4. UNIT 63 Food
• fruit : apple
/ˈæp.l ̩/ n [C or U]
a round fruit with firm white flesh and a
green, red or yellow skin
to peel an apple
apple pie/sauce
an apple tree
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• fruit : orange
/ˈ ɒr.ɪndʒ//ˈ -/ n [C or U]
ɔˈr
a round sweet fruit which has a thick orange
skin and an orange centre divided into many
parts
a glass of orange juice
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• fruit : grape plural : grapes
/greɪp/ n [C]
a small round purple or pale green fruit that
you can eat or make into wine
black/white/red/green grapes
a bunch of grapes
seedless grapes
grape juice
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• fruit : pear
/peər//per/ n [C or U]
a sweet fruit with a lot of juice and a green
skin which has a round base and is slightly
pointed towards the stem
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• fruit : banana
/bəˈn ɑˈ.nə//-ˈnæn. / n [C or U]
ə
a long curved fruit with a yellow skin and
soft, sweet white flesh inside
a bunch of bananas
banana milkshake
•
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• fruit : pineapple
/ˈpa ɪnˈæp.l ̩/ n [C or U]
(the yellow flesh and juice of) a large tropical
fruit with a rough orange or brown skin and
pointed leaves on top
tinned pineapples
pineapple juice
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16. UNIT 63 Food
• fruit : lemon
ə
/ˈlem. n/ n [C or U]
an oval fruit which has a thick yellow skin and sour
juice
For this recipe you need the juice of two lemons.
Would you like a slice of lemon in your tea?
lemon juice
[U] the juice of a lemon or a drink made from this
juice
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18. UNIT 63 Food
• fruit : raspberry
/ˈr ɑˈz.b ər.i//ˈræz.ber n
-/
[C or U] a small soft red fruit, or the bush on
which it grows
raspberries and ice cream
raspberry jam
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20. UNIT 63 Food
• fruit : plum
/plʌm/ n [C or U]
a small round fruit with a thin smooth red,
purple or yellow skin, sweet soft flesh, and a
single large hard seed
plum jam
a plum tree
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22. UNIT 63 Food
• fruit : strawberry
/ˈstr ɔˈ.b ər.i//ˈstr ɑˈˈber.i/ n [C]
a small juicy red fruit which has small brown
seeds on its surface, or the plant with white
flowers on which this fruit grows
I thought we'd have strawberries and cream
for dessert.
strawberry jam
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24. UNIT 63 Food
• fruit : peach
ʃ/
/piˈt n [C or U]
a round fruit with sweet yellow flesh that has
a lot of juice, a slightly furry red and yellow
skin and a large seed in its centre
Would you like peaches and cream for
dessert?
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26. UNIT 63 Food
• fruit : cherry plural : cherries
/ˈt ʃer.i/ n [C]
a small, round, soft red or black fruit with a
single hard seed in the middle, or the tree on
which the fruit grows
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33. UNIT 63 Food
• vegetables : potato plural : potatoes
/pəˈte ɪ.təʊ//-t ̬oʊ/ n [C or U]
a round vegetable which grows underground
and has white flesh with light brown, red or
pink skin, or the plant on which these grow
boiled/roasted/fried potatoes
mashed potato/mashed potatoes
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35. UNIT 63 Food
• vegetables : green bean plural : green
beans
/griːn/ /biːn/ n [C] (UK also French
bean)
a type of long, green bean that you can eat
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• vegetables : pea plural : peas
/piˈ/ n [C]
a round green seed, several of which grow in a
pod, eaten as a vegetable
frozen/dried peas
pea soup
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39. UNIT 63 Food
• vegetables : onion
/ˈ ʌn.jən/ n [C or U]
a vegetable with a strong smell and flavour,
made up of several layers surrounding each
other tightly in a round shape, usually brown
or red on the outside and white inside
I always cry when I'm chopping onions.
Fry the onion and garlic for about two
minutes
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41. UNIT 63 Food
• vegetables : garlic
/ˈg ɑˈ.l k//ˈg -/ n [U]
ɪ ɑˈr
a plant of the onion family that has a strong
taste and smell and is used in cooking to add
flavour
For this recipe you need four cloves (= single
pieces) of garlic, crushed.
a garlic bulb
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45. UNIT 63 Food
• vegetables : mushrooms
/ˈm ʌʃ.ruˈm/, / -rʊm/ n [C]
a fungus with a round top and short stem.
wild/cultivated mushrooms; button (= very
small) mushrooms;
dried/grilled/stuffed/sliced mushrooms;
cream of mushroom soup; For this recipe
choose mushrooms with large caps (= top
parts).
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47. UNIT 63 Food
• vegetables : aubergine (UK)
American English : eggplant
/ˈ əʊ.bə.ʒiˈn//ˈo.bɚ-/ n [C]
ʊ
an oval purple vegetable which is white inside
and which is usually eaten cooked
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49. UNIT 63 Food
• vegetables : courgette
/kɔˈˈ ʒet//kʊr-/ n [C] UK
American English : zucchini
/zʊˈkiˈ.ni//zuˈ n [C] (plural zucchini
-/
or zucchinis)
a long thin vegetable with a dark green skin.
It is a type of small marrow.
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51. UNIT 63 Food
• vegetables : red pepper
/ˈ pep.ər//-ɚ/ n [C]
a vegetable that is usually green, red or
yellow, has a rounded shape and is hollow
with seeds in the middle
a red/green pepper
Peppers are usually cooked with other
vegetables or eaten raw in salads.
Red peppers are ideal for roasting in the oven.
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53. UNIT 63 Food
• vegetables : cabbage
ɪ
/ˈkæb. dʒ/ n [C or U]
a large round vegetable with large green,
white or purple leaves, which can be eaten
cooked or raw
a savoy cabbage /səˌv ɔɪˌkæb. dʒ/ n [C]
ɪ
red/white cabbage (coleslaw)
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57. UNIT 63 Food
• vegetables : leeks
/liˈk/ n [C]
a vegetable which looks like a white stick with
long green leaves on top and which tastes and
smells like an onion
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59. UNIT 63 Food
• vegetables : celery
ə
/ˈsel. r.i//-ɚ-/ n [U]
a vegetable with long thin whitish or pale
green stems which can be eaten raw or cooked
a stick of celery
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• vegetables : cauliflower
/ˈk ɒl.ɪˈflaʊ.ər /n [C or U] (UK informal
cauli)
a large round white vegetable which is eaten
cooked or raw
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62. UNIT 63 Food
I p__________ the potatoes and
ch__________ the carrots (= cut into small
pieces).
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63. UNIT 63 Food
I peeled the potatoes and chopped the carrots
(= cut into small pieces).
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65. UNIT 63 Food
A s__________ is usually a mixture of
uncooked vegetables. In Britain it often contains
let__________, but may also contain
to__________, cu__________, and other
things.
We often put salad dr__________ (usually a
mixture of o__________ and vi__________, or
oil and le__________ juice) on salad.
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66. UNIT 63 Food
A salad is usually a mixture of uncooked
vegetables. In Britain it often contains lettuce,
but may also contain tomato, cucumber, and
other things.
We often put salad dressing (usually a mixture
of oil and vinegar, or oil and lemon juice) on
salad.
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70. UNIT 63 Food
• salad : tomato plural : tomatoes
/təˈm əʊ//-ˈme oʊ/ n [C or U]
ɑˈ.t ɪ.t ̬
a round red sharp-tasting fruit with a lot of
seeds which is eaten cooked or raw as a
savoury food
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72. UNIT 63 Food
• salad : cucumber
ʌ
/ˈkjuˈ.km.bər //-bɚ/ n [C or U]
a long thin pale-green vegetable with dark
green skin, usually eaten uncooked in salads
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• salad : oil and vinegar
/ɔɪl/ n [C or U]
a smooth thick liquid produced from plants or
animals that is used in cooking
olive/corn/vegetable/sunflower oil
/ˈv ɪn.ɪ.gər//-gɚ/ n [U]
a sharp-tasting liquid, made especially from sour
wine, malt or cider, which is used to add flavour to
or to preserve food
wine vinegar
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78. UNIT 63 Food
• Animal : a cow
• Meat : beef
/biˈf/ n [U]
the flesh of cattle (= cows) which is eaten
The spaghetti sauce is made with UK
minced/US ground beef.
People in England often have roast beef and
Yorkshire pudding for lunch on Sundays.
He is a beef cattle farmer.
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86. UNIT 63 Food
• Animal : a chicken
• Meat : chicken
/ˈt ʃɪk.ɪn/ n [C or U]
a type of bird kept on a farm for its eggs or
its meat, or the meat of this bird which is
cooked and eaten
A male chicken is called a cock and a female
chicken is called a hen.
We're having roast/fried chicken for dinner.
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87. UNIT 63 Food
A person who does not eat meat is a
v__________.
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88. UNIT 63 Food
A person who does not eat meat is a
vegetarian.
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91. UNIT 63 Food
• Fish : salmon
ə
/ˈsæm. n/ n [C or U] (plural salmon)
a medium-sized silvery fish which lives in the
sea and swims up rivers to produce its eggs.
Its pink flesh is eaten as a food
fresh/smoked/tinned salmon
salmon mousse/fishcakes
salmon fishing
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94. UNIT 63 Food
• Fish : prawn
/prɔˈn//pr ɑˈn/ n [C] mainly UK (US
usually shrimp)
a small sea animal that can be eaten and which
has a shell and ten legs
Prawns are grey when they're raw, and turn
pink when they're cooked.
peeled prawns
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96. UNIT 63 Food
• Fish : oyster
/ˈ ɔɪ.stər//-stɚ/ n [C]
a large flat sea creature that lives in a shell,
some types of which can be eaten either raw
or cooked, and other types of which produce
pearls (= small round white precious stones)
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98. UNIT 63 Food
• Fish : mussels
/ˈm ʌs.əl/ n [C]
a small sea animal that can be eaten and which
lives inside a black shell with two parts that
close tightly together
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• Fish : lobster
ɒ ɑ ɚ/
/ˈl b.stər//ˈl ˈb.st n [C or U]
an animal which lives in the sea and has a long
body covered with a hard shell, two large
claws and eight legs, or its flesh when used as
food
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102. UNIT 63 Food
• Fish : crab
/kræb/ n [C or U]
a sea animal that has five pairs of legs and a
round flat body covered by a shell, or its flesh
eaten as food
We walked along the beach collecting small
crabs.
All the shops on the seafront had crab for sale.
This crab meat/salad is delicious!
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