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    grate

    US /ɡret/

    ・

    UK /ɡreɪt/

    B2
    v.t.Transitive VerbTo shred food into very small pieces
    You need to grate the cheese before putting it on the eggs
    v.i.Intransitive VerbTo be unpleasantly harsh or annoying
    These words grate inside me and I do not like them

    Video subtitles

    Your Microwave's Most Underrated Button | Techniquely with Lan Lam

    10:46Your Microwave's Most Underrated Button | Techniquely with Lan Lam
    • For frico, you're gonna wanna use a hard cheese and grate it.

      For frico, you're gonna wanna use a hard cheese and grate it.

    • and grate it.

      and grate it.

    B1

    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters

    17:28A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters
    • nobody under the sofa; a small fire  in the grate; spoon and basin ready;  

      nobody under the sofa; a small fire  in the grate; spoon and basin ready;  

    B2

    Conan O’Brien on Prince Lying to Him, Interviewing Obama and "Conan O’Brien Must Go"

    10:43Conan O’Brien on Prince Lying to Him, Interviewing Obama and "Conan O’Brien Must Go"
    • That's the format, and now I talk to people for an hour, and I just talked to, you know, one of my all-time heroes from when I was a kid, Carol Burnett, and talked to her for an hour, and I left the interview, and I'm driving home thinking about me as a kid sitting on the heating grate, you know, in Brookline, Mass, with my family, because whoever got the heating grate got the heat, and watching Carol Burnett, and how she was television comedy to me for a while, and the fact that I just spent an hour with her and had a mind meld, and I'm practically crying.

      That's the format, and now I talk to people for an hour, and I just talked to, you know, one of my all-time heroes from when I was a kid, Carol Burnett, and talked to her for an hour, and I left the interview, and I'm driving home thinking about me as a kid sitting on the heating grate, you know, in Brookline, Mass, with my family, because whoever got the heating grate got the heat, and watching Carol Burnett, and how she was television comedy to me for a while, and the fact that I just spent an hour with her and had a mind meld, and I'm practically crying.

    • and I'm driving home thinking about me as a kid sitting on the heating grate on, you know, in, in Brookline, Mass, with my family, because whoever got the heating grate got the heat.

      and I'm driving home thinking about me as a kid sitting on the heating grate on, you know, in, in Brookline, Mass, with my family, because whoever got the heating grate got the heat.

    A2

    Porphyria's Lover By Robert Browning

    03:59Porphyria's Lover By Robert Browning
    • She shut the cold out and the storm, And kneeled and made the cheerless grate

      She shut the cold out and the storm, And kneeled and made the cheerless grate

    B2

    Tokyo’s BIGGEST Christmas Tree 🎄2023 Adventure

    13:10Tokyo’s BIGGEST Christmas Tree 🎄2023 Adventure
    • He preferred to play with the grate on the ground but you know he's 2.9 years old so it's okay.

      He preferred to play with the grate on the ground but you know he's 2.9 years old so it's okay.

    A2

    Learn Real-Life English: What I Eat Every Day | Comprehensible Input

    16:39Learn Real-Life English: What I Eat Every Day | Comprehensible Input
    • So the first thing we're going to do is to grate some of this delicious farm fresh cheese.

      So the first thing we're going to do is to grate some of this delicious farm fresh cheese.

    • This, my friends, this is called a cheese grater and you use it to grate to grate cheese.

      This, my friends, this is called a cheese grater and you use it to grate to grate cheese.

    B1

    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Audiobook with subtitles and a warm fire. Read by Greg Wagland.

    14:37A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Audiobook with subtitles and a warm fire. Read by Greg Wagland.
    • A small fire in the grate, spoon and basin ready, and

      A small fire in the grate, spoon and basin ready, and

    • the table, nobody under the sofa; a small fire in the grate; spoon and

      the table, nobody under the sofa; a small fire in the grate; spoon and

    B2

    Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson | Full Audiobook

    28:58Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson  | Full Audiobook
    • the grate; a lamp was set lighted on the chimney  shelf, for even in the houses the fog began to  

      the grate; a lamp was set lighted on the chimney  shelf, for even in the houses the fog began to  

    • The fire burned in the grate; a lamp was set lighted on the chimney-shelf;

      The fire burned in the grate; a lamp was set lighted on the chimney-shelf;

    B1

    Tacos | Basics with Babish

    11:22Tacos | Basics with Babish
    • and that's just what we're doing. Putting these guys right on the stove grate until they turn black on the outside.

      and that's just what we're doing. Putting these guys right on the stove grate until they turn black on the outside.

    • and that's just what we're doing, putting these guys right on the stove grate until they turn black on the outside.

      and that's just what we're doing, putting these guys right on the stove grate until they turn black on the outside.

    B2

    British Breakfast - Hash Browns, Baked Beans, Mushrooms, Sausages, Bacon & Eggs

    12:37British Breakfast - Hash Browns, Baked Beans, Mushrooms, Sausages, Bacon & Eggs
    • Grate these using the bigger part of the grater so that we have thin strips.

      Grate these using the bigger part of the grater so that we have thin strips.

    • So, once you grate them, put the grated potatoes back into the water.

      So, once you grate them, put the grated potatoes back into the water.

    B1