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Lesson 13 / Meals
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Choose to eat at home or out and prepare meals together.
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We usually eat out on Friday evenings.
We usually eat out on Friday evenings.
Would you like to eat out at the new restaurant?
Would you like to eat out at the new restaurant?
“Eat out” in the lesson means eating at a restaurant or bar, different from eating at home.
Cambridge Dictionary · eat out
It is raining, so let us eat in tonight.
It is raining, so let us eat in tonight.
We save money when we eat in during the week.
We save money when we eat in during the week.
Here is eating at home; often contrasted with “eat out”.
Eat up your vegetables before they get cold.
Eat up your vegetables before they get cold.
The soup is good. I will eat it up.
The soup is good. I will eat it up.
Emphasize eating all the food and not leaving any leftovers.
Can you help out in the kitchen for a few minutes?
Can you help out in the kitchen for a few minutes?
My brother helped me out with the dishes.
My brother helped me out with the dishes.
Used to support others, especially when they are busy or need more help.
Cut up the bread so everyone can have a piece.
Cut up the bread so everyone can have a piece.
I cut the fruit up for the children.
I cut the fruit up for the children.
Close to the meaning of "chop up", but "cut up" does not emphasize the consecutive chopping action.
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 40, 40, 40, 63, 31. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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An and her friend had dinner at a table in the restaurant.
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Shall we eat out tonight?
Shall we eat out tonight?
I would rather eat in. We still have vegetables.
I would rather eat in. We still have vegetables.
All right. I can help out by cutting them up.
All right. I can help out by cutting them up.
“Eat out” usually means eat at a restaurant; “eat in” means eat at home. They concern where you eat, rather than finishing or cutting food.
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A family has already cooked. Another family has booked a restaurant table. Neither plan says who finishes every bite.
Which family plans to eat out?
The family with the restaurant booking.
The family with the restaurant booking will “eat out”; the plan says nothing about how much they finish.
Complete: We can eat ___ and use the food we cooked.
in
Using the food cooked at home means “eat in”; here “in” refers to eating at home.
Offer to help with preparing the home meal.
I can help out by cutting up the vegetables.
“Help out by cutting up” offers the specific help of chopping vegetables; “by” takes “cutting”.
The usage comparisons are checked against the Cambridge Dictionary entries linked beside the compared expressions. The additional conversations and exercises are written for this course.
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