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Unit 5 (blue book)
Making sense of food
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fire away | used to tell somebody to begin to speak or ask a question |
| gross | very obvious and unacceptable / gross negligence/misconduct |
| I haven't got a clue. | You can say this when you know nothing at all about something. |
| seeing is believing | used to say that somebody will have to believe that something is true when they see it, although they do not think it is true now |
| What are you up to? | What are you doing? |
| bitter | has a strong, unpleasant taste (coffee, for example) |
| blurred | not clear; without a clear outline or shape |
| deafening | very loud |
| pale | with a light colour; not strong or dark |
| rotten | old and not fresh; bad |
| rough | not smooth or flat |
| salty | containing or tasting of salt |
| smooth | completely flat and even |
| sour | with a sharp taste like a lemon |
| spicy | having a strong taste because spices (various types of powder or seed from plants) have been added to it |
| sticky | made of or covered with a substance that can stick to things |
| sweaty | covered with sweat |
| sweet | containing or tasting of sugar |
| tasty | good to eat |
| vivid | having a strong, bright colour |
| chewy | (used about food) difficult to break up with your teeth before you can eat it |
| crispy | pleasantly hard and dry; can be crunchy |
| crunchy | hard and making a sharp sound when you bite it (like a potato chip) |
| flavour (flavor) | the taste of food (can be good or bad) |
| fresh | (used especially about food) made or picked not long ago; not frozen or in a tin |
| greasy | covered with or containing a lot of grease or oil |
| healthy | helping to make or keep you well |
| hot | food that has a strong, burning taste; can be another word for spicy (can also refer to a temperature) |
| mild | not strong |
| minty | tasting or smelling of mint |
| ripe | ready to eat (usually refers to fruit) |
| tasteless | having little or no flavour |
| unhealthy | that can make you ill |
| expect | to think that somebody or something will come or that something will happen |
| intend | to plan to do something |
| predict | to say what you think will happen |
| promise | to say that you will certainly do or not do something |
| accept | to say ‘yes’ when somebody asks you to have, do or agree to something |
| ask | to try to get an answer by using a question |
| avoid | to stay away from somebody or something |
| deal with | to take action to solve a problem |
| face | to deal with a difficult situation or person |
| focus | to give all your attention to something |
| get over | to get better after something has made you unhappy |
| get you down | to make you feel unhappy |
| go through | if a law, contract, etc. does this, it is officially accepted or completed |
| listen | to hear something when you are trying to hear it |
| put yourself down | to say bad things about yourself |
| share | to divide something between two or more people |
| take | to move something or go with somebody to another place |
| try out | to do something to see if it works |
| additive | a substance that is added in small amounts to something, especially food, in order to improve it, give it colour, make it last longer, etc. |
| barbecue | a meal or party when you cook food on a fire outside |
| beef | meat from a cow |
| crops | groups of plants that are grown in large amounts |
| delicious | very good to eat |
| diet | the food that you usually eat |
| farming | managing a farm or working on it |
| healthy food | food that is good for your body |
| ingredient | one of the things that you put in when you make something to eat |
| kebab | small pieces of meat, vegetables, etc. that are cooked on a thin stick |
| laboratory | a special room where scientists work |
| meatball | meat cut into very small pieces and made into a ball, usually eaten hot with a sauce |
| nutritious | (used about food) good for you |
| portion | a part of something that one person gets |
| red meat | meat that is dark brown in colour when it has been cooked, such as beef and lamb |
| bake | to cook food, for example bread or cakes, in an oven |
| boil | to cook something in boiling water |
| chop | to cut something into pieces with a knife, etc. |
| fry | to cook something in hot fat or oil |
| roast | to cook or be cooked in an oven or over a fire |
| slice | to cut something into thin, flat pieces that are cut from a larger piece |
| steam | to cook something in steam |
| stir | to move a spoon or another thing round and round to mix something |
| addiction | the condition of being unable to stop using or doing something as a habit, especially something harmful |
| calorie | a unit for measuring the energy value of food |
| chemical | a substance that is used or produced in a chemical process |
| desire | a strong feeling of wanting to have or do something |
| epidemic | a disease that many people in a place have at the same time |
| explosion | the sudden breaking apart and loud noise of something such as a bomb exploding |
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