fry

Everyday

1. To fry food is to cook it in hot oil or fat in a pan. tree →
2. Fries (plural) are long thin pieces of potato cooked in oil, called «chips» in the UK and Ireland. tree →
3. Fry are very young fish just hatched. tree →
4. "Small fry" can also mean unimportant people or things. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and cooking lessons: fry eggs, bacon, fish; «fish and chips»; «a fry-up» (UK breakfast). In science, fish life cycles go from egg to fry to adult. Phrases: «fry an egg», «French fries», «small fry» (unimportant people), «stir-fry».

Examples

• Can you fry an egg for me? tree →
• Mum fried the fish in a little oil. tree →
• I'd like a burger and fries. tree →
• The fry swam in the shallow water. tree →
• Let's make a stir-fry with vegetables. tree →
• Fry the onions until they are soft. tree →
• In the UK, fries are usually called chips. tree →
• Don't worry about him — he's just small fry. tree →
• "No small fry for me," he said. tree →

Note

Forms: fry, fries, fried, frying. Fish «fry» is the same in singular and plural: «a thousand fry». Safety: never leave a frying pan alone on the hob; if oil catches fire, never pour water on it — an adult covers it with a lid and turns off the heat. In maths, fries appear in money problems.