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Unit 12: Food, Ways of Cooking, adjectives

Ways of cooking food 

bake (v) /be k/ɪ  Bake in the middle of the oven for an hour and a half.

boil (v) /b l/ɔɪ   Always boil water if you don’t know whether it’s safe.

fry (v) /fra /ɪ   Frying food isn’t the healthiest way of cooking.

grill (v) /gr l/ɪ   It ’s better to grill things.

heat (v) /h t/ɪː   If I ’m in a hurry, I heat something quickly in the microwave.

oach (v) / !t"/ə  I don’t like fried eggs # I always poach mine.

roast (v) /r !st/ə  $eat should be roasted at a high temerature.

saut% (v) / s !te /ˈ ə ɪ   Sat! the onions for five minutes.

stew (v) /st&u /ː   'e always ste" meat if it’s tough.

toast (v) /t !st/ə   #oast the almonds under the grill without letting them burn.

$djectives for food 

bitter (ad&) / b t /ˈ ɪ ə   his coffee is too bitter without sugar.

bland (ad&) /blnd/ *osital food is often bland.

creamy (ad&) / kr m /ˈ ɪː ɪ   +ensive ice-cream is always very crea%y.

crunchy (ad&) / kr nt" /ˈ ʌ ɪ   his fresh celery is very crnchy.

greasy (ad&) / gr s /ˈ ɪː ɪ  I can’t stand greasy chis.

heavy (ad&) / hev /ˈ ɪ   *e fell aslee after theheavy meal.

hot (ad&) /h t/ɒ   e careful # the sou’s very hot .

rich (ad&) /r t"/ɪ  I ’d rather have fruit than arich udding.

salty (ad&) / s lt /ˈ ɔː ɪ   ou need to drink lots if your food is toosalty.

savoury (ad&) / se v r /ˈ ɪ ə ɪ   I was only allowed to take savory snacks to school, not sweets.

sickly (ad&) / s kl /ˈ ɪ ɪ   hat sauce is really sickly.sour (ad&) / sa! /ˈ ə   he sor taste comes from the lemon in it.

sicy (ad&) / sa s /ˈ ɪ ɪ   0eole in r itain eat more spicy food these days.

stodgy (ad&) / st d /ˈ ɒ ʒɪ   he food in our school canteen was really stodgy.

sweet (ad&) /sw t/ɪː   I refer strawberries to rasberries because they’re s"eeter.

tasteless (ad&) / te stl s/ˈ ɪ ə   If you boil vegetables for too long, they’re tasteless .

tasty (ad&) / te st /ˈ ɪ ɪ   hat dessert was very tasty, thank you.

8/11/2019 Vocabulary Unit 12 Food and Cooking Illnesses , Injuries, Treatments

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Unit 12: &llnesses and &njries, #reat%ents, 'ealth

&llnesses and injries

black eye (n) / blk a /ˌ ˈ ɪ   hat’s a nasty black eye .

bruise (n) /bru 1/ː   *e had a big urle brise on his leg.

bruise (v) /bru 1/ː   2id you brise your arm3

chest ain (n) / t"est e n/ˈ ˌ ɪ   Chest pains are very frightening.

cold (n) /k !ld/ə   I always get at least onecold in the winter, sometimes more.cough (n) /k f/ɒ here was a very loud cogh in the middle of the concert.

earache (n) / re k/ɪ̍ə ɪ   2o you getearache when a lane’s landing3

ear infection (n) / r n fek"n/ɪ̍ə ɪ ˌ   4he’s got a badear infection so she can’t come swimming.

flu (n) /flu /ː   Fl can be very serious for older eole.

headache (n) / hede k/ˈ ɪ   I get headaches if I read without my glasses.

heart attack (n) / h t tk/ˈ ɑː əˌ   *e had a heart attack two years ago.

high/low blood pressure (n)  / ha , l ! bl d re" /ˌ ɪ ə ˈ ʌ ˌ ə   'ith such high blood pres sre you should eat salt.

nose bleed (n) / n !1 bl d/ˈ ə ˌ ɪː  If you get a nose bleed , inch it with two fingers until it stos.

runny nose (n) / r n n !1/ˌ ʌ ɪˈ ə

  he little boy had a rnny nose .(have a) sore throat (n) /( hvˌ ) s r !t/ə ˌ ɔː ˈɵ ə   4he has a sore throat # she can hardly seak.

srained (ankle) (ad&) / sre ndˌ ɪ ( klˈ ŋ )/ It’s &ust a badly sprained ankle but you haven’t broken it.

stomach ache (n) / st m k e k/ˈ ʌ ə ˌ ɪ   5f course he has a sto%ach ache after eating all those cakes6

toothache (n) / tu e k/ˈ ɵː ɪ  I woke u with dreadful toothache .

#reat%ent

cure sbdy of an illness (v) / k&!ˌ ə (sbdy) v n ln s/ə ə ɪ̍ ə   hese days doctors can cre yo of most illnesses.

give sbdy a rescrition (v) / g vˌ ɪ (sbdy) r skr " nə ɪ̍ ɪ ə   4he gave %e a prescription .

give sbdy an in&ection (v) / g vˌ ɪ (sbdy) n n d ek"n/ ə ɪ ̍ ʒ   he nurse needed to give hi% an injection .

have one’s arm/leg in laster (v) / hv w n1 m, leg n l st / ˌ ʌ ˈɑː ɪ ˌ ɑː ə   ou can’t ride a bike when you have yor ar% in plaster .

have an oeration on (art of body) (v) / hv n re "n nˌ ə ɒ ə̍ ɪ ɒ   *e had an operation on his back.

ainkiller (n) / e nk l /ˈ ɪ ɪ ə   hey gave her painkillers .

ill (n) / l/ɪ   here was a full bottle of pills on that shelf.

ut a laster on sthg (v) / !t l st r nˌ ə ˈ ɑː ə ɒ (sthg)/ ou should pt a plaster on your finger.

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