːl/
4.106 piece (n) /piːs/ before anything else ● First of all, look for a
a part of sth ● Have a piece of cake. nice recipe. ❖ ✎ Syn: firstly
❖ 4.121 Celsius (n) /ˈselsiəs/
4.107 occasion (n) /əˈkeɪʒn/ the measure used for temperatures in
an event; a specific time when sth happens centigrade ● Water boils at 100 degrees
● Maisie wears a dress on special occasions, Celsius. ❖
like parties or weddings. ❖
4.108 measurement (n) /ˈmeʒəmənt/ Cooking
how big, heavy, long or hot, etc. sth is
● The recipe has all the measurements for Nouns Verbs
the ingredients of the cake. ➣ measure (v) board meal add
❖ cook oven bake
cookbook recipe chop
4.109 centimetre (n) /ˈsentɪmiːtə(r)/ dough piece mix
a small unit for measuring how long or high sth flavouring pot preheat
is or how tall sb is ● There are 100 centimetres fridge spoon prepare
in a metre. ❖ ✎ Abbrev: cm ingredient weigh