Food and drink topic vocabulary Flashcards
an eating plan in which someone eats less food, or only particular types of food, because they want to become thinner or for medical reasons:
a crash/strict/calorie-controlled ….
a crash/strict/calorie-controlled diet
To limit the food and/or drink that you have, especially in order to lose weight:
You should be able to reduce your weight by careful ….
To limit the food and/or drink that you have, especially in order to lose weight:
You should be able to reduce your weight by careful dieting.
relating to your diet:
….. habits can be very difficult to change.
Do you have any special …… requirements?
relating to your diet:
Dietary habits can be very difficult to change.
Do you have any special dietary requirements?
Adjectives
an act of taking in something, especially breath:
I heard a sharp ….. of breath behind me.
an act of taking in something, especially breath:
I heard a sharp intake of breath behind me.
Dieting is not as simple as controlling your food …..
Dieting is not as simple as controlling your food intake.
likely to suffer from an illness or show a particular negative characteristic:
I’ve always been …… to headaches.
He was …… to depression even as a teenager.
likely to suffer from an illness or show a particular negative characteristic:
I’ve always been prone to headaches.
He was prone to depression even as a teenager.
A high-sugar diet can leave you ….. to diabetes.
A high-sugar diet can leave you prone to diabetes.
likely to do, get, or suffer from something:
As a child, he was …… to ear infections.
Carol’s kind of accident-….. (= seems to have a lot of accidents).
likely to do, get, or suffer from something:
As a child, he was prone to ear infections.
Carol’s kind of accident-prone (= seems to have a lot of accidents).
adjective
not suitable as food:
The meat was ……
not suitable as food:
The meat was inedible.
not suitable as food:
The potato plant produces …… fruit that looks like green tomatoes.
not suitable as food:
The potato plant produces inedible fruit that looks like green tomatoes.
suitable or safe for eating:
Only the leaves of the plant are ……
suitable or safe for eating:
Only the leaves of the plant are edible.
a special meal with very good food or a large meal for many people:
“What a …..!” she said, surveying all the dishes on the table.
a wedding …..
a special meal with very good food or a large meal for many people:
“What a feast!” she said, surveying all the dishes on the table.
a wedding feast
to eat a lot of good food and enjoy it very much:
The two of us ….. on smoked salmon.
to eat a lot of good food and enjoy it very much:
The two of us feasted on smoked salmon.
all the chemical processes in your body, especially those that cause food to be used for energy and growth:
Exercise is supposed to speed up your ……
all the chemical processes in your body, especially those that cause food to be used for energy and growth:
Exercise is supposed to speed up your metabolism.
an illness of the mind or body:
a blood ….
The family have a history of mental …..
an illness of the mind or body:
a blood disorder
The family have a history of mental disorder.
