Food & eating
a pinch of something
a very small amount of an ingredient
A pinch of an ingredient is a very small amount that you can hold between your finger and thumb.
Hear it in real life
How much pepper should I add?
Just a pinch of pepper.
Put a pinch of salt in the soup before you serve it.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Add a pinch from sugar.
Say: Add a pinch of sugar.
Use "of" to introduce the ingredient after "a pinch."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
add a pinch of salt; use a pinch of something
Your turn: say it out loud
Put a pinch of salt in the soup before you serve it.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
a pinch of something
a very small amount of an ingredient
“Put a pinch of salt in the soup before you serve it.”
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