Paces 70-71 bland /blend/ Adjective if food is bland, it does not have much flavour his cooking is always rather bland | iFit’s too bland, take some more sauce | found the main course very bland | the hospital food was so bland filing ulm’ Adjective if food is filing, you only have to eat a small amount to feel full a filing soup | I've had enough thanks ~ it was very filing | the hotel breakfast was fling and tasty grate /grest/ Verb if you grate food, you cut itinto a lot of very thin strips grate the carrots and onion very finely | grate the cheese over the top of the pie Adjective: grated | Noun: grater baked potato with grated cheese | a cheese grater Juicy fdgussi/ Adjective if food is juicy, it has a lat of natural juice or liquid in it the meat was tender and juicy | this orange is really juicy | ripe and juicy strawberries | large pink fruit with juicy flesh Noun: juice the Juice was running down his chin | orange juice | add the meat juices ta the gravy Peer ene me hd We often add -y to nouns to make an adjective like juley (rom the noun juice}. It usually means it has a lot of the noun or fs like the noun, buttery: 0 lovely buttery taste salty: t00 salty ‘crunchy: crunchy biscuits spicy: a spicy curry Juicy: juicy steak sugary: sugary drinks ‘mouldy: go mouldy watery: the soup’s a bit wotery lly: oily sh sandy: sandy beach rubbery: crubbery texture sweaty: sweaty socks mash imaef/ Verb ifyou mash food, especially potatoes, you crush them until they become smooth ‘mash the pototoes with butter and milk | he was in the kitchen mashing potatoes | ike to mash carrots with the potatoes Adjective: mashed | Noun: mash Collocates: mashed potatoes serve with rice or mashed potatoes | sausages and ‘mash lice /slats! Ver ifyou slice something, you use a knife to cut thin pieces of'it Outcomes Intermediate Vocabulary Builder Unit 8 slice the ham thinly | had to use the bread knife to slice the tomatoes Adjective: sliced | Noun: slice a packet of sliced bread | add the sliced onion just before it goes in the oven la slice of bread sour /'sava(t)/ Adjective food that is sour has a strong taste that is not at all sweet, lke a lemon sour cherry juice |@ sweet and sour sauce | add vinegar to give ita slightly sour toste steam /sti:m/ Verb if you steam vegetables or fish, you cook them using only the steam from boiling water instead of putting them into the bolling water itself do you want to steam the courgettes, or shall we bake them? | steam the peas for 4 minutes Adjective: steamed itcomes with salad or steamed vegetables | this recipe can be either steamed or boiled stuffed /staft/ Adjective food that is stuffed is cooked with a mixture of other foods inside it balls of mashed potato stuffed with beef raisins, and olives | stuffed pepper | chicken stuffed with lemon ‘and tomatoes Verb: stuff! Noun: stuffing ‘ts quite difficult to stuff @ pigeon | if you stuff the chicken, it will take a little longer to cook |a herb and onion stuffing Paces 72-73 adventurous /ad'vent{(ayras/ Adjective Ifyou are adventurous, you lke trying lots of different and exciting things he’s not o very adventurous eater |o holiday for adventurous travellers | this was the most adventurous tip he had ever taken | she had led an adventurous life Opposite ~ Adjective: unadventurous @ bland and unadventurous dish | Reggie had fed an unadventurous life in Worthing cope /kaup! Verb if you cope, you deal successfully with a difficult situation they couldn't cope with the food they were given | he Found it hard to cope after his wife died | can't cope with the workload | she seems to be coping with the stress very well | he can't cope with the pressure get hold of /get hauld ,ov/ Phrase Ifyou get hold af something, you succeed in getting it for yourself by gripping it firmly so that no one else can have it © 2016 National Geographic Learning 1he got hold of the gun ond pointed it at the robber | had to move fast to stop him getting hold of the photo host ‘haus Noun your host is the person whose home you are staying i fr the person who has invited you to an event such as a party ‘our host welcomed us at the door | spent six months living with @ host family in Rome Verb: host we hosted @ dinner for several of our neighbours integrate fintigrent/ Verb if you integrate, you start to belong in a new place or situation and are accepted as part of it Collocates: integrate into/with something it takes time to integrate into a new country |! couldn't Integrate into the new way of ife |her parents had been there 40 years and had fully integrated |she integrated with her new classmates almost straight away Adjective: integrated they quickly became integrated into the social and economic life of the village | both families had become fully integrated into Dutch society Integration /znt’grer{(a)n/ Noun uncount Integration is the fact of belonging in a new place or situation and being accepted there Collocates: integration into/with something his integration into his new schoo! took a long time | economic and social integration of migrants was a priority for the government | this will make integration with other children easier off /of/ Adverb if something is a long way off or along time off, it hasn't happened yet or Is stil some distance away {fall integration is some way off yet | i's only July, (Christmas is stil @ long time off | the exams are only @ week off now | the campsite was on the other side of the valley, about two miles off represent /yeprrzent/ Ver if something represents another thing, it stands as symbol of that other thing, often because ithhas many of the qualities of that other thing these places represent everything their owners miss ‘about their home country | the flag has four stars representing each of the four provinces split /spht/ Verb ifyou split something, you divide it into smaller parts which are usually equal Jets just split the bill (let's all pay the same amount) | they agreed to spilt the profits | we'll spit it 50-50 (we'll each have halt) | split the cake into five pieces starving /stax(ejvan/ Adjective if you say you are starving, you mean you are very hungry. You also say people are starving when they are dying because they do not have enough food to eat Iwos starving by the time we got home | what's for lunch? | didn’t have any breakfast and i'm starving | the papers carried photos of starving children Outcomes Intermediate Vocabulary Builder Unit 8 Verb: stove Collocates: starve to death If we don’t send help, a milion people will starve to death there sweaty /sweti/ Adjective ‘sweat is water that comes out through your skin because. you are hot, for example after you have done exercise. Ifyou are sweaty, you have sweat on your skin, If your clothes are sweaty they are slightly wet with sweat it smells ike sweaty socks | he came back from his run hot and sweaty | your feet will get sweaty in those shoes | Hutton wiped his face, which was pale and sweaty Noun: sweet | Verb: sweat sweat was running down his back | he wiped the sweat from his forehead | the coat had made her so hot that she was sweating heavily | his hands were sweating in spite of the cold wonder /wanda(r)/ Noun uncount if you say that it's no wonder something is the case, you ‘mean that the reason for itis obvious with food like that, i's no wonder there are so many foreign restaurants here | no wonder it's cold ~ you forgot to put the heating on | is it any wonder the country is in so much debt after what he banks did? PAGES 74-75 bare /bea(q/ Adjective if somewhere is bare, it looks empty and is not filed or covered with anything the room was cold and bare | the walls are completely bore | the table was bare | she looked at the bare shelves in the cupboard | the cupboard was bare (there was nothing init), demand /dima:nd/ Verb Ifyou demand something, you say very forcefully that you want it and expect it to be brought to you or given toyou workers are demanding a pay rise | the police officer demanded to see his 1D card | demand to know what is going on here! | he demanded an explanation Noun: demand his demand was met with a direct refusal to cooperate deserted /di'zx(fud/ Adjective if somewhere is deserted, there is no one there the station was deserted | the city centre is deserted offer eight in the evening |a deserted building deserve /dr'z3:(A\v/ Verb if you say that someone deserves something, you think its right for them to gett, either as a reward for something good that they have done, or as a punishment for something bad that they have done he doesn't deserve the extra money | think you deserve a holiday after all that studying | you deserve to be thrown out of university if you cheat in an exam | we deserved to win that game © 2016 National Geographic Learning 2‘gang /geeny Noun ‘a gang Is a group of people who spend a lot of time together, often for criminal reasons ‘on organised criminal gang | the gang threatened to kill anyone who got in their way | there were gang fights on the streets | a gang of kids |27 people were killed uring the gang warfare (violent fights between different gangs) instant finstant/ Noun ‘an instant is an extremely short length of time. Ifyou say that you would do something in an instant, you mean that you would do itimmediately without waiting at all rd watk out in an instant ithe treated me like that | in an instant, he was wide awoke |for an instant. I though he wos going fo shoot lan instant later, he wos back on his feet Adjective: instant | Advert: instantly the fm was an instant success | they took an instant dislike to each other (they decided immediately ey dld’t ike each other) | had a glass of water and instantly felt better | he was killed instantly in the crash literally /it(ayrali Adverts you use literally to emphasise that you are using a word ‘or words in their exact meaning, even though it might be surprising, People also use the word iiterally just to ‘emphasize what they are saying, but many teachers think this use is wrong erally at that exact moment | saw a rat going into the kitchen | ve literally come straight from the farm | the roof was literally blown off the house in the storm | we ate literally tons of ice cream on holiday Adjective: literal the literal meaning of the word "Yoga" is “union” look out over /luk ‘aut auva(n Phrase ifa building or window looks out over something or onto something, it has a view of that place Collocates: 100k out over something | look out onto something ‘our hotel room looks out over the sea | the upstairs window looks out aver the mountains | the opartment looks out over Central Pork | as usual, my hotel room looked out onto a car park organic />:(hlgzenik! Adjective ‘organic food has been produced without the use of artificial chemicals or fertilizers cll our meat and vegetables are organic | organic eggs | ‘organic farms produce only a small proportion of our {o0d | eating arganic food can prove expensive ‘Adverb: organically all our vegetables ore grown organically | organically aimed food is more expensive outstanding /avt'stendin/ Adjective ‘something or someone that is outstanding is extremely impressive the service was outstanding | the hotel offers ‘outstanding views from the top floor | the flm was simply outstanding | she got a gold medal for her outstanding ‘acaciemic performance Outcomes Intermediate Vocabulary Builder Unit 8 over- /avva/ Prefix you put over- in front of an adjective or verb to say that something happens or is done to a great degree, often ‘more than is usual or right my steak was overcooked (cooked too much) | she overreacted when she heard the news (her reaction was, ‘more extreme than it needed to be) | an overcrowded train | the engine overheated on the way home (it got to0 hot) packed /pakt/ Adjective Ifa place or object Is packed, tis full of people or things the restaurant is always packed | the town centre was packed at lunch time | he made his way into the packed stodium | the drink is packed with vitamins | an action: packed film (full of action) portion /po:tyai/ Noun 3 portion of food isan amount thats served to one person at a meal Collocates: a portion of something the portions there are very generous | you need four ‘meatballs per portion | ordered @ sandwich and @ portion of chips | the portions were very smal forthe price posh /pof/ Adjective Ifyou say that a place is posh, you mean that it looks expensive and Is probably used by rich and fashionable people Jenny took me to a posh restaurant for my birthday | we stayed in @ really posh hotel | Knightsbridge is one of the poshest parts of the city present /prr'zent/ Verb if you present something in a certain way, that is how you arrange it and place itn front the person you are giving itto the food was beoutitully presented | they presented the exhibits in glass cases round the edge of the room | they present their dishes with style and taste Noun: presentation the food was tasty, but the presentation was poor single /sing(al/ Adjective a single person or thing is just one. You say not a single (or not one single person or thing to emphasise that there was not one person or thing somewhere | didn't see a single person | knew in the restaurant | all ve had today is a single cup of coffee |not a single person could be seen | he didn't say a single word all evening spit /sprti Verb Ifyou spit something out of your mouth, you force it out {bit into something crunchy and spat it out ~ it was @ fingernail | he began coughing and spitting blood | he spat out a tooth | she was trying to swim, and was spitting water out of her mouth | he was spitting his grape seeds into a bow! stick /stik/ Verbs Ifyou say that you will stick with something, you mean that you will continue doing it or having it, and do not © 2016 National Geographic Learning 3want to exchange it or do something different Collocates: stick with something | stick to something Jl stick with what I've got | they decided to stick with their ald car for another year at least I'm going to stick with my job and see ifit gets better she finds it hard to Stick to a alet PAGES 76-77 acid fesid/ Adjective In chemistry, acids are substances that have a pH value of less than 7. Strong acid can burn holes in metal. Acid soll or conditions have a certain amount of acid in them| to grow well, cranberries lke acid conditions and sand | ‘one result of air pollution is acid roin | the soil in our gorden is slightly acid Noun: acid | Adjective: acidic «a bottle of sulphuric acid | vinegar is basically acetic ‘cid | the oceans are becoming more acidic | the soi becomes more acidic where the forest is growing adequate /edikwat/ Adjective ‘something that is adequate is enough in quantity or quality for a particular purpose do you have an adequate supply of water? | there is ‘adequate parking space available | the aircraft did not have adequate safety equipment | the manager must ensure staffing levels are adequate to safely operate the machinery ‘Adverb: adequately the factory was not adequately equipped to meet the demand | the crew had not been adequately trained for such an emergency ‘crop /krop/ Noun {a crop is a plant such as wheat or corn that is grown by farmers in order to sellit {a frost can destroy the crop | they grow o variety of crops |a staple crop (that provides most of someone's food) |a cash crop (that someane grows to sell) | they grew crops in large open fields rice is the principal crop cultivated here float /flavt/ Verb if something floats, it stays on the surface of a liquid and does not sink the berries then float to the surface | fresh eggs will sink, but old ones float | the logs are floated down the river to the paper mill| he floated for a while in the midale of the Poo then swam back to the side to harvest crops means to pick them from the fields or trees where they are growing when they are ripe and ready to be eaten or turned into food how do you think cranberries are harvested? | boys came out of schoo! to help the farmers harvest their crops | the crop was harvested early to make room for summer vegetables Noun: harvest Outcomes Intermediate Vocabulary Builder Unit 8 better farming techniques will lead to better harvests | the weather stayed fine throughout the harvest (the time when the crops were being harvested) | there was a record harvest last year (the biggest amount of crops ever were harvested) Inherit /anthertt Verb if you inherit goods or property it becomes yours. because someone has left instructions that you should have it after they die. Ifyou inherit characteristics from your parents, you have those characteristics because of the genes you share with them ‘Mary inherited the farm after the death of her aunt | his fortune was inherited by his only son | if he has no children, who will inherit? | she has dark brown hai, probably inherited fram her Mexican grandmother Noun: inheritance he expected to receive a large inheritance on the death of his fother keep an eye on /k:p an ‘ar on/ Phrase if you keep om eye on a situation, you make sure you know what is happening so that you can take action at the right moment orf something goes wrong or needs attention they have to keep an eye on the weather because 0 trost can destroy the crop | keep an eye on the pan and tum the heat down when the water boils | Keep on eye Cn the petro! gouge — we might not have enough to get home | need to keep an eye on the time as Ive got a train ot six remove /rtmuzv/ Verb Ifyou remove something, you take it away from where its, oF you take it away from the other things that are with it they remove the berties which then float to the surface | both cars were finally removed from the scene of the crash | you should remove the curtains before painting the window Noun: removal removal of the rear seat is easy sand /seend/ Noun uncount sand is the stuff you find on lots of beaches or in deserts Itis lke a fine powder and is made up of very tiny pieces, of rock to grow well, cranberries ike acid conditions and sand | extreme heat can turn sand into glass | we came back from the beach with sand in our hair| he shook the wet sand from his clothes Adjective: sandy a sandy beach | plant that will grow well in sandy soil supply /sa'plat/ Noun ‘supply of something is an amount ofit that is available for use Collocates: a supply of something do you have an adequate supply of water? | in the south of the country, food supply was inadequate | an ‘abundant supply of coal, oi! and gas |a limited supply of fresh fruit © 2016 National Geographic Learning &Outcomes Intermediate Vocabulary Builder Unit 8 surface /sx:(qfis/ Noun the surface of something is the top of it that faces upwards the berries then float to the surface |a smooth road surface | put the compass on a flat surface | the surface ofa CD scratches very easily © 2016 National Geographic Learning 5EXERCISES. PREPOSITIONS: A Complete the sentences with the correct preposition. ‘Some people are starving....... death. He can't cope ...... his heavy workload. He ordered two portions ____chips. They inherited the house......an aunt Fresh fruit is packed Its difficult to stick vitamins, adiet. WORD FAMILIES B_ Complete the expressions with the correct form of the word in bold. 1 inherit a farm receive a large 2 afilling meal feel 3 remove sand from your hair the of sand 4 stuffed with onions with an onion 5 grate the cheese lose the cheese C Tick the words that are both a verb and a noun. Outcomes Intermediate Vocabulary Builder Unit 8 3 Lalways knife the tomatoes with a sharp 4 the cheese over the top of the pie. 5 You could help by the potatoes. F Complete the collocations with nouns from the unit. 1 live with a h___ family 2 the restaurant serves very small p. 3 ag__gof children in the street t 4 she didn't wait for ani_____t 5 slice the bread on a flats G Which of the following nouns do not collocate with the adjectives? Look up the adjectives. 1 outstanding service / instant / view / performance: 2 juicy flesh / orange / gang / meat 3 sour sauce / taste / juice / surface 4 bland portion / food / cooking / sauce H_ Complete the sentences with the adjectives from the box. deserted packed organic. =—=—cadequate bland filing adventurous, 1. The sauce was too 80 ladded some more cheese. 2 The soup was very. I didn't need any bread with it. 1 inherit 3 He's not an... @ater. He only eats, ee pizza or pasta. 4 At midnight the town centre wi oe oo idnight cai a restaurant is very popular and is alwa 4 demand ae a nee. 6 food Is grown in a natural way. 6 harvest 7 There is parking space by the Station. COLLOCATIONS PHRASES D_ Complete the collocations with the verbs in the box. Look up the verbs if you need help. Integrate split steam remove _ demand the courgettes for 4 minutes the bill between us into a new country ‘an explanation the painting from the wall E Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box. Look up the verbs if you need help. steam mash grate stuff slice 1 You should the vegetables over a pan of water. 2 Shall we the chicken with herbs? I Choose the correct word to complete the phrase. 1 [need to keep an eye over /of/an the time. I don't want to be late. 2 Our hotel room looks out of/ through /over the sea. 3. He got hold over /of/on the ball and ran as fast as he could. © 2016 National Geographic Learning 6