Chips, crisps and a cuppa: British food words
UK names for food, so you order the right thing.
All 15 phrases
Snacks and drinks6
Meals and courses4
- What are you having for your tea?In the North, the Midlands and many working-class homes, 'tea' is the evening meal and 'dinner' is lunch.
- What's for pudding?What's for dessert?
- I'll have the soup to start, then the fish for my mainStarter = appetiser, main = main course.
- Jacket potatoA baked potato, usually with beans, cheese or tuna mayo.
Shop and café words5
- Aubergine, courgette, coriander, rocketUK names for eggplant, zucchini, cilantro and arugula.
- MinceMinced beef (US 'ground beef').
- Grabbing a meal dealA supermarket lunch: sandwich, snack and drink for one fixed price.
- A bacon butty / sarnieA bacon sandwich (informal).
- Could I have it to take away, please?To go.
Check yourself15 questions
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In the UK, 'chips' are...
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- Part of Talk's themed British life packs. Talk wrote each phrase with what it really means, when to say it, what not to say instead and one quiz question. A phrase gets a moment only if Talk's spoken videos say it with the same meaning. One review picked each moment, and a second tried to reject it. This pack holds 15 phrases.
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