Exercise 11

What is a Russian man's meat is a British man's poison'*.

* What is one man's meat is another man's poison — Что русскому хорошо, то немцу — смерть (поcл.).

1. Say when you have meals and what you like to eat and drink for breakfast, dinner and supper.

2. Say what you dislike for breakfast, dinner and supper.

3. Say what they serve in the refectory at your university and what you usually choose.

4. Say what you can cook in five minutes.

5. Look of the pictures and say what food is typically English and typically Russian.

Exercise 11

Study the list of English verbs and group the ones close in meaning matching them with the Russian verbs. Comment upon the difference in their meanings.

English: to swallow, to crunch, to champ, to hog, to munch, to gobble (up), to nibble at something, to gnaw, to gulp, to chew, to devour, to bolt, to bite.