Ways of cooking
This verb means to heat the oven before cooking.
preheat
This verb means to mix ingredients together smoothly.
blend
This idiom means you cannot enjoy two incompatible advantages at the same time.
You can't have a cake and eat it.
This adjective describes meat with very little fat.
lean
To treat something as more important than other things in your life.
prioritize
Physically or emotionally dependent on something.
hooked on sth
To earn enough money to support yourself.
make a living
This verb means to make something liquid by heating it.
melt
This verb means to soak food in liquid to add flavour.
marinate
This idiom means that something is selling very quickly and successfully.
Selling like hot cakes.
This adjective describes food covered with too much oil or fat.
greasy
To make someone feel small or unimportant by what you say or do.
belittle
Unpleasant physical or mental effects when you stop taking a substance.
withdrawal symptoms
Money given by the government to people who need financial help.
welfare benefit
This verb means to make food cold, usually in a fridge.
chill
This verb means to mix ingredients gently and continuously.
stir
This idiom refers to an extra benefit that makes a good situation even better.
the icing on the cake”
This adjective describes food with very little flavour.
bland
To receive praise or recognition for work done by someone else.
take credit for someone else's work
Treatment that helps people stop using drugs or alcohol.
rehab
Giving or spending money freely and generously, often excessively.
lavish
This verb means to cook food slowly in liquid for a long time.
stew
This verb means to add a small amount of something on top.
sprinkle
This idiom describes someone who wants to be involved in everything.
to have a finger in every pie
This adjective describes food that is sticky, soft, and often slightly melted inside.
gooey
To express strong disapproval of someone’s behaviour, often formally.
reprehend
To become worse in quality, health, or condition.
deteriorate
A sudden desire or decision to do or buy something.
whim
This verb means to cook food slowly at a low temperature.
simmer
This verb means to add liquid to make something weaker.
dilute
This idiom means that you must accept a bad situation because it cannot be changed.
That's the way the cookie crumbles.
This adjective describes food that is very soft, wet, and unpleasantly mixed.
mushy
To accuse someone publicly of wrongdoing or unacceptable behaviour.
denounce
To allow yourself to enjoy something, especially something unhealthy.
indulge in sth
Wanting too much money or power and never feeling satisfied.
avaricious