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4 Eat it up

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. ❖

4.28 butter (n) /ˈbʌtə(r)/ 4.39 grape (n) /ɡreɪp/


a soft yellow kind of fat made from cream a small round green or dark red fruit that is soft
● Do you like butter on your toast or just inside ● On our farm, we grow juicy grapes.
honey? ➣ butter (v) ❖ ❖

4.29 automatically (adv) /ˌɔːtəˈmætɪkli/ 4.40 mushroom (n) /ˈmʌʃrʊm/


without anybody touching a control or switch a kind of fungus that has a soft round top and
● The oven goes off automatically when the a thick stem ● I love mushrooms on my pizza.
time ends. ➣ automatic (adj) ❖ ❖

4.30 perhaps (adv) /pəˈhæps/ 4.41 pepper (n) /ˈpepə(r)/


maybe ● Perhaps we’ll go to the Thai a kind of green, red or yellow vegetable that
restaurant on my birthday, but I’m not sure. you can eat cooked or uncooked, e.g. in
❖ salads ● We made a salad with tomatoes,
green peppers and onions. ❖
4.31 (my) own (adj) /(maɪ) əʊn/
belonging to me ● I’d like to have my own 4.42 lemon (n) /ˈlemən/
car when I’m older. ➣ own (v), owner (n) a yellow fruit that has a bitter taste ● Mum likes
❖ to drink tea with honey and a piece of lemon.

LOOK! 4.43 vegetable (n) /ˈvedʒtəbl/
a plant or part of a plant that you can eat
Remember that in Unit 2 we saw the expression on
● Carrots are my favourite vegetables.
my own, which means ʻby myself ʼ. We can also use

the word own in phrases like my own / your own,
with the meaning of 'belonging to me / to you'. 4.44 dairy (adj) /ˈdeəri/
I enjoy painting on my own. (without anyone else made from milk ● David has cows on his farm
around) and he makes dairy foods like butter and milk.
These are my own paintings. (the paintings are ➣ dairy (n) ❖
mine) 4.45 fruit (n) /fruːt/
the soft part of a plant that has seeds inside
4.32 weigh (v) /weɪ/ ● Louisa eats a lot of fruit, like bananas and
to measure sb/sth to see how heavy they are/ apples. ❖
it is; to have a particular weight ● Weigh the
4.46 carbohydrate (n) /ˌkɑːbəʊˈhaɪdreɪt/
ingredients before you put them into the bowl.
something in food like bread, potatoes and
➣ weight (n) ❖
pasta which gives your body energy ● Maria
4.33 calculate (v) /ˈkælkjəleɪt/ eats a big meal with carbohydrates before she
to work out an amount ● This watch can goes for a long walk. ❖
calculate how far you walk every day.
4.47 cook (n) /kʊk/
➣ calculation (n) ❖
a person who cooks food; sb who cooks food
4.34 culture (n) /ˈkʌltʃə(r)/ as a job ● My aunt is a good cook. She makes
the beliefs, art and way of life in a country great pizzas. ➣ cook (v), cooking (n), cooker (n)
● We learnt a lot about Chinese food and ❖
culture on our holiday in Beijing.
➣ cultural (adj) ❖
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4.48 vegetarian (n) /ˌvedʒəˈteəriən/ 4.57 offer (n) /ˈɒfə(r)/
a person who doesn’t eat meat or fish an act of saying that you will do sth for sb if
● A lot of my friends are vegetarians because they need help ● Charles made a kind offer to
they love animals. ➣ vegetarian (adj) wash the dishes. ➣ offer (v) ❖
❖ 4.58 promise (n) /ˈprɒmɪs/
4.49 strawberry (n) /ˈstrɔːbəri/ an act of saying that you will do sth for sure
a small, juicy, red, summer fruit ● We’re having ● I’ll make the best chocolate cake in the
ice cream with strawberries after lunch. world. That’s a promise! ➣ promise (v)
❖ ❖
4.50 fresh (adj) /freʃ/ 4.59 sudden (adj) /ˈsʌdən/
food that has been made, picked or collected that happens fast when you don’t expect it
not long ago ● There aren’t many fresh ● We were watching TV, when we heard a
strawberries in the shops in winter. sudden noise outside. ➣ suddenly (adv)
➣ freshness (n), freshly (adv) ❖ ❖
4.60 decision (n) /dɪˈsɪʒn/
Buying food a choice you make after thinking about sth
● Paul made a decision to become a cook.
Nouns Verbs ➣ decide (v) ❖
credit card add up
market calculate 4.61 ham (n) /hæm/
restaurant save money a kind of meat from a pig’s leg ● Do you want
shopping list weigh a ham and cheese sandwich? ❖
supermarket 4.62 I’m afraid (phr) /aɪm əˈfreɪd/
trolley used to introduce sth that isn’t good or to say
that you’re sorry about sth ● I’m afraid I can’t
meet you tomorrow. I’ll be at my grandparents’

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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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4.83 Mediterranean (adj) /ˌmedɪtəˈreɪniən/
of the sea between Europe and Africa
and its coasts ➣ the Mediterranean (n)
4.70 add (v) /æd/ ❖
to put sth in sth else ● Add a little salt to the
soup. ➣ addition (n) ❖ 4.84 tuna (n) /ˈtjuːnə/
a large sea fish with red meat ● Tony makes
4.71 last (adv) /lɑːst/ delicious pizza with tuna and other seafood.
after all other things ● We waited a long time in ❖
the restaurant and they brought our food last.
4.85 curry (n) /ˈkʌri/

a type of Asian food with a hot spicy sauce
4.72 item (n) /ˈaɪtəm/ ● Indian curry with rice is a popular meal in the
an object ● I made a list of items that I needed UK. ➣ curry (v) ❖
to buy for the meal. ❖
4.86 chocolate brownie (n) /ˈtʃɒklət ˈbraʊni/
4.73 form (n) /fɔːm/ a kind of square chocolate cake ● How many
a kind ● What form of transport do you prefer eggs do I need to make chocolate brownies?
to use? A car or a bus? ❖ ❖
4.74 underline (v) /ˌʌndəˈlaɪn/ 4.87 takeaway (n) /ˈteɪkəweɪ/
to draw a line under a word ● I underlined this a meal that you can collect or order from
word because I like it. ❖ a restaurant to eat somewhere else
4.75 girlfriend (n) /ˈɡɜːlfrend/ ● Thomas was too tired to cook, so he
a close female friend ● My brother is going to ordered a takeaway. ➣ take away (phr v)
the cinema with his girlfriend. ❖ ❖
4.88 busy (adj) /ˈbɪzi/
4.76 popular (adj) /ˈpɒpjələ(r)/
that has a lot of people ● The streets
liked by many people ● Is tennis a popular
are always busy in the morning.
sport in your country? ➣ popularity (n)

❖ ✎ Opp: unpopular
4.89 crowded (adj) /ˈkraʊdɪd/
4.77 seafood (n) /ˈsiːfuːd/ that has a lot of people close together
any fish and other sea creatures that you can ● This café is very crowded. We can’t sit
eat ● We ate fresh seafood at the restaurant down here. ➣ crowd (n) ❖
by the beach. ❖

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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

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4.132 come round (phr v) /kʌm raʊnd/
Measurement to come to a place for a short visit ● My friends
Celsius length often come round to my house to listen to
centimetre metre music. ❖
degree temperature 4.133 lovely (adj) /ˈlʌvli/
gram weight nice; enjoyable ● We had a lovely meal at
kilo Francine’s. ❖
4.134 look forward to (phr v) /lʊk ˈfɔːwəd tu/
to be happy waiting for sth good that is going
Grammar Page 49 to happen ● Are you looking forward to your
holiday? ❖
4.122 dollar (n) /ˈdɒlə(r)/ 4.135 pretty (adv) /ˈprɪti/
the kind of money used in some countries, e.g. quite ● The food at Jerry’s is pretty good. You’ll
the USA, Canada and Australia ● The taxi ride love it! ❖
from the airport costs 40 dollars. ❖
4.136 sound (v) /saʊnd/
4.123 furniture (n) /ˈfɜːnɪtʃə(r)/ to seem to be a particular way, from what
things like tables, chairs, cupboards, etc. you hear or read ● The new Thai restaurant
● We’re buying new furniture for the living sounds fantastic! Let’s try it out. ➣ sound (n)
room. ❖ ❖
4.124 advice (n) /ədˈvaɪs/ 4.137 a bit (adv) /ə bɪt/
sth you tell sb to help them with a problem a little; a small amount ● The players
● Ask your granny for advice in the kitchen. were a bit tired at the end of the match.
She’s a great cook! ➣ advise (v), advisable (adj) ❖

4.138 relaxing (adj) /rɪˈlæksɪŋ/
4.125 luggage (n) /ˈlʌɡɪdʒ/ helping you to rest ● A day at the beach will
all the bags you carry when you’re travelling be relaxing. ➣ relax (v), relaxation (n)
● Simon’s putting his luggage into the car to ❖
go on holiday. ❖
4.126 news (n) /njuːz/
a piece of information about sth new that Phrasal verbs
happened ● I’ve got some good news. I’m come round eat up roll out
going to be in Happy Cook on TV! eat out look forward to try out

4.127 equipment (n) /ɪˈkwɪpmənt/
the things you need to do a job or an activity
● The school has modern equipment in the Video Page 52
computer lab. ❖ 4.139 eyeball (n) /ˈaɪbɔːl/
a complete eye, including the round part at
the back ● I can’t imagine eating an animal’s
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4.140
eyeballs. ❖
blood (n) /blʌd/
4.128 try out (phr v) /traɪ aʊt/ the red liquid that flows inside your body
to use or do sth to see how good or bad it is ● There was blood on my shirt because I cut
● Bob and Martha are going to try out the new my finger. ❖
Indian restaurant. ❖
4.141 tortilla (n) /tɔːˈtiːə/
4.129 tour (n) /tʊə(r)/ a thin, flat Mexican bread ● Pablo is eating
a trip to visit different places or parts of a place tortillas with cheese and tomato.
● We went on a tour of the castle. ➣ tour (v) ❖

4.142 larva (n) /ˈlɑːvə/
4.130 excited (adj) /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ an insect when it first comes out of its egg and
feeling very happy about sth you’re doing or looks like a thick worm ● A bee begins as an
going to do ● The children are excited about egg for three days, and then becomes a larva.
going to the party. ❖ ❖ ✎ Plural: larvae /ˈlɑːvi/
4.131 fortune cookie (n) /ˈfɔːtʃuːn kʊki/ 4.143 fast food (n) /ˌfɑːst ˈfuːd/
a thin Chinese biscuit with a small note inside hot food that is cooked and served quickly,
that says sth about your future ● My fortune especially as a takeaway ● Jim sometimes
cookie says I’ll get a visit from a friend. orders fast food, like tacos, when he doesn’t
❖ have time to cook. ❖

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4.144 Maasai (n) /ˈmɑːsaɪ/
a member of a specific group of people from Types of food
East Africa ● The Maasai people live in a almond mushroom
traditional way in parts of Kenya and Tanzania. biscuit oil
❖ butter omelette
4.145 taste (v) /teɪst/ carbohydrate onion
to have a specific flavour ● Cheese tacos chilli pasta
taste delicious with chilli sauce. ➣ taste (n), chocolate brownie pepper
tasty (adj) ❖ curry sandwich
dairy seafood
4.146 gross (adj) /ɡrəʊs/ fast food smoothie
horrible; not nice ● The plate of cooked insects fortune cookie strawberry
looks completely gross! ❖ fruit taco
✎ Syn: disgusting, revolting garlic tortilla
4.147 revolting (adj) /rɪˈvəʊlˌtɪŋ/ garlic bread tuna
horrible ● Food made from insect larvae grape vanilla
sounds revolting! ❖ icing sugar vegetable
✎ Syn: disgusting, gross lemon yoghurt
meat
Adjectives
crowded fresh
delicious gross
excellent revolting
excited popular

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