Terms
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food
| things that people or animals eat
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meal
| an occasion when people sit down to eat food, especially breakfast, lunch or dinner
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snack
| a small meal or amount of food, usually eaten in a hurry
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takeaway
| a restaurant that cooks and sells food that you can take away and eat somewhere else
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starter
| a small amount of food that is served before the main course of a meal
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roast
| cooked with fat in the oven, and is used especially for meat and potatoes
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baked
| cooked in the oven, and is used for bread, cakes and most sweet things, and also fruit or vegetables
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heat up
| make cold food hot
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fried
| cooked in a hot fat or oil
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eat out
| have a meal in a restaurant, not at home
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wholemeal
| made from brown flour
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stew
| meat cooked for a long time in liquid, usually with vegetables
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spicy
| having a strong taste because spices have been used to flavour it
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napkin
| a piece of fabric or paper used at meals for protecting your clothes and cleaning your lips and fingers
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captain
| the leader of a group of people, especially a sports team
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fans
| people who admire smb/smth or enjoy watching or listening to smb/smth very much
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coach
| somebody who trains a person or team in sport
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referee
| the official who controls the game in some sports, such as football, basketball and boxing
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circuit
| a track for cars or motorcycles to race around
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court
| a place where games such as tennis are played
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pitch
| an area of ground specially prepared and marked for playing a game such as football
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nutritionist
| an expert on diet
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charity
| an organization which collects money to help people who are poor, sick, etc.
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volunteer
| somebody who offers or agrees to do something without being forced or paid
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orphanage
| an institution where children without parents live and are looked after
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degree
| a university qualification
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extrovert
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friend
| someone who you know and like
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colleague
| someone who you work with in a job, especially in a profession
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classmate
| someone who is in the same class as you
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jealous
| feeling angry or unhappy because somebody you like or love is showing interest in somebody else
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moody
| bad-tempered or upset, often for no particular reason
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bossy
| always telling people what to do
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borrow
| take money from a person or a bank and agree to pay it back to them at a later time
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lend
| give money to somebody on condition that they pay it back over a period of time
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inherit
| receive money, property, etc. from somebody when they die
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check-in
| The place where you o first when you arrive at an airport, to show your tickets
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carriage
| a separate section of a train for carrying passengers
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traffic jam
| a long line of vehicles on a road that cannot move or that can only move very lowly
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pedestrian
| a person walking in the street
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travel
| the act or activity of travelling
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trip
| a journey to a place and back again, especially a short one
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journey
| an act of travelling from one place to another, especially when they are far apart
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cheat
| trick or deceive somebody, especially when they trust you
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graduate
| a person who has finished and has a degree
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boarding school
| a school where pupils live, eat, and sleep
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canteen
| a communal dining room, e.g. in a school
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suburb
| an area where people live that is outside the centre of a city
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apartment
| a set of rooms rented for living in, usually on ne floor of a building
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cottage
| a small house, especially in the country
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patio
| a flat hard area outside, and usually behind, a house where people can sit
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rush hour
| the time, usually twice a day, when the roads are full of traffic and trains are crowded because people are travelling to or from work
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cash machine
| a machine inside or outside a bank where you can get money
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coin
| a small flat piece of metal used as money
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note
| a piece of paper money
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salary
| money that employees receive for doing their job
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tax
| money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services
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loan
| money that an organization such as a bank lends and somebody borrows
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