Shopping & Food

Question 1

Shop

• go (down) to the shop
• run a shop
• work in a shop
• break into a shop
• I always check my change before I leave the shop.
• Many companies are considering shutting up shop in this country and transferring production to low wage economies.
• Several chain stores are announcing that they will set up shop (= to establish a business) in the new mall.
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• a convenience shop
• a charity shops.
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• steal something from a shop
• buy something in a shop
• If there‘s something wrong with the clock, take it back to the shop.
• wander/browse around the shops
• be available in the shops
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• the shop is out of (milk)
• My apartment is handy for the shops. (= near the shops)
• The shops are always busier at the weekend.
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• shopping is one of my favorite pastimes
• doing shopping from home using internet
• do some last-minute shopping for (Christmas presents)
• late-night shopping
• internet shopping

Question 2

Supermarket

• shop at the supermarket
• stop at the supermarket (on the way home)
• Do you need something from the supermarket? I’m just going down there.
• a job stacking shelves at the supermarket
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• pay at the checkout

Question 3

Customer

• deal with a (difficult) customer
• cut prices to attract new customer
• serve customers
• You’ll never keep customers if you treat them badly.
• keeping price low help keep/retain customers
• lose a (big) customer
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• My business quickly built up a base of regular customers.
• There are hundreds of satisfied customers for every dissatisfied one.
• a difficult customer
• a major/ big/ large customer (=who is important and buys a lot)
• a loyal customer
• It’s very important to establish contact with potential/prospective customers.
• We want to improve our service for both new and existing customers.
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• raise the level of customer service
• Staff are given training in customer relations.
• (carry out) a survey of customer satisfaction
• respond (quickly) to (changing) customer demand
• handle customer complaints and enquiries

Question 4

Meat

• slice the meat (thinly)
• chop the meat into (small cubes)
• fry the meat (gently) (in a little oil)
• the meat has gone off (= if food goes off, it becomes too bad to eat)
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• raw meat
• Eating undercooked meat (= not cooked enough) is a common cause of food poisoning.
• tender/tough meat
• lean meat (= with little fat)
• fatty meat
• (defrost) frozen meat
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• The meat was cooked to perfection.
• trim the fat off meat before cooking
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• He helped himself to another slice of meat.
• Cheaper cuts of meat (=a joint of meat taken from a particular part of an animal) can be tough.

Question 5

Chicken

• kill a chicken
• roast a chicken
• cut a chicken (into piece)
• carve a chicken (=cut up a whole chicken that has been cooked)
• rub a chicken with (oil/garlic)
• stuff a chicken (=fill a chicken with a mixture of onion, lemon, herbs etc)
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  chicken thighs/ wings/ legs/ breasts
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• a broiler chicken
• (egg) layers

Question 6

Fruit

• peel fruit
• pick fruit
• fruit rots
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• fresh fruit
• dry fruit
• You can get a lot of vitamin C from citrus fruit like oranges and limes.
• ripe/unripe fruit

Question 7

Milk

• use up the milk
• Do you take milk in your tea?
• pour milk (into a jug, cup)
• pour milk on cereal
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• (switch over to) low fat/ semi-skimmed milk (= had some of the fat removed)
• skimmed milk (= had all the fat removed)
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• a carton of milk
• ** a pint/ liter of** milk
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  be allergic to milk
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• This milk smells off. I’ll open a new carton just to be safe.

Question 8

Vegetable

• grow vegetables
• cook/ boil/ steam vegetables
• overcook the vegetables
• store vegetables
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• frozen vegetables
• organically-grown vegetables
• tinned/canned vegetables
• leafy vegetables
• green vegetables
• root vegetables
• a salad vegetables
• Some vegetables are better eaten raw.
• baby vegetables (= have not grown to their full size)
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• use vegetable oil instead of lard (= white fat from pigs that is used in cooking)

Question 9

Egg

• boil/ fry/ scramble/ poach an egg
• break an egg
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• a hard-boiled/ soft-boiled egg
• a fried egg
• scrambledeggs

Question 10

Oil

• heat the oil
• pour oil over (the meat)
• fry (the fish) in oil
• add oil to (salad)
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  sunflower oil

Question 11

Cheese

• cut cheese
• soft cheese are easy to spreed on bread
• Grate the cheese, then sprinkle it over the mashed potatoes.
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• low-fat cheese
• moldy cheese
• soft cheese
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• a chunk of cheese
• Could you cut me a piece of cheese?
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  dairy products

Question 12

Bread

• make/bake bread
• cut/slice bread
• spread bread with (butter)
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• fresh bread / freshly baked bread
• stale bread
• crusty bread
• white/brown bread
• wholewheat bread (= bread made with flour that contains all of the grain)
• rye bread (= dark brown bread made with rye)
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• a loaf of bread
• a slice of bread
• a chunk of bread (= a piece that you pull off a loaf instead of cutting it)

Question 13

Cake and Biscuit

• make/bake a cake
• decorate a cake
• ice/frost a cake
• divide the cake (among the children)
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• a recipe for a cake (a cake recipe)
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  Her cakes are (simply) out of this world. (= are delicious)

Question 14

Pasta

• boil pasta
• cook pasta
• drain the pasta (over the sink)
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  a huge helping of pasta

Question 15

Sugar

• Do you have/take sugar in your tea?
• contain sugar
• sprinkle the cake with a little granulated sugar (= in the form of small white grains)
• put sugar on (cereal)
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• a teaspoon/spoonful of sugar
• a lump/cube of sugar
• (reduce) your intake of sugar
• I like two sugars in my coffee. (= two spoonful)
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• Most junk food is high in sugar and salt.
• Most canned soft drinks have a high sugar content.
• sugar free = has/with no added sugar

Question 16

Chips

• a bag of chips
• soft and greasy chips (are terrible)
• potato crisps (thinly-cut potato sold in packets)

Question 17

Rice

• (a few) grains of rice
• boiled rice
• rice fields

Question 18

Chocolate

• chocolate melts
• white/dark chocolate
• milk/plain chocolate
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• a bar of chocolate
• a slab of chocolate
• a square of chocolate

Question 19

Salt

• pass the salt
• add salt to (the soup)
• sprinkle salt on/over (your food)
• cut down on (the amount of) salt you’re eating
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• a pinch of salt
• high/low in salt
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• your salt intake
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• Salt helps to bring out the flavor in food
• go easy on/with the salt (= to not use too much of something)
• Too much salt is bad for your teeth.