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🍳 Cooking & body verbs

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  • to boilto heat water until it bubbles
  • to roastto cook meat or vegetables in the oven
  • to grillto cook over or under strong heat
  • to peelto take the skin off fruit
  • to stirto move a spoon round in food
  • to tasteto try a little food
  • to chopto cut into small pieces
  • to sliceto cut into thin flat pieces
  • to heatto make something warm or hot
  • to meltto become liquid with heat
  • to swallowto make food go down your throat
  • to chewto bite food many times
  • to breatheto take air in and out
  • to coughto push air from your throat noisily
  • to sweatto get wet skin when hot
  • to yawnto open your mouth wide when tired
  • to blinkto close and open your eyes fast
  • to kissto touch with your lips
  • to hugto hold someone close in your arms
  • to freezeto make very cold so it becomes ice
  • to defrostto let frozen food get warm
  • to grateto rub cheese into small bits
  • to whiskto beat eggs or cream fast
  • to seasonto add salt, pepper or herbs
  • to spreadto put butter or jam on bread
  • to warm upto make cold food hot again
  • to serveto give food to people at the table
  • to weighto find how heavy something is
  • to drainto pour the water off food
  • to smellto notice with your nose
  • to lickto touch with your tongue
  • to scratchto rub your skin with your nails
  • to shiverto shake because you are cold
  • to snoreto breathe noisily while sleeping
  • to faintto fall down and lose consciousness
  • to hiccupto make a sudden 'hic' sound
  • to blushto go red in the face
  • to frownto pull your eyebrows down when unhappy
  • to winkto close one eye quickly
  • to burnto damage with fire or heat