Before something is expected to happen The way a place makes you feel

1. ACHIEVE FAME 3 COOK UP A DELICIOUS RECIPE 5 BOOK A TABLE 2 RUN A CAFE 1 HONOUR ☻ PUBLICLY 4 • Kırıntı Café is so popular and highly in demand among diners in İstanbul that you have to ______________________________ well in advance1 if you want to find a place to dine. • To _________________ the best personnel _________________, Kırıntı restaurant displays the photo of the awarded employee on the wall in an easily noticeable corner. • If a restaurant not only meets the best standards in food quality and service, but it also has a unique3ambience2, there is no reason for it not to ______________________________. • I was surprised to learn that my English teacher intends to _____________________________ when he retires. I can’t imagine him welcoming diners4 and coordinating the work in the kitchen. • It wasn’t hard to ______________________________ following the instructions in the recipe book, but if I hadn’t managed to find the exotic ingredients, it would have been an impossible task. BOOK A TABLE HONOUR PUBLICLY ACHIEVE FAME RUN A CAFE COOK A DELICIOUS RECIPE • Before something is expected to happen • The way a place makes you feel • The only one of its kind • Someone who is eatin in a restaurant

2. BE CATAPULTED INTO THE LIMELIGHT 1 HELP ☻ OUT IN THE KITCHEN 5 GO DOWN WELL WITH THE AUDIENCE 2 GET ☻’s BIG BREAK 3 HAVE A LAUGH WITH EVERYBODY 4 • In order to bring more colour to the cookery programme, the producers replaced the sulky1 chef with a rather cheeky2 and sensational one. Well, this ____________________________________ and shortly after, the ratings of the programme inclined dramatically. • For years, the café had served as a modest dining place, but when it was taken over by a former Hollywood star, it ______________________________ and became one of the favourite eateries of the city. • Well, the new cook we hired ____________________________ , but this doesn’t mean he is mucking about. In fact, he is a unique person who manages to put together work and mirth3. • Aunt Cassandra has many guests for the night, and I am not sure whether she can cook her recipes alone. I suggest ______________________________. • In the recent decade4, we have seen that it is not always musicians and thespians5 who ____________ _____________________ all of a sudden and gain remarkable6 publicity. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be multi-millionaire chefs who enjoy the fame they have achieved so quickly at a very young age. WENT DOWN WELL WITH THE AUDIENCE GOT ITS BIG BREAK HAS A LAUGH WITH EVERYONE HELPING HER OUT IN THE KITCHEN ARE CTAPULTED INTO THE LIMELIGHT • Someone who keeps wearing a frowning expression • Rude or disrespectful, sometimes in a way that is amusing • Laughter and happiness • A period of 10 years • Actors • Something that deserves attention or praise

3. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION COLLOCATIONS With her first debut album, Gaga shot to fame. INTO Click for a sentence transformation exercise. Use the key word that appears on the right to complete the sentence with a maximum of 4 other words. Gaga was catapulted into the limelight with her debut album. The diners have liked the new decoration of the restaurant. WELL gone down well with the The new decoration of the restaurant has diners. The restaurant became famous after the movie star owned it. ITS got its big break The restaurant after it was taken over by the movie star. There are some performers who shoot to success at a very early age. ACHIEVE acieve fame when they are too young. Some performing artists The cafe that Robert owns is very trendy among the people in town. CAFE which is so ppular in town. Robert is running a cafe

4. BLARING MUSIC 4 THE MOST TALKED ABOUT EATERY 5 BUNK OFF WORK 1 TELL ☻ SOB STORIES 2 TO ☻’s HORROR 3 • Unfortunately, some of the staff in the kitchen started ______________________________, and I think I must consider redundancies1. • Jason was a juvenile delinquent who had no promising future. However, an opportunity came along and he was chosen to be one of the fifteen young people who were to be filmed learning to cook to become a chef. Unfortunately, he preferred to wallow2in self pity and _________________________ about his pathetic3 life instead of concentrating on this opportunity. • The guests would be turning up in an hour’s time. A whiff4 of burning turkey reached Rachel’s nose, and ___________________________, she remembered forgetting to turn off the oven. • The music in a restaurant is almost always soothing. However, I dined5with a rocker girlfriend in a hard rock café with _____________________________ on, which was a hell of an experience. • The restaurant offers a wide variety of specialties6from the world cuisine cooked by the most experienced chefs of the city, making it ______________________________. BUNKING OFF WORK TELL PEOPLE SOB STORIES TO HER HORROR BLARING MUSIC THE MOST TALKED ABOUT EATERY • A situation in which people are made to leave their jobs • To seem to enjoy being sad instead of facing up to • problems • Something making you feel pitiful or sad about itself • A slight smell of something • To eat dinner in a restaurant • A type of food that a restaurant or area is • well known for

5. STORM IN A TEACUP 2 CRASH COURSE 5 TAKE a place BY STORM 3 GET EVERYONE THINKING 1 PROCESSED FOOD 4 • I think we don’t have enough room for the two very experienced chefs we hired for the restaurant. They frequently fall out1 with each other over so simple matters, and I am fed up with their frequent ______________________________. • A ______________________________ can sometimes create wonders. My wife, who was pathetic2 at cooking, started cooking delicious recipes all thanks to the ten day intensive3 course she took. • Nutritionists frequently warn people against the dangers of artificial colourings and flavourings4 in ______________________________. • What the visiting nutritionist told the students attending the conference about unhealthy eating habits ______________________________. • Under eating to look like stick thin models is a threatening obsession among young girls, which seems to be spreading very quickly. The authorities are afraid that this may ________________ the whole nation __________________, which will raise nationwide serious health issues5. STORMS IN A TEACUP CRASH COURSE PROCESSED FOODS GOT EVERYONE THINKING TAKE BY STORM • To have a quarrel with a person • Something making you feel pitiful or sad about itself • Consisting of a lot of activity or effortin a short • period of time • A substance used to add something a particular taste • A subject or problem that is often discussed or • argued about

6. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION COLLOCATIONS Gaga has created a lot of global stir with her music and style. WORLD Click for a sentence transformation exercise. Use the key word that appears on the right to complete the sentence with a maximum of 4 other words. Gaga has taken the whole world by storm. Las Chicas has become the most popular eatery in Ankara. ABOUT most talked about eatery Las Chicas has become the in Ankara. They are quarrelling over such a simple matter. IN Their quarrel is nothing but a storm in a teacup. I am fed up listening to his complaints about his life. SOB his sob stories. I have had enough of What the panellist said had a thought provoking effect on the audience. GOT got the audience thinking. The words of the panelist

7. COKERY CLASSES 3 FIZZY DRINK 4 PERSONAL HYGIENE 2 PASTA DISH 1 WHOLEMEAL BREAD 5 • People who aren’t careful with their ______________________________ are more likely to contact dangerous bacteria and contract1relative sickness. • I don’t think that Jason will be able to keep on dieting while his wife is so enthusiastically taking ______________________________. He stands no chance. • At lunch, Lucy ate a sandwich made with ______________________________ stuffed with roast beef, Gouda cheese, fresh lettuce leaves and some savoury mustard2. • Fettuccine Alfredo with chicken is most diners’ favourite ______________________________ in Kırıntı Café. The whiff3 of cream soaked4 curls of scrumptious5 fettuccine stalks6 blend with fragrant basil and reach your nose tantalizingly, making you desperate to order a second helping. • The hot burger warmed the puffy7 bread which also included oozing8 cheddar cheese, lettuce leaves, onion rings and a blend of savoury condiments9. Alice first took a bite from the still steaming hamburger, and then she took a huge swig10 from her ___________________________ before losing herself in the wonders of excellent taste. PERSONAL HYGIENE COOKERY CLASSES WHOLEMEAL BREAD PASTA DISH FIZZY DRINK • To develop a certain disease • ‘Hardal’ as in Turkish • A slight smell of something • Wet with the liquid around it • Delicious • A thin upright object • Soft and full of air • The slow flowing action of some thick fluid • A powder or liquid added to give a special taste to food • To drink something in large mouthfulls

8. 1 HOST A DINNER PARTY TAKE A SIP 2 LIVE ON A STRICT DIET 5 SKIP MEALS 3 COME AS A RELIEF 4 • After savouring1 the tender2 steak in his mouth, Jason ___________________________ from his wine. • ______________________________ is as unhealthy as binging on3 food. Instead of going to the extremes, everyone should consider eating in moderation. • It is no wonder Sandra didn’t eat lunch yesterday. Lately, she has been in the habit of ______________________________ and starving herself to death when everyone else is enjoying their meals in the cafeteria. • Fifteen teenagers were to be filmed learning to cook in Jamie’s show, and Brianna was worried about not getting noticed ahead of other applicants. Luckily, hearing her name among the winners ______________________________ to the anxiety stricken4 poor Brianna. • Michelle is ______________________________ for over a hundred guests, and I think she will need an army of friends to help her out in the kitchen! TOOK A SIP SKIPPING MEALS LIVING ON A STRICT DIET CAME AS A RELIEF HOSTING A DINNER PARTY • To fully enjoy the taste of something • Tender food is well cooked, and therefore easy to • cut and eat • To do too much of something, such as eating or drinking, • in a short period of time • Very badly affected by worry

9. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION COLLOCATIONS I realised with horror that I had burnt the duck in the oven. MY Click for a sentence transformation exercise. Use the key word that appears on the right to complete the sentence with a maximum of 4 other words. To my horror, I realised I had burnt the duck in the oven. For months, Sally has been starving herself dieting. LIVING living on a strict diet. For months, Sally has been People who don’t care about being clean fall ill more often. PERSONAL personal hygiene People who don’t mind are more likely to contract a disease. The arrival of help ended our apprehension. AS came as a relief to us. The arrival of help Sally is learning to cook. TAKING Sally is taking cookery classes.