Essential English Vocabulary: Food Phrasal Verbs and Art Terms

Food-Related Phrasal Verbs

• Boil over: Derramarse al hervir.
• Chop up: Cut into small pieces (picar).
• Cut sth off: Remove using a knife or similar tool.
• Dig in: Hincar el diente; start eating with enthusiasm.
• Eat in: Comer en casa.
• Eat out: Comer fuera en un restaurante.
• Go off: Estropearse; become rotten.
• Pick at: Picar; eat slowly because you are not hungry or do not like the food.
• Put off: Discourage.
• Run out / run out of: Quedarse sin.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Countable: Singular uses a or an; plural uses some (+) or any (-).

Uncountable: Always singular. Do not use a or an. Use some (+) or any (-). Example: I've got some soup for lunch.

Note: Use a piece of or a slice of for items like chocolate, cake, furniture, paper, research, bread, toast, or cheese.

General Phrasal Verbs

• Carry out sth: Llevar a cabo (e.g., research).
• Grow out of sth: Stop doing something (e.g., dejar un hábito).
• Make up: Inventar.
• Miss out: Perderse o not get a benefit that someone else gets.
• Mix up: Confundir; think one thing is another.
• Put sb off: Desalentar; discourage.
• Roll off: Hacer rodar y caer; turn and fall.
• Turn out: Resultar que; to be discovered to be something.

Food Antonyms

• Mild vs. Strong
• Bland vs. Tasty
• Tender vs. Tough
• Sweet vs. Savoury
• Fresh vs. Tinned

Food Vocabulary

Barbecue, Boil (hervir), Bland (insípido/soso), Creamy, Crunchy, Dairy (lácteos), Deep-fried (frito), Delicacy (exquisitez), Fat (grasa), Fresh (fresco), Mild (suave), Pastry (masa), Pie (tarta), Posh (elegante), Rotten (podrido), Savoury (salado), Season (aliñar/sazonar), Slice (rebanar), Smell, Smelly (apestoso), Source, Spicy, Steam (vapor) / Steamed (hecho al vapor), Stew (estofado), Tasty, Tender (tierno), Tough (duro), Texture, Tinned (enlatado).

Vision and Visual Art

Art collector (coleccionista), Unconventional (inusual), Highly acclaimed (aclamado), Visually impaired (invidente), Landscape (paisaje), Vivid (vívido), Layer (capa), Blindness (ceguera), Partially sighted, Brush (pincel), Portrait (retrato), Canvas (lienzo), Remarkable (notable), Critic (crítico de arte), Shape, Easel (caballete), Take for granted (dar por sentado), Guide (guía), Thought-provoking (que hace pensar).