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Phrasal Verbs in English

Tom Smith usually eats lunch very quickly by bolting it down since he only has 15 minutes. His wife Susan enjoys cooking and often prepares large dinners for Tom, who pigs out on the full meals each evening. Susan picks up dessert on her way home from work. She only picks at the food she makes. Tom sometimes warms up leftovers from Susan for breakfast before starting his day. Both Tom and their housekeeper Mary have high cholesterol, despite Mary cutting out meat and eggs. However, Susan suspects Mary has started knocking back whiskey from Susan's favorite bottle.

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Phrasal Verbs in English

Tom Smith usually eats lunch very quickly by bolting it down since he only has 15 minutes. His wife Susan enjoys cooking and often prepares large dinners for Tom, who pigs out on the full meals each evening. Susan picks up dessert on her way home from work. She only picks at the food she makes. Tom sometimes warms up leftovers from Susan for breakfast before starting his day. Both Tom and their housekeeper Mary have high cholesterol, despite Mary cutting out meat and eggs. However, Susan suspects Mary has started knocking back whiskey from Susan's favorite bottle.

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Tom Smith Bolts It Down

Phrasal verbs add colour to spoken language. Here are some phrasal verbs related to food and eating. Guess what they mean as you read. Tom Smith usually has only 15 minutes to eat lunch so he bolts it down (1). This does not mean he eats much for lunch since he only has a sandwich and a coffee. However, his wife Susan loves cooking and she always whips up (2) a wonderful dinner. This explains why Tom is not so thin. He pigs out (3) every evening on a full course dinner - a roast with vegetables and a pasta side and to top it off (4), a big dessert which Susan picks up (5) on the way home from school where she is a teacher. Susan is quite petite, so it is not surprising that she only picks at (6) all the food she prepares and just gnaws at (7) a carrot or some other vegetable while she listens to Tom speak about his day. For breakfast, Tom sometimes warms up (8) Susan's left-overs and then he runs off for another day of work. This is against the doctor's advice so Tom should think about cutting back (9) on meat and eggs to bring down (10) his cholesterol. Actually, Mary, the woman who helps them with their house also has high cholesterol, even though she has cut out (11) meat and eggs and is on a diet of fish and steamed vegetables. Recently, however, Susan has noticed that the whiskey bottle is emptying out quite quickly so she suspects that Mary is knocking it back (12) now and again. This would be OK except for the fact that this is Susan's favourite bottle of whiskey! So, what did the phrasal verbs mean? Write a short explanation for each. 1. to bolt down 2. to whip up 3. to pig out 4. to top off 5. to pick up 6. to pick at 7. to gnaw at 8. to warm up 9. to cut back 10. to bring down 11. to cut out 12. to knock it back 13. To eat food very quickly is to ___. a. bolt it down b. pig out c. whip it up 14.
15. If you only eat a small amount of a meal, you ___.

a. gnaw it b. bolt it down c. pick at it

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17. To eat a lot of food is to ___.

a. pig out b. roll out c. wear out 18.


19. To eat less of something to improve your health is to ___ on it.

a. strip down b. cut back c. run 20.


21. To drink a lot of alcohol is to ___.

a. knock it over b. knock it in c. knock it back 22.


23. To heat food again that has already been cooked is to ___.

a. ruffle it up b. warm it up c. pick it up

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