Food Phrasal Verbs
hello everyone and welcome back to
english with lucy today i’m going to
talk to you about food-related phrasal
verbs very exciting very delicious I
recently went fitting out with a foreign
friend and they were struggling with
some of the phrasal verbs that I was
using so I thought it was going to be
extra extra useful for you guys quickly
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so first let’s talk about eating number
one is to pig out to pig out and this
means to eat a lot of food all at once
I’m going to pig out tonight an example
would be I meant to be on a really
strict diet but I picked out last night
oops number two - eat up - eat up means
to eat all of the food that you’ve been
given until it’s finished
it means to eat everything for example
come on eat your food up or you’ll be
hungry this one is normally more
directed at children number three - pick
it something to pick it something means
to unwillingly eat a small amount of
food so maybe you’re not hungry so maybe
you don’t feel well it’s often
considered rude to pick it your food oh
I’m a poet and I didn’t even realize it
for example are you feeling all right
you’ve been picking at your food for age
is number four to cut out if you are
cutting out a specific food or a food
group it means you are eliminating it
from your diet for example sorry no cake
for me I am cutting out sugar number
five is very similar to cut back but
you’re not eliminating foods
you are just reducing the amount of a
specific food or food group that you’re
eating or maybe you’re just cutting back
on food in general and just a note with
the prepositions you usually cut back on
something for example my doctor told me
I need to cut back on fat number six to
bolt down if you bolt down or wolf down
your food it means you eat it all really
really quickly for example I wolf down
my breakfast this morning because I had
no time let’s move on to the second part
of the video which is cooking and
preparing food number seven to whip up
this means to prepare a meal very
quickly or with a little effort for
example here we are something I whipped
up yesterday number eight to cut up this
means to cut into pieces you want me to
cut up your food for you number nine
only slightly different this is to chop
up and it’s different because chop means
to cut something with sharp blows so
you’d normally chop up something hard
like vegetables or fruit for example if
you cut the pie up I’ll chop up the
vegetables number ten to boil over this
means to cause liquid to overflow during
boiling for example can you run and get
the peas I think they’re boiling over
number eleven to warm up this just means
to heat for example do you want me to
warm up your dinner for you when you get
home and the last one number twelve to
fry up and this just means to cook
something by frying it means to fry
you’ll find that we often add up two
words to make a phrasal verb it often
makes something more child
right your homework because yes there is
homework in online free English lessons
on YouTube of course your homework is to
write five sentences using your five
favorite phrasal verbs oh that was a
mouthful in the comments below and feel
free to correct each other nicely and
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