to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
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to have a meal / to eat / to make a living
to be startled / to be shocked / to be amazed
tasty / delicious
to be fond of eating / to be gluttonous
to feel jealous (esp. because of a rival in love or affection)
(idiom) astounded / flabbergasted / taken aback
to be a vegetarian
to entail strenuous effort / to toil at a task / strenuous / laborious / strain
to suffer losses / to come to grief / to lose out / to get the worst of it / to be at a disadvantage / unfortunately
to be unable to tolerate or endure / to find sth difficult to manage
to take medicine
popular / in demand / well regarded
to eat and drink / food and drink
to bear hardships
to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers
way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc) / to be able to afford
(lit.) to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / (fig.) to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
street food / snack
unpalatable
gluttonous / voracious
(idiom) to ask for trouble / to make a rod for one's own back
to eat without paying / to eat for free
to stammer / to stutter / Taiwan pr. []
to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself
Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom) / One only learns from one's mistakes.
unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal
not feel like eating / be unable to eat any more
lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences
to be unable to bear or support
to be unaccustomed to certain food / to not be keen on certain food
sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
not be accustomed to eating sth / not be used to certain food
to be unsure about a matter / to be uncertain / to be unable to make sense of sth
be unpopular / won't work
(idiom) to devour (food) / (idiom) to shamelessly take advantage / to ruthlessly exploit
(coll.) to be incompetent / useless / good-for-nothing
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