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Welcome to our Daily English Listening Practice with this week’s series:
Food Vocabulary
We love to talk about food! This week’s series, Food Vocabulary, while often informal, is important in a lot of conversations with friends and family. Get used to how we use it in the listening practice.
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Notes from the Audio Files
Stuffed **informal
- To be stuffed: to be completely full from eating
- Full to burst (UK): maximum capacity
- Swollen: bigger than normal size
- Meat sweats **super informal: sweating from eating too much meat
- To stuff something: to put something into something else
- Stuffing: bread crumb side dish during Thanksgiving/Christmas
How to use it:
“Oh I would love to eat more, but I can’t, I’m totally stuffed.”
“We went to a buffet on Sunday, we absolutely stuffed ourselves.”
To Gulp/Wolf Something Down **informal
- Oh crap: oh no (not super polite, but not offensive)
- Wolfing something down: to eat your meal really quickly
- Gulping it down: to drink your drink really quickly
- Take a big gulp: drink a lot in a short amount of time
- Take a swig: similar, have a taste/drink of something
How to use it:
“Well, she came in, wolfed down a whole sandwich, then left within 15 minutes.”
“He came back from the gym and gulped down his protein shake.”
Dying of Hunger ** informal
- Out of context: A phrase or word that requires more explaining or some background information to make sense
- Exaggerated: more dramatic than necessary
- Starving: incredibly hungry, usually exaggerated
- Make a point: bring attention to something
- Up the ante: make it more dramatic
How to use it:
“Guys, if you don’t hurry up I’m gonna die of hunger out here.”
“The kids said they were dying of hunger, so we stopped by McDonald’s on the way home.”
Peckish/ “I could eat” **informal
- I fancy that: I want that
- Tide you over: Help in the short-term, enough to sustain you for the moment
- “I could eat”: I’m not super hungry, but I’ll go with you to eat food.
How to use it:
“So I just ate lunch a couple hours ago, but if you’re going to that new burger place, I could totally eat.”
“I’m only a bit peckish, so I’ll just have an appetiser.”
To Eat a Ton/ne **informal
- Ton: American Spelling Tonne: UK Spelling
- Stuffed it into my face: I ate and ate and ate some more.
- Overindulgent: too much of a good thing
How to use it:
“Thanksgiving is a great family tradition: cook too much food, eat a ton, pass out, then eat leftovers.”
“We usually end up eating a tonne at all-you-can-eat buffets, then getting too tired to go out afterwards.”
Food vocabulary can be a very informal affair, as a lot of meals are spent with friends and family. Be sure you use a lot of these phrases in casual situations!
Thanks,
Kat and Mark
