Food and cooking
What do we call a "unit" of bread as you buy it in a shop?
a loaf of bread
A word we use to say "dishonest trick" or "lie from which someone will profit":
a swindle
to listen __ music
TO
What expressions do we use when we want to say:
1: "me also yes"
2: "me also no"
1: me too
2: me (n)either
The general name for plants we farm in fields to eat them:
crops
What's the difference between "clean" and "pure"?
Clean = hygiene
Pure = one ingredient / morality
to spend money __ sth
ON
Pronounce this word: memorable
mem-r-b'l
The general name for small "machines" we use in the kitchen:
kitchen appliances
The sticker on packaging that tells you information about the product:
to be __ a party
AT
What's the difference between "few" and "a few"?
Few = not many
A few = some
What do we call a product you bought because you saw it, not because you were planning to buy it?
an impulse purchase
List at least 3 expressions used for adulterating food (like increasing the size, reducing the concentration, etc.):
to pad X with Y
to bulk X with Y
to thin X with Y
to doctor X with Y
to water sth down
it depends __ sth
ON
Using vague language ("sort of like", "resembles X", "lemon-y taste", etc.) describe a fruit, vegetable, ingredient or spice:
It's a sort of white powder, it resembles flour, but it's very sweet, and you can use it for taste and decoration = powdered sugar
A phrase that means "spend a lot of money on sth":
to shell out on sth / to fork out for sth
An idiomatic expression we use to say someone is risking their life by doing sth:
to be dicing with death / to be gambling with your life
X is associated __ Y
WITH
Using strong quantifiers ("as much as 50%", "as little as 10%", "a massive amount of X", "up to a half", "virtually zero", etc.) describe a food that is often faked, or describe any difficult situation you prefer:
Real wasabi is very rare, up to 90% of wasabi on the market is fake, virtually no one from outside of Japan has tasted the real thing.