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fce result unit 8
vocabulary unit 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dough | thick mixture of flour and water from which bread is made |
| herb, herbal | plant whose leaves, flowers or seeds are used to flavour food |
| to sprinkle, sprinkler | to shake small pièces of sth or drops on a liquid on sth |
| vinegar | liquid with a bitter taste used to add flavour to food |
| to slice, slice, sliced | to cut thin pieces of sth |
| to mould, mould | to make sth soft intp a particular shape |
| paprika | red powder used as a spice in cooking |
| casserole, to casserole | covered dish for cooking meat in liquid in the oven |
| version | different form of sth |
| chilli | very hot Pepper used to give hot taste to food |
| ginger | root of a plant with a strong hot taste used in cooking |
| cumin | seeds of an aromatic plant used as a spice |
| coriander | plant whose seeds are used in cooking as a herb |
| yoghurt | slightly sour tasting food made form milk |
| pan | metal container used fro cooking food in |
| savoury, to savour | having a pleasant smell or taste salty not sweet |
| ingredient | sth you need to cook a certain meal |
| texture | the way food or drink feels in your mouth |
| porridge | hot breakfast cereal made with oats and milk or water |
| to exclude, excluding, exclusion | to keep sth out |
| sensory, sense, sensation | connected with the senses |
| input, to input | information, ideas...that you put into work, a project etc |
| altogether | completely, in every way |
| diner | person eating at a restaurant or café |
| to lose out (on) | not to get sth you wanted or thought you should have |
| intimacy, untimate | state of having a close personal Relationship with sb (U+adj) |
| preconception, preconceive | opinion formed before you experience sth (noun+verb) |
| abruptly, abrupt | quickly, without preparation (adv + adj) |
| cutlery | things we use to eat and serve food with : knife, forks, spoons |
| to spill (spilt 2X) spillage | to accidentally drop liquid over sth (verb+noun) |
| dominant, dominate, dominance, domineering | stronger or more important than other things (adj, verb, U, adj) |
| worthwhile | valuable, Worth spending time on |
| venture, to venture | project (noun+ verb) |
| eel | long, thin, snake-like animal that lives in the sea |
| oyster | large flat shellfish |
| edible, inedible | suitable to eat and not harmful + opposite |
| seaweed | plant that grows in or near the sea |
| to enhance | to improve the good quality of, to make better |
| bitter, bitterness | sharp unpleasant taste like a lemon |
| chewy, to chew | needing to be chewed a lot before it can be swalowed (adj+verb) |
| crunchy, to crunch | firm, crisp and making a sharp sound when you bite it |
| fatty, fat | containing a lot of fat (adv+adj+noun) |
| greasy, grease, greased, to grease | containing a lot of oïl (adv, noun, adj, verb) |
| mild | not strong, spicy or bitter (with flavour) |
| plain | basic, without any strong flavour or tastes |
| rich | heavy and making you feel full quickly |
| spicy, spice, spiced | having a strong taste because spices have been used to flavour it (adv, noun, adj) |
| stodgy | heavy |
| tasteless, taste, to taste, tasty | having no flavour, flavour, verb, having flavour |
| olive | small green or black fruit with a strong taste |
| barbecued, barbecue, to barbecue | cook over an open flame usually outside |
| Tender, To tenderise | Gentle and kind 2.easy to cut and eat |
| Baked, to bake, backery | Cooked in the oven without fat |
| Stewed, stew, to stew | Cooked slowly at a low heat in liquid |
| Starving, to starve, starvation | 1.dying from hunger 2. Very hungry |
| To disagree (with) | 1. To have a different opinion from 2.to have a bad effect on your stomach |
| To give sb the sack (gave, given) | To force sb to leave their job, to sack |
| Garlic | Small white vegetable used to give a strong flavour |
| Lumpy, lump | Not smooth, with solid bits in it (adj + noun) |
| Spread, to spread (spread 2X) | Large meal with a lot of different dishes to choose from (noun, verb) |
| To treat (sb to sth), treat, treatment | To pay for sth that sb will enjoy (verb, noun, noun) |
| Posh | Elegant and expensive |
| On the spur of the moment | Without planning |
| To squeeze in | To mke room for |
| To flood, flood | To be covered with water (verb, noun) |
| Dear | Expensive |
| Cramped, cramp, to cramp | Not having much space (adj, noun, verb) |
| Lively, life | Full of life and energy, full of interest and excitement (adj, noun) |
| Trendy, trend | Fashionable (adj, noun) |
| fanatic, fanatical, fan | person who is extremly enthusiastic about sth (noun, adj, noun) |
| dose, to dose, dosage, dosed | amount of medicine you should take at one time (noun, verb, noun, adj) |
| Under certain circumstances | at limited times |
| to feast on, feast | to eat a large amount of food (verb, noun) |
| venison | meet from deer |
| truffle | expensive type of fungus that growx underground |
| well-being | state of general health and happiness |
| guilt, guilty (of) | feeling that you have done sth wrong (noun, adj) |
| to oppose (sth), opposition, opposing | to disagree with sth (an idea or a plan), (verb, noun, adj) |
| snack | small meal or amount of food, usually eaten in a hurry |
| to outweigh (sth) | to be greater or more important than sth |
| recreation, to recreate | activities that you do for enjoyment (noun, verb) |
| pool | game similar to snooker or billiards |
| grape | small green or black fruit that grows in bunches on a climbing plant |
| pudding | sweet dish eaten at the end of a meal |
| lack of demand, to demand, demanding | not enough or requests for (noun, verb, adj) |
| to resent (sth), resentment | to feel angry about sth because you think it's unfair (verb, noun) |
| self-righteous | feeling or behaving as if you were always right |
| no trace of, trace, to trace | no sign of (noun, noun, verb) |
| to trumpet, trumpet | to tell everyone sth very loudly (verb, noun) |
| launch, to launch | event when a new product is shown to the public for the first time (noun, verb) |
| phenomenon, phenomenal | fact or event, especially one that is not completely understood (noun, adj) |
| complacent, complacency | satisfied with yourself and not wanting to change (adj, noun) |
| backlash | strong negative reaction against sth |
| to summon the nerve | to make an effort to be brave |