Collocation
cook dinner
Definition
to prepare the evening meal by heating and combining ingredients
'cook dinner' is a common English collocation. to prepare the evening meal by heating and combining ingredients
cook + dinner
“I usually cook dinner at around 7 p.m.”
Examples
- I _____ dinner every night after work.
- Can you _____ dinner while I help the kids with homework?
- We _____ dinner together on Sundays.
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- She _____ dinner early because we have guests at six.
- He’s _____ dinner right now, so please set the table.
- I don’t feel like _____ dinner tonight, so let’s get takeout.
- By the time you got home, we had already _____ dinner.
- If you _____ dinner, I’ll do the dishes.
- They rarely _____ dinner at home during the week because they work late.
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