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sugar

US /ˈʃʊɡɚ/

noun Target · B2 Ăn uống

Definition

a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Would you like some sugar in your coffee this morning?

Collocations

  • Easy cup of sugar
    to cup of sugar, meaning to form into the shape of a cup
  • Medium blood sugar monitoring device
    to blood sugar monitoring device, meaning to smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
  • Hard sugar commodity futures trading
    to sugar commodity futures trading, meaning to sweeten with sugar
  • Very Hard sugar the pill of bitter restructuring
    to sugar the pill of bitter restructuring, meaning to sweeten with sugar

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