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Polish your English issue 1


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If you look at this &, more precisely saying, read this text, youre sure to be one of my subscribers. That makes me happy. This 1st lesson is a kind of introduction. Ill show you how to use all the information I give you. If you follow my advice, thatd be great, otherwise, youll only staff your e-mail box without any benefit.

But why are we still talking? No wasting time on looking for a philosophers stone. Just begin polishing your English.

Vocabulary? - No problem.

This part of our lesson is dedicated to brushing up our vocabulary. Here you can see groups of words. They all can be connected with the topic Meals. Some of them are easy, some are not. You are to look all the words up in the dictionary & then translate those you dont know. If youre lucky to know them all, then you can relax & get pleasure.

 

NAMES OF MEALS: breakfast, dinner, lunch, supper, tea, snack, course, (for) the first (second) course, dessert, the main course, take-aways (to get take-away meals)

WAYS OF PREPARING FOOD: to bake, to boil, to fry, to grill, to mix, to heat in the microwave, to peel, to roast, to cook, to stir

EATING AND DRINKING: to have, to eat, to drink, to dine, to lay the table, to clear the table, to take away the dirty dishes, to be hungry, to be thirsty, lo treat smb. to, help yourself to ... , have some more, to taste , to prefer smth. to smth., to have a chat over a cup of tea, have another helping of... , what shall I help (treat) you to....                                                                                    

HAVING MEALS OUT: snack bar, coffee-shop, tea-shop, Rub, bar, restaurant, canteen.

IN A RESTAURANT: to choose, to decide, to order, to tip, to serve, to pay, to pay the bill, to take one's order, a table for two

AT TABLE: to be over-fond of smth., it doesn't leave enough room for the more important meat

course, the soup lacks salt, to be sweet, bitter, sour, hot, spicy, mild, salty, sugary, tasty, tasteless, greasy, over-cooked(overdone), undercooked(underdone), I'm a vegetarian, I'd like my steak rare/medium/well done, to be served vegetables, Where can I eat at a reasonable price.

You are to look all the words up in the dictionary & then translate those you dont know. If youre lucky to know them all, then you can relax & get pleasure from your great experience in EnglishJ.

As easy as ABC

You cant even imagine that today youll know some facts about the easiest word EAT.

eat v [I/T] to put food into your mouth and swallow it: Don't talk while you're eating.  

a. to eat a particular type or amount of food: Do you eat meat /fish/ eggs? * eat properly/healthily/sensibly (=cat food that is good for you) Many people who live alone don't eat properly. * eating habits/patterns (=what someone eats, and when they eat) It will take time to change your children's eating habits. * eat well (=have a lot of good food) We always ate well at Aunt Milly's.

b. to have a meal: We don't eat breakfast together, except at the week­ends. * +at We ate at a small Chinese restaurant several streets away. * something to eat (=food) Where can we get something to eat? * a bite to eat (=a quick meal) Do you want to grab a bite to eat before we go?

SET EXPRESSIONS.

eat sb alive 1 to defeat or deal with someone easily 2 if insects eat you alive, they keep biting you: We were being eaten alive by midges.

eat like a bird to eat very little

eat like a horse informal to eat a lot

eat sb out of house and home humorous to eat too much of someone's food when you are a guest in their house

eat your heart out humorous used for saying that you are doing something much better than a famous person does it

eat your words informal to admit that you were wrong about something

have sb eating out of your hand to make someone like or admire you so much that they agree with everything that you say

what's eating sb? spoken used for asking why someone is annoyed or unhappy

 

PHRASAL VERB

eat away phrasal vb [T] to gradually destroy something: Within a few years inflation had eaten away all the economic gains.

eat away at phrasal vb It] to make someone feel more and more unhappy or worried: You could see that jealousy was eating away at her.

eat in phrasal vb [I] to have a meal at home instead of in a restaurant opposite eat out

eat out phrasal vb [I] to have a meal in a restaurant instead of at home opposite eat in

be eaten up by/with sth to feel a negative emotion so strongly that it is difficult to think about anything else: Paula was eaten up by guilt for days.

Other ways of saying eat

have breakfast/lunch/dinner to eat a particular meal: Have you had breakfast yet?

have something to eat to eat something or to have a meal: We'll stop and have something to eat.

snack/have a snack to eat something smal betweenl your main meals: We usually have a drink & a snack around 11.

grab a bite (to eat) (informal) to eat a snack or small meal when you do not have much time: May be we could grab a bite at Charlie's before the film.

eat up to finish all the food you have been given: Eat up! There's plenty more.

nibble (at) to take very small bites from your food: She nibbled at her sandwich politely.

chew (on) to use your teeth to break food up slowly in your mouth: He was chewing on a piece of celery.

munch or munch at to eat something noisily & enthusiastically: The kids were munching crisps.

stuff yourself (informal) to eat so much that you feel ill or uncomfortable: I'm not surprised you feel sick, the way you stuffed yourself last night.

 

A PAGE IN HISTORY

Lunch. Nobody knows where it comes from, among opinions are: Spanish lonje (a piece of ham), or a lump (a piece of bread).

Breakfast(Anglo-Saxon) & diner mean nearly the same: to stop not eating, to stop being hungry. The early Christians thought you should not eat before church services, you should fast, but after it you can breakfast.

Supper(French) in old times people had a hot drink before going to bed. That was called supper.

 

So, that was the first "edition" of my subscribe-list. Enjoy. Learn. Live.

If you are shrewd enough to find any misprints or clever enough ;) to ask questions about topics you're interested in, you're welcome at brigitte_@rambler.ru. I'll be glad to hear from your.

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