Ways of eating

Question 1

To eat something eagerly or quickly, showing you're very hungry or enjoying what you're eating is to [blank_start]gulp[blank_end].

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gulp

Question 2

To eat something hurriedly and almost without chewing is to [blank_start]bolt down[blank_end].

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bolt down

Question 3

To [blank_start]sample[blank_end] is to taste a small amount of food and drink in order to see what it is like.

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sample

Question 4

To enjoy the flavour of something as much as you can by eating or drinking it slowly is to [blank_start]savour[blank_end] it.

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savour

Question 5

To eat a small amount of something, like a bird, is to [blank_start]peck at[blank_end] something.

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peck at

Question 6

To eat small amounts of food regularly instead of eating meals is to [blank_start]graze[blank_end].

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graze

Question 7

To [blank_start]champ[blank_end] is to eat noisily.

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champ

Question 8

There's a phrasal verb that means "to assault" and is also used to refer to the action of starting to eat something as soon as it arrives. It's to [blank_start]fall on[blank_end].

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fall on

Question 9

To [blank_start]gorge[blank_end] oneself means to eat so much that you cannot eat any more.

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gorge

Question 10

A phrasal verb that means "to eat with enthusiasm" is to [blank_start]tuck in[blank_end].

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tuck in

Question 11

There's an idiom than means "to take on more than you are capable of doing". It is to [blank_start]bite off more than you can chew[blank_end].

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bite off more than you can chew

Question 12

To [blank_start]nibble[blank_end] at something is to eat it by taking a lot of small bites.

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nibble

Question 13

To pass the tongue over something is to [blank_start]lick[blank_end] it.

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lick

Question 14

To finish something quickly or easily is to [blank_start]polish off[blank_end].

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polish off

Question 15

To eat something with difficulty because you don't want to eat it, you don't like it or you are sick is to [blank_start]choke[blank_end] it [blank_start]down[blank_end].

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choke

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down

Question 16

To eat more than it's necessary or healthy is to [blank_start]overeat[blank_end].

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overeat

Question 17

To eat with enthusiasm or great pleasure is to eat [blank_start]heartily[blank_end].

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heartily

Question 18

If you eat enough of something, or until you can't eat anymore, you [blank_start]eat your fill[blank_end].

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eat your fill

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