sewing tools

sewing tools     

sewing machine                                                 

    

   

 weaving machine 

    

safety pin

safety pin 

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a metal pin for fastening things together. The point of the pin fits into a cover so that it cannot hurt you 

Laundry

Laundry   

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clothes, sheets etc that need to be washed or have just been washed 

dry cleaning

dry cleaning  

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to clean clothes etc with chemicals instead of water 

rats

rats   

used to show annoyance  

Rats! I forgot to buy any bread 

spring water

spring water 

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 a place where water comes up naturally from the ground 

spring water  

  

Spring Water Bottles  

eclair

eclair   

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a long cake covered with chocolate and filled with cream   

Shopping Cart

Shopping Cart 

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a large metal basket on wheels that you push around when you are shopping in a supermarket 

trolley

trolley 

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a vehicle with no roof that is pulled by a horse and used for carrying heavy things  

bread bin

bread bin = bread box 

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a container that you keep bread in so that it stays fresh  

eclair   

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a long cake covered with chocolate and filled with cream   

breads

Rye breads 

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Rye bread is a wholemeal bread made from rye or a mix of rye and wheat flour. It was originally developed in Europe and is made in a wide variety of styles and shapes 

  

Fruit bread  

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Fruit breads use a normal bread recipe to which fruit and often sugar are added. Popular fruits used are raisins, currants, dates, orange peel and dried fruits such as apricots. Hot cross buns, eaten at Easter, and many fruit breads, also have spices added. Ingredients used to enhance appearance and flavour    of breads include cinnamon, nutmeg, egg wash    

               

breadbasket 

• a basket in which you keep or serve bread  
•  the part of a country or area that provides most of its food 

Zambia could be the breadbasket of Africa  

breads

Hearth breads  

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Some well known hearth breads include French sticks (bagettes) and Vienna bread which were traditionally baked directly on the hearth, that is, the brick  

floor of the ove 

 

Bagels  

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Bagels are round, chewy rolls about 10 cm in diameter with a hole in the middle  

                                        

Pita bread

Pita bread 

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Pita bread is a popular flatbread throughout the Middle East that has moved into Western cooking. Because it is delicious and easy to make 

pitch a tent/pitch camp

pitch a tent/pitch camp 

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to set up a tent or a camp for a short time 

Try and pitch your tent on level ground 

pitch in

pitch in   

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to join others and help with an activity 

or 

to join others and pay part of the money towards something 

Everyone pitched in with efforts to entertain the children

They all pitched in and the money was collected within a few days

pitch up

pitch up==turn up  

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to arrive somewhere 

Wait a bit longer - Bill hasn't pitched up yet

chalk and cheese

chalk and cheese 

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 completely different from each other  

The two brothers are as different as chalk and cheese 

barbed wire

barbed wire 

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wire with short sharp points on it 

a high barbed wire fence 

forehand

forehand 

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a way of hitting the ball in tennis and some other games, with the flat part of your hand facing the direction of the ball  

 

  backhand=/=forehand 

frisk

 frisk

to search someone for hidden weapons, drugs etc by feeling 

 their body with your hands 

We were frisked at the airport