A2 · Food & drink

ليمون (laymun)

a yellow citrus fruit with juice that has a bitter, sharp taste. Slices of lemon and lemon juice are used in cooking and drinks.

يُطعم (yute'im)

to give food to a person or an animal

حانة

a building where people go to drink and meet their friends. Pubs serve alcoholic and other drinks, and often also food.

مربى

a thick sweet substance made by boiling fruit with sugar, often sold in jars and spread on bread

يغلي

when a liquid boils or when you boil it, it is heated to the point where it forms bubbles and turns to steam or vapour

مكسّرات, جوزة, ثمرة جافة

a small hard fruit with a very hard shell that grows on some trees

أصابع البطاطس المقلية, شرائح البطاطس

a long thin piece of potato fried in oil or fat

لحم بقري (lahm baqari)

meat that comes from a cow

صلصة

a thick liquid that is eaten with food to add taste to it

بسكويت (biskuit)

a small flat dry cake for one person, usually sweet, and baked until hard

فول (ful)

a seed, or pod containing seeds, of a climbing plant, eaten as a vegetable. There are several types of bean and the plants that they grow on are also called beans .

يقدّم, يُقدِّم الطعام

to give somebody food or drink, for example at a restaurant or during a meal

طاهٍ

a person whose job is to cook, especially the most senior person in a restaurant, hotel, etc.

وصفة

a set of instructions that tells you how to cook something and the ingredients (= items of food) you need for it