UNIT 2: The future of food

Be a fad (verb phrase) Be a thing of the past (verb phrase)

▫ To be a trend, to become popular. ▫ Something that no longer

exists.

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 Be all the rage (verb phrase) Be fashionable (verb phrase)

▫ To be very popular at a particular ▫ To be popular at a particular

time. (old-fashioned expression) time.

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 Be old -fashioned (verb phrase) Be on the way out (verb phrase)

▫ Not modern, belonging to or ▫ When something is likely to

typical of a time in the past. disappear or to be replaced very
soon. Ex. Those jeans are on the
way out. They are ugly!

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 Be the latest thing (verb phrase) Be the next big thing (verb phrase)

▫ To be the newest, most recent, or ▫ Used when an intriguing new

most current trend. Ex. Smart technology is introduced. Ex.
watches are the latest things. Apple fitness tracks are the next
big thing.

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 Be trendy (verb phrase) Come back in style (verb phrase)

▫ Be very fashionable or up to date. ▫ When it becomes popular again

Ex. Tik Tok videos are trendy. after being unpopular for a
period of time. Ex. Flared jeans
came back in style this year.

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Gain interest -popularity (verb phrase) Go out of style (verb phrase)

▫ To obtain interest and popularity. ▫ To stop being on trend. Ex.

Ex. Flared jeans gained popularity Leggings went out of style.
again. Don’t wear them any more.

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Lose interest -popularity (verb phrase) cabbage (noun)

▫ When people stop being interested

in something.

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eggplant (noun) garlic (noun)

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ginger (noun) mint (noun)

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pineapple (noun) shrimp (noun)

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tuna (noun) zucchini (noun)

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 barbecue (verb) boil (verb)

▫ To cook food on a barbecue. ▫ To reach, or cause something to

reach, the temperature at which
liquid starts to turn into a gas
(100 C).

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 chop (verb) fry (verb)

▫ To cut something into pieces with ▫ To cook food in hot oil or fat.
an axe, knife, or other sharp
instrument.

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 rinse (verb) stir (verb)

▫ To use water to clean the soap or ▫ To mix a liquid or other

dirt from something. substance by moving an object
such as a spoon in a circular
pattern.

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 Be trending (verb) Doggy bag (noun)

▫ To be currently popular or widely ▫ A bag used by a restaurant

discussed online, especially on customer or party guest to take
social media websites. Ex. Long- home leftover food, supposedly
live reels are trending in for their dog.
Instagram.

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 Dumpster (noun)

▫ A large metal trash bin, often of a

kind that is emptied, transported to
a dump, by a specially equipped
truck.

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