Food & Drink A1

Food & Drink
CEFR Topic Vocabulary

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Food & wine

Drink
Phonetic
/wn/
Parts of
Definition
speech
noun
an alcoholic drink that is usually made from
grapes, or sometimes from other fruit
Examples
Dictionary examples:
a wine cellar/glass
red/white/dry/sweet/sparkling wine
Let's have a bottle/glass of wine with dinner.
I love Australian wines, especially the white wines.
Would you like to see the wine list, sir?
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Food & waitress

Drink
we.trs/
noun
a woman who works in a restaurant, bringing

food to customers
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

I like to drink wine or beer.
Dictionary example:
She's working as a waitress right now.
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Food & waiter

Drink
/wet.r/
noun
a man who works in a restaurant, bringing

food to customers

She is a waitress [and] she likes this job.
Dictionary example:
The waiter brought our drinks.
The waiter and waitress working there are kind and friendly.
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Food & Drink

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Food & vegetable

Drink
Phonetic
/ved.t.bl/
Parts of
Definition
speech
noun
a plant that you eat, for example potatoes,
onions, beans, etc.
Examples
fresh/frozen vegetables
vegetable soup/curry
fruit and vegetables
In the winter we eat more root vegetables, such as carrots and
parsnips.
Raw vegetables contain more vitamins than cooked vegetables.
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Food & tomato

Drink
/tmet.o/
noun
a soft, round, red fruit eaten in salad or as a

vegetable

I like eat[ing] fish, vegetables, fruit and sala[d].
Dictionary example:
a cheese and tomato sandwich
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Food & tea

Drink
/ti/
noun

I like salad - tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, swe[e]tcorn.
[C or U] a hot drink that you make by pouring

water onto dried leaves, or the leaves that you
use to make this drink
I'd love a cup of tea, please.
They have a selection of herbal teas.

He likes strong/weak tea.
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Food & Drink

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Food & sweet

Drink
Phonetic
Parts of
speech
/swit/
Definition
Examples
She likes tea and coffee.
with a taste like sugar
The pineapple was sweet and juicy.

Do you want your pancakes sweet or savoury?
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Food & sugar

Drink
/g.r/
noun
a sweet substance used to give flavor to food

and drinks

I like rice and sweet dishes.
Dictionary example:
I don't take sugar in my coffee, thanks.
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Food & station

Drink
/ste.n/
noun
a building where trains or buses stop so that

you can get on or off them

I like to eat chicken with bread and tea without sugar.
a train/bus station
Dad met me at the Metro station.
Our office is near the subway station.
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Food & Drink

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Food & soup

Drink
Phonetic
/sup/
Parts of
Definition
Examples
speech
noun
A1 a usually hot, liquid food made from
vegetables and sometimes meat or fish cooked
in water
chicken/tomato/vegetable soup
Would you like a bowl of soup?
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Food & sandwich

Drink
/sn.dwt/
noun
two slices of bread with meat, cheese, etc.

between them

I like to eat soup, eggs, meat and salad.
a tuna/cheese sandwich
sandwich fillings
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Food & salt

Drink
/slt/
noun
a white substance used to add flavor to food

You can make a quick snack, for example a sandwich.
salt and pepper
Pass the salt, please.
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Food & rice

Drink
/rs/
noun
small grains from a plant that are cooked and

eaten
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But before, you put on the top of [the] chicken salt and pepper or
[a] piece of bacon.
Food & Drink

Phonetic
Parts of
speech
Definition
Examples
boiled/fried rice
Do you prefer brown or white rice?
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Food & restaurant /res.tr.nt/

Drink
noun
a place where you can buy and eat a meal

I like rice and fish.
Dictionary example:
We had lunch at/in a restaurant near the station.
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Food & refrigerator /rfrd.ret.r/ noun

Drink
a large container that uses electricity to keep

food cold

Sometimes I'm very tired bec[a]use I work in [a] restaurant.
Put the eggs and butter in the refrigerator as soon as you get
home.
Close the refrigerator door!
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Food & potato

Drink
/ptet.o/
noun

I think I left [my cell phone] in the kitchen when I fell [on] the
slippery floor. Search near the refrigerator, that's where it must
be.
a round vegetable with a brown, yellow, or red Dictionary examples:
skin that grows in the ground
boiled/baked/roasted potatoes
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Food & Drink

Phonetic
Parts of
speech
Definition
Examples
mashed potato/potatoes
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Food & plate

Drink
/plet/
noun
a flat, round object that is used for putting

food on

I like to eat mashed potatoes with chicken and salad.
paper/plastic/china plates
a dinner/salad plate
clean/dirty plates
There's still lots of food on your plate.
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Food & pizza

Drink
/pit.s/
noun
a large circle of flat bread baked with cheese,

tomatoes, and sometimes meat and
vegetables spread on top

Can you bring me 3 plates and 3 cups because I don't have enough
at home.
a slice of pizza
I like a lot of different pizza toppings.
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Food & picnic

Drink
/pk.nk/
noun
a meal that you make and take with you

somewhere to eat outside
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I like pasta and pizza.
Food & Drink

Phonetic
Parts of
speech
Definition
Examples
If the weather's nice we could have a picnic in the park.
Why don't you take a picnic with you?
a picnic area/lunch/table
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Food & orange

Drink
/r.nd/
noun
a round, sweet fruit with a thick skin and a

center that is divided into many equal parts

[We] sometimes go for a picnic.
Do you want to get some oranges?
a glass of orange juice
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Food & milk

Drink
/mlk/
noun
a white liquid produced by women and other

female animals, such as cows

I like eating a sandwich with Flora and I like drinking tea with sugar
or orange juice.
a glass/carton of milk
cow's/goat's milk
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Food & meat

Drink
/mit/
noun
muscles and other soft parts of animals, used

as food
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I like [to] drink coffee and tea with milk.
Food & Drink

Phonetic
Parts of
speech
Definition
Examples
I don't eat meat.
raw meat
red/white meat
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Food & meat

Drink
/mit/
noun

I don't like meat and fish.
1 muscles and other soft parts of animals, used Dictionary examples:
as food
I don't eat meat.
raw meat
red/white meat
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Food & meal

Drink
/mil/
noun
an occasion when food is eaten, or the food

which is eaten on such an occasion

I don't like meat and fish.
make/prepare/cook a meal
a three-course meal
They had to leave before the meal was served.
The fee for the program includes three meals a day.
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Food & Drink

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Food & lunch

Drink
Phonetic
/lnt/
Parts of
speech
noun
Definition
a meal that is eaten in the middle of the day
Examples
I hope we have a great meal and a lot of fun.
What's for lunch?
I'm sorry, Joanna isn't here at the moment, she's (gone) out to/at
lunch.
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Food & knife

Drink
/nf/
noun

We met in Bristol, and we had beer and [a] light lunch.
a sharp tool, usually with a metal blade and a

handle, used for cutting and spreading food or
other substances, or as a weapon
a fish/butter/steak knife
I prefer to use a knife and fork.

He drew/pulled a knife and stabbed her.
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Food & knife

Drink
/nf/
noun

I want to sell a beautiful old knife, because it doesn't cut anything.
a sharp tool, usually with a metal blade and a

handle, used for cutting and spreading food or
other substances, or as a weapon
a fish/butter/steak knife
I prefer to use a knife and fork.
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Food & Drink

Phonetic
Parts of
speech
Definition
Examples
He drew/pulled a knife and stabbed her.
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Food & juice

Drink
/dus/
noun

I want to sell a beautiful old knife, because it doesn't cut anything.
the liquid that comes from fruit or vegetables Dictionary examples:
orange/lemon/grapefruit/tomato juice
a carton of apple juice
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Food & ice cream

Drink
Food & hungry

Drink
/s.krim/
/h.gri/
noun
adjective

I danced, ate cakes, drank juice and spoke with friends.
a sweet, frozen food made from milk or cream, Dictionary example:
sugar, and a flavor
chocolate/vanilla/strawberry ice cream
wanting or needing food

I like chocolate and ice cream with fruit.
By four o'clock I felt/was really hungry.
The boys are always hungry when they get home from school.
She often goes hungry herself so that her children can have
enough to eat.
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Food & Drink

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Food & have

Drink
Phonetic
/hv/
Parts of
speech
verb
Definition
to eat or drink something
Examples
I'm very happy [about] this dinner, because after w[or]k I'm so
hungry.
I had a turkey sandwich for lunch.
Can I have a drink of water?
Let's have a snack before the movie.
When are we having dinner?
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Food & glass

Drink
/gls/
noun
[C] a container made of glass that is used for

drinking

I have dinner [at] 5 pm.
Dictionary example:
Would you like a glass of water?
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Food & fruit

Drink
/frut/
noun

Usually for breakfast we have some sandwiches with cheese and
ham and [a] glass of milk.
something such as an apple or orange that

grows on a tree or a bush, contains seeds, and
can be eaten as food
fresh fruit
dried fruit
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Food & Drink

Phonetic
Parts of
speech
Definition
Examples
fruit juice
I eat three or four pieces of fruit a day.
I like exotic fruit, like mangoes and papayas.
He runs a fruit and vegetable stand at the outdoor market.
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Food & food

Drink
/fud/
noun
something that people and animals eat, or

plants absorb, to keep them alive

After those, maybe some fresh fruit salad with fruit juice.
baby food
Thai food
to cook/prepare food
There was lots of food at the party.
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Food & fish

Drink
/f/
noun
[U] fish eaten as food

I'd like to eat Italian food, maybe lasagne.
fried fish
I don't eat fish or meat.
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Food & Drink

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Food & egg

Drink
Phonetic
/eg/
Parts of
speech
noun
Definition
Examples

Usually in Spain every day the people eat potatoes and salads with
fish or meat.
[C or U] an oval object with a hard shell which Dictionary examples:
is produced by female birds, especially
chickens, and which is eaten as food
a hard-boiled/soft-boiled egg
How do you like your eggs - fried or scrambled?
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Food & eat

Drink
/it/
verb

I like to eat soup, eggs, meat and salad, and drink orange juice.
Dictionary example:
[I] to have a meal
We usually eat at about 7 o'clock.
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Food & eat

Drink
/it/
verb
[I or T] to put food into your mouth and then

swallow it

I go there to eat whenever I have time.
Who ate all the cake?
I haven't eaten since breakfast.
Let's have something to eat.
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Food & Drink

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Food & drink

Drink
Phonetic
/drk/
Parts of
speech
verb
Definition
Examples

I want [to] go to the river and eat a big chocolate cake.
[I or T] to take liquid into the body through the Dictionary examples:
mouth
He drank three glasses of water.
The animals came down to the water hole to drink.
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Food & drink

Drink
/drk/
noun

You do not have to bring any food, but I['d be] pleased if you could
bring something to drink: wine, coke or something.
[C or U] a liquid or an amount of liquid which is Dictionary examples:
taken into the body through the mouth
Would you like a drink of water/tea/juice?
They'd had no food or drink for two days.
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Food & dinner

Drink
/dn.r/
noun
the main meal of the day that people usually

eat in the evening

I would like to have [a] drink
We were just having (our) dinner.
We had some friends over for dinner on Saturday.
a candlelight dinner
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Food & Drink

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Food & cup

Drink
Phonetic
/kp/
Parts of
speech
noun
Definition
a small round container, often with a handle,

used for drinking tea, coffee, etc.
Examples
I can come to dinner tomorrow at 7 o'clock.
a cup of coffee/tea
a cup and saucer
a plastic/paper cup
a coffee cup/teacup
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Food & cracker

Drink
/krk.r/
noun
a flat, dry, small baked bread

I'd like [to] drink [a] cup of tea.
cheese and crackers
Do you want some crackers with the soup?
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Food & cook

Drink
/kk/
verb
to prepare food and usually heat it

I'll make some food to eat and buy some crackers.
I don't cook meat very often.
Who's cooking this evening?
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Food & Drink

Phonetic
Parts of
speech
Definition
Examples
He cooked us an enormous meal./He cooked an enormous meal
for us.
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Food & coffee

Drink shop
Food & coffee

Drink
/k.fip/
/k.fi/
noun
noun
a small restaurant where you can buy drinks

and light meals, or a store that sells coffee
drinks and snacks
a popular hot drink with a strong smell that is

made from dark beans, or the beans or
crushed beans from which this drink is made

I would like you to cook Camerounian traditional foods (Ndole,
Pistache, Couscous, Khaki).
Dictionary example:
I'm just going to grab a sandwich at the coffee shop.
In my free time I like to [go to the] Library or to the coffee shop
with my friends.
fresh/instant coffee
a cup of coffee
decaffeinated coffee
Would you like some coffee?
I'd like a black/regular coffee, please.
Do you take/like milk in your coffee?
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Food & Drink

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Food & chocolate

Drink
Phonetic
/tk.lt/
Parts of
speech
noun
Definition
a sweet, usually brown, food that is prepared

and sold in a block, or a small sweet made
from this
Examples
I don't like drinking coffee.
a bar of chocolate
chocolate biscuits
milk/dark/white chocolate
I took her a box of chocolates.
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Food & cheese

Drink
/tiz/
noun
a food made from milk, which can either be

firm or soft and is usually yellow or white in
color

I like chocolate and ice-cream with fruit.
a slice of cheese
goat's cheese
I like soft French cheeses such as Brie and Camembert.
I prefer hard cheeses, like Cheddar.
cheese and crackers
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Food & Drink

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Food & cake

Drink
Phonetic
/kek/
Parts of
speech
noun
Definition
Examples
[In a salad,] I like onion, [c]arrots, beans, garlic, green sala[d],

sunflower oil and cheese.
A1 a sweet food made from flour, butter, sugar Dictionary examples:
and eggs, mixed together and baked
chocolate cake
a birthday cake
Would you like a piece of/a slice of cake?
He made/baked a delicious cake.
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Food & caf

Drink
/kfe/
noun
a small restaurant where you can buy drinks

and light meals

Your chocolate cake is great too.
Dictionary example:
There's a little caf on the corner that serves very good coffee.
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Food & butter

Drink
/bt.r/
noun

There's a new caf near my home.
a pale yellow food made from cream that you Dictionary examples:
put on bread or use in cooking
Have some bread and butter.
a butter dish
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Food & Drink

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Food & breakfast

Drink
Phonetic
/brek.fst/
Parts of
speech
noun
Definition
the food you eat in the morning after you

wake up
Examples
We have fresh farm food like butter, milk, chees[e].
What do you want for breakfast?
Have you had breakfast?
Breakfast is served in the dining room between 8:30 and 10.
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Food & bread

Drink
/bred/
noun
a basic food made by mixing flour, water and

sometimes yeast

You can have breakfast in my house.
a piece/slice of bread
a loaf of bread
white/wheat/rye bread
sliced bread
fresh/stale bread
Do you bake your own bread?
I like bread, rice and bean[s].
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Food & Drink

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Food & beer

Drink
Phonetic
Parts of
speech
/br/
Definition
A1 ! an alcoholic drink made from grain
Examples
a bottle of beer
Would you like another beer?
This beer is brewed in Mexico.
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Food & bean

Drink
/bin/
noun

She likes drink[ing] beer and sometimes goes to the nightclub.
a seed, or the pod containing seeds, of various Dictionary examples:
climbing plants, eaten as a vegetable
pinto/black/kidney beans
a lima/string bean
baked/refried beans
Coffee beans are the beanlike seeds of the coffee plant.
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Food & banana

Drink
/bnn./
noun
a long curved fruit with a yellow skin

Everybody like[s] to eat beans, rice, chips and meat, but on
Saturday, people like a special lunch.
a bunch of bananas
banana milkshake
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Food & Drink

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Food & apple

Drink
Phonetic
/p.l/
Parts of
speech
Definition
Examples
a hard, round fruit that has a green or red skin Dictionary examples:
and is white inside
to peel an apple
apple pie/sauce
an apple tree
The place is in North Iraq. I like this place, becaus[e] it [has] very
nice w[ea]ther, and [there is] nice fruit: dates, grapes, peach[es],
[and] apple[s].
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CEFR Topic Vocabulary

Food & wine

Food & waitress

a woman who works in a restaurant, bringing

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

Food & waiter

a man who works in a restaurant, bringing

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Food & Drink

Food & vegetable

Food & tomato

a soft, round, red fruit eaten in salad or as a

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Food & tea

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

[C or U] a hot drink that you make by pouring

They have a selection of herbal teas.

Food & Drink

Food & sweet

with a taste like sugar

The pineapple was sweet and juicy.

Food & sugar

a sweet substance used to give flavor to food

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

Food & station

a building where trains or buses stop so that

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Food & Drink

Food & soup

Food & sandwich

two slices of bread with meat, cheese, etc.

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Food & salt

a white substance used to add flavor to food

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Food & rice

small grains from a plant that are cooked and

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Food & Drink

Food & restaurant /res.tr.nt/

a place where you can buy and eat a meal

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Food & refrigerator /rfrd.ret.r/ noun

a large container that uses electricity to keep

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Food & potato

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Food & Drink

Food & plate

a flat, round object that is used for putting

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

Food & pizza

a large circle of flat bread baked with cheese,

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Food & picnic

a meal that you make and take with you

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Food & Drink

Food & orange

a round, sweet fruit with a thick skin and a

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Food & milk

Food & Drink A1

Food & Drink A1