BBC 6 Minutes English ~ Less Salt, Better Health

Question 1

flavour

Answer 1

how food or drinks tastes,or a partciular taste itself ( the quality of something that affects the sense of taste )

> We sell 32 different flavours of ice-cream.

Question 2

sour (adjective)

Answer 2

having a sharp, sometimes unpleasant, taste or smell ( like a lemon and not sweet)

synms : rancid /rensid/

> I used sour cream in the soup.
Had extra sugar if the not so flavour and to sour.

Question 3

bitter (adjective)

Answer 3

with an unpleasantly sharp tase

> That soup was very bitter flavour for me.
I ate Çiğ Köfte and it was very bitter.

Question 4

enhance (verb) ~ /inhans/

Answer 4

to improve the quality, amount or streght of something

synms : increase, improve,
extra : enhancement (noun) –> artış, yükseliş

> These scandals will not enhance the organizations reputation.

Question 5

ingredient (noun) ~/ingridiınt/

Answer 5

a food that in used with other fooeds in the prepration of a particular dish

synms: material, component

> Everyone knows that salt makes food taste better by enhancing the flavours of the ingredients.

Question 6

phrase (noun) ~/freiz/

Answer 6

a group of words

> There is even a phrase you will see in many recipes.

Question 7

recipe (noun) ~ /resıpi/

Answer 7

a set of instructions telling you how to prepare and cook food, including a list of what food is needed for this

synms : formula, prescription

> Do you know a good recipe for wholemeal bread ?

Question 8

pinch (noun - verb)

Answer 8

(noun) a small amount of something , such as a powder esp. the amount a person can hold beetwen their first finger and thumb.

(verb) to press something , someones of skin strongly between two hard things such as a finger

> Stop ! Pinching me !
Add a pinch of salt

Question 9

intake (noun-verb) ~ /intek/

Answer 9

(verb) the amount of something such as food is taken in by someone or something

(noun) an act of taking in something esp. breath or food

> The intake of fuel in a vehicle.
A deep intake of breath
Recommends a daily salt intake of less than 5g.

Question 10

teaspoon (noun) ~ /ti..spu..n/

Answer 10

a small spoon used to mix tear or coffe (to intake something such as food with use it)

> About the same as teaspoon. (Yaklaşık bir tatlı kaşı kadar.)

Question 11

pressure (noun-verb) ~ /pıreşır/

Answer 11

(noun) the force you produce when you press something

(verb) to strongly persuade someone to do something they do rot want to do

synms : force, compression

> You can stop bleeding by applying pressure close to the injured area.

> But most of as eat to much of salt , enhancing the risk of high blood pressure.

Question 12

consume (verb) ~/kınsu..m/

Answer 12

to use fuel, energy, time or a product esp. in large amounts
(to eat or drink something)

synms : spend, complete, terminate

> The software consumes huge amounts of internet bandwith.

Question 13

reveal (verb) ~ /riviı..l/

Answer 13

to make something (secret or hidden) publicy or generally known
(to allow something to be seen that, until then , had been hidden)

synms : disclose, bright to light, display

> He was jailed for revealing secrets to the Russians.

> I’ll reveal the answers later in the this programme.

Question 14

heritage (noun) ~/heritij/

Answer 14

features belonging to the culture of a particular society, such as traditions languages or buildings that were created in the past and still have historical importance

synms : inheritance, tradition ,rule

> Part of our country’s heritage has been destroyed.

> Historical Heritage

Question 15

nomad (noun) ~/nomed/

Answer 15

a member of a group of people who move from one place to another rather living in one place all of time

snyms : gyps /jipsi/ , traveller, wanderer

> A group of nomad families sharing a common ancestry is more likely to deal with the challenges of the desert.

> İf your family are travelling one place to another place rather stay someplace full time that are a nomad.

Question 16

wander (verb) ~ /vandır/

Answer 16

to walt around slowly in a relaxed way or without any clear purpose or direction

synms : roam , stroll

> We spent the morning wandering around the old part of the city.

> She was found several hours later, wandering the streets lost .

Question 17

across (adverb) ~ /akros/

Answer 17

from one side to the other of something wtih clear limits such as a area of land, a road or river

(karşısında, içinden, ortasından, üstünden, öbür taraftan)

> She walked across the road.
When I reached the river, I simply swam across.

Question 18

preserve (verb) ~/prızörv/

Answer 18

to keep or protect something as it is , esp. in order to present it from decaying or being damaged or destroyed
(to keep something for prevent to it from any damaged or decaying or rotting)

snyms : protect, guard, take care of

> We want to preserve the character of the town while improving the facilities.
The agreement preserved our right to limit trade.
Adding of salt to food, preserve to rotting of it.

Question 19

steppe (noun) ~/step/

Answer 19

a large area of land with grass but no tress

Question 20

dairy (adjective)~/deyri/

Answer 20

producing mink to foods that are made from milk such as cream , butter and cheese.

Question 21

beside (preposition) ~ /bisayd/

Answer 21

at the side of , next to

> Our school was build right beside a river.
Besides that text
Besides improving its flavour ( Tatı arttırmasının aksine…)
Come and sit here beside me (Gel ve yanı başıma otur)

Question 22

treat (verb) ~/triıt/

Answer 22

to behave toward someone or deal with something in a particular way

synms : act, cure, behave, use , handle , process

Question 23

associate (verb - noun) ~ /asosiet/

Answer 23

(verb) to connect someone or something in your mind with someone or something else

(noun) someone who is closely connected to another person as a companion friend , or business parnter

synms : cooperate, correlate , combine

> Kazakh nomads and the health problems associated with modenr processed food.

Question 24

dilute (verb) ~ /dailut/

Answer 24

to make a liquid weaker by mixing in something else

> Dilute the juice with water before you drink.

Question 25

retain (verb) ~ /ritein/

Answer 25

to keep or continue to have something

synms : keep, hold

> The body dilutes it by retaining by water.

Question 26

lead

Answer 26

to control a group of people , a country or situation

> I think we’ve chosen the right person to lead the expedition.

> Who will be leading the inquiry into the accident ?

Question 27

reduce (verb) ~/ridus/

Answer 27

to become or to make something become smaller in size, amount, degree, importance

synms : degrade, decrease

> The Austrilian goverment reduced its recommended salt intake to 6g a day.
Do nuclear weapons really reduce the risk of war ?

Question 28

nutrution (noun) ~ /nütrişın/

Answer 28

the organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintance

snyms : food, nutriment

> She’s a proffesor of nutrition at Columbia University.

Question 29

argue (verb) ~ /argü/

Answer 29

to speak angrily to someone, telling that person that you disagree with them

to give the reasons for your opininon , idea, belief

synms : discuss, defend

> They were arguing over which film to go and see.
The children always arguing.

Question 30

contribute (verb) ~/kintribüt/

Answer 30

to give or supply (somethin, such as money or time) as part of share

synms : conduce, subcribe, donate, attend

> Come to meeting if you feel you have something to contribute.

> Contrubiting high bllod pressure.

Question 31

premature (adjective) ~ /priameçur/

Answer 31

happening or done to soon, esp. before the natural of suitable

synms : early , untimely

> Their arguies seem permiture considering that results aren’t yet known.

Question 32

stroke (noun) ~ /stroke/

Answer 32

a sudden change in the blood supply to a part of the brain, sometimes causing a loss of the ability to move particular parts of the body,

> He’s been fairly poorly since having a stroke.

Question 33

mortality (noun)

Answer 33

the way that people do not live for ever

> Her death made him more aware of his own mortality.

Question 34

appropriate (adjective - verb) ~ /apropriet/

Answer 34

(verb) to take something for your own use, usually without permission
(adjective) suitable or right for a particular situation or occasion

> I didn’t think his comments were very appropriate
He lost his jon when was found to have appropriate some of the company’s money.

Question 35

temporarily (adverb) ~ /temporerily/

Answer 35

in a way that does not last for long or for ever

snyms : for now , for the present

> This office is cloes temporarily for redecoration

Question 36

overall (adjective - adverb[before noun])

Answer 36

in general rather than in particular or including all the people or things

synms : general, publis, all, entire, whole, total

> The overall situation is good, despite a few minor problems.

Question 37

remain (verb) ~/rimeyn/

Answer 37

to way in the some place or in the some condition

synms : stay, rest, reside

> All this time he had to remain strong for his mother
I’ll treat you well as long as you remain loyal.

Question 38

consumption (noun) ~/kınsamşın/

Answer 38

to amount used or eaten

synms : intake, spending

> Natural gas is largerly used in the US, and for some time owing to defective methods of stroge delivery and consumption great waste occured.

Question 39

herb (noun) ~ /örb/

Answer 39

a type of plant whole leaves are used in cooking

Question 40

recap (verb) ~ /rikap/

Answer 40

to repaet or give a summary of what has already beed said, decided etc.

synms : repeat, summarize , return

> OK. Let’s recap the vocabulary we ‘ve learned this programme.

Question 41

rot (verb) ~ /rot/

Answer 41

to decay or make something decay naturally and graduall.

synms : decay, decompare

> Meaning to do something to stop it rotting so it can be eaten later.

Question 42

evaluate (verb) ~ /ivaluet/

Answer 42

to judge or calculate the quality, importance amount or value of

> İt’s impossible to evaluate results without knowing move information

> The effects of drug an patients behaviour in extremely difficult to evaluate.