Taste · Food and eating
sour
sharp acidic taste
Sour food has a sharp taste like lemon or vinegar.
Hear it in real life
What does the sauce taste like?
Quite sour. There must be a lot of vinegar in it.
The yoghurt had gone sour, so I threw it away.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
Sour is the ordinary word people use to describe this taste.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: This lemon is very sweet-sour.
Say: This lemon is really sour.
Use 'sour' for a sharp, lemony taste; 'sweet and sour' is a sauce.
Say it together
Whole chunks natives use with it.
taste sour
The milk tasted sour, so I poured it away.
These grapes taste sour because they are not ripe yet.
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about taste.
a hint of ___
There's a hint of lemon in the sauce.
it tastes like ___
It tastes like homemade soup.
Taste words
Food and eating · Taste: the words around “sour”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
It's really sour.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
sour
sharp acidic taste
“The yoghurt had gone sour, so I threw it away.”
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