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English for Everyday Living
Kitchen Terms and Actions
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| Fred is cooking something. | Sally sweeps the kitchen floor. | He is slicing an onion. | Don't put the cat in the washing machine. | We need a new garbage can. |
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| Jim has fried eggs, bacon, toast and coffee for breakfast. | This is corn on the cob, a favorite summertime food in the United States. | From back to front: carrots, a can of spinach, a banana, a tomato, half of a grapefruit and a potato. | Some people like a sandwich with many ingredients in it. | These are called spareribs, even though they are all in one piece. |
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| Many people have a roast turkey on Thanksgiving Day. | This is a pop-up toaster, but we just call it a toaster. | This is a hand-operated can opener. | This is an electric iron for removing wrinkles from your clothes. | This is a microwave oven. It can heat food very quickly. |
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| This is a portable electric mixer. I use mine to make mashed potatoes. | You can clean a dirty floor with a bucket and mop. | This is called a teapot or a kettle. | This is an automatic washing machine. | You can use a broom and a dust pan to sweep a dirty floor. |
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