Topic 3 - Food Flashcards
To be full up
To eat to the point that you can no longer eat any more
To be starving hungry
An exaggerated way of saying you are very hungry
To bolt something down
To eat something very quickly
To be dying of hunger
An exaggerated way of saying you are hungry
To eat a balanced diet
To eat the correct types and amounts of food
To eat like a horse
To eat a lot
To follow a recipe
To cook a meal using instructions
To foot the bill
To pay the bill
A fussy eater
Somebody who has their own very high standards about what to eat
To grab a bite to eat
To eat something quickly (when you’re in a rush)
To have a sweet tooth
To enjoy sugary food
Home-cooked food
Food cooked at home from individual ingredients
The main meal
The most important meal of the day, usually eaten in the evening
To make your mouth water
To make you feel very hungry for something
To play with your food
Commercially prepared food bought for convenience
A quick snack
To eat a small amount of food between meals
A ready meal
See “processed food”
A slap up meal
A large meal
To spoil your appetite
To eat something that will stop you feeling hungry when it’s meal-time
To take away
A cooked meal prepared in a restaurant and eaten at home
To tuck into
To eat something with pleasure
To wine and dine
Entertain someone by treating them to food and drink
To work up and appetite
To do physical work that leads to you becoming hungry
A sore throat
Inflammation that causes pain when swallowing