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| about to |
When you are about to do something, you are ready to do it and almost starting to do it. If you are about to take a bite of a sandwich, you are holding up the sandwich and your mouth is open. |
| accompany |
When you accompany one thing with another thing, you add the second thing to make the first thing better or more complete. You might accompany your guitar playing with the beat of a drum to make your sound more complete. You might accompany your sandwich with a glass of juice to make your lunch better. [1/3 definitions] |
| besides |
If, besides a sandwich, you had potato chips with your lunch, it means that you had more than a sandwich for lunch. You also had potato chips. [1/3 definitions] |
| BLT |
a toasted sandwich made with bacon, lettuce, and tomato. |
| bologna |
Bologna is something made of meat, spices, and salt. People often eat round slices of bologna in a sandwich. Bologna is really a big, fat sausage, but when we see it in a store, it is usually already cut into slices. |
| burger |
a sandwich made with cooked ground beef that has been made into a flat, round shape, or the flat, round patty of ground meat itself. [2 definitions] |
| charge |
When someone charges a certain amount of money for something, they ask people to pay that amount of money for it. If a store charges six dollars for a sandwich, it means that they want you to pay six dollars for it. [1/9 definitions] |
| consist |
If a test consists of twenty questions, it means that it is made up of twenty questions. If your lunch consists of a sandwich, then a sandwich is what your lunch is, and there is nothing else. |
| hamburger |
ground beef, or a round, flat patty of ground beef, or the sandwich in which such meat is commonly served after it is cooked.. |
| leave out |
When you leave out something, you don't put it in. If you mom leaves out your sandwich from your lunch bag, it means she didn't put it in. Sometimes you leave something out because you just forgot to put it in, but sometimes you leave something out because you decide you don't want it. |
| sandwich |
A sandwich is something we often eat for lunch. You make a sandwich by putting meat or some other food between two pieces of bread. [2 definitions] |
| sub |
a sandwich made on a long roll; submarine sandwich. [1/4 definitions] |
| swap |
If you swap things with someone, you trade them. If you swap sandwiches with your friend at lunch, your take their sandwich and they take yours. |
| trade |
If you give your friend your sandwich and she gives you hers, you are doing a trade. [1/5 definitions] |
| wrap |
a food that is like a rolled sandwich. A wrap consists of a filling such as meat or vegetables rolled up in a thin, smooth layer of soft bread. [1/7 definitions] |
| yourself |
If you see yourself in a mirror, the person you are seeing in the mirror is you. If you make a sandwich for yourself, the person you are making it for is you. [1/2 definitions] |
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