What is your biggest meal of the day?
Gareth / England
Probably, my biggest meal is dinner. I do skip meals, but that's because of my work schedule; it kind of prevents me from eating lunch until very late in the day. I like to have a big breakfast, so that I can prepare for that.
Warren / Canada
My biggest meal of the day is dinner. I think I heard it's actually not as healthy. I heard you should have a heavier breakfast and a lighter dinner, but just time-wise, it's easier for me to do that, and I end up wanting to eat a heavy dinner. But I never miss a meal; I always eat all three meals.
Kat / Germany
My biggest meal of the day is dinner. That is usually because I eat lunch in school, and it's never really good, so I kind of rush it and don't eat too much. Breakfast, I skip most every day. I don't want to, but I always oversleep, so I really don't have time for breakfast. I know that breakfast should be the biggest meal of the day, but that just never works out for me.
Paul / England
My biggest meal of the day is my evening meal, which I eat after finishing work, around seven or eight. I try not to skip meals. I always try to at least eat something, even if it's on the go. At times, with my job, I don't get time to eat a proper lunch or breakfast, so I tend to kind of snack quite a lot.
Tim / United States
Usually, my biggest meal is lunch, but sometimes, I'll have a very large dinner. It really depends on what I do during the day and when I take my meals. I'll have a big lunch on days that I skip breakfast, and I tend to skip breakfast a lot, because I sleep until the last minute before I have to go to classes.
Rese / Botswana
My biggest meal of the day would have to be dinner, and normally I skip breakfast because I can't wake up early enough to eat breakfast and make it to class because of my sleeping pattern.
prevent
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My work schedule prevents me from eating lunch.
To prevent something means to keep it from happening. Notice the following:
- My bum knee prevents me from running.
- The cold weather prevents the kids from playing outside.
heavy / light
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I heard you should have a heavier breakfast and a lighter dinner.
A big meal that makes a person full is called a heavy meal. A small, healthy meal is called a light meal. Notice the following:
- I usually eat a light lunch.
- We always have a heavy meal during the holidays.
skip
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Breakfast, I skip most every day.
When you skip something, you do not do it at its scheduled time. Notice the following:
- Because the weather was nice, the students skipped class.
- It is not healthy to skip two meals a day.
works out
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Breakfast should be the biggest meal of the day, but that just never works out for me.
When something does not work out, it is not effectoNotice the following:
- My new job is just not working out. I think I will quit.
- My first marriage did not work out well, but my second one is working out fine.
on the go
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I always try to at least eat something, even if it's on the go.
Notice the following:
- She is always on the go. She never stays still.
- With my new Adroid phone I can check e-mail on the go.
Vocabulary Quiz
work out • on the go