Food - Phrasal Verb - done Flashcards
Pick at
She only picked at her dinner.
To eat only a small amount of your food, showing no interest or enjoyment while you eat it
Eat in
Don’t just eat in every day; spoil yourself at least once a week by having a meal in a good wholefood restaurant.
To have a meal at home rather than in a restaurant
Send out for
There’s not much to eat in the fridge. Should I send out for a pizza?
To ask for something to be brought to you from another place, by using the phone or sending a message
Serve up
Come on everyone, I’m ready to serve up.
To put food on plates for people to eat
Disagrees with
Spicy food disagrees with me
it makes you feel slightly ill or uncomfortable
Cut out
Stop eating
Fill up
That sandwich really filled me up.
it makes you feel as if you have eaten enough
Wash down
Have a drink of milk to wash down the tablet.
To eat food or swallow medicine with a drink that helps or improves it
Drink to sb/sth
Let’s raise a glass and drink to the happy couple!
Hold up your glass before drinking from it in order to wish someone success or happiness
Soak up
Cook the lentils until they soak up half the liquid.
it absorbs the liquid through its surface
Water down
You should water down fruit juice for your child until he or she is five years old.
Add water to a drink or liquid in order to make it less strong, dilute; make something such as a statement or newspaper article less offensive, powerful or detailed
Spill over
I try not to let my work spill over into my life outside the office.
it begins to affect another situation or group of people, especially in an unpleasant or unwanted way
