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# Egg

## Common expressions

* boil / fry / **scramble** / **poach** an egg
* break an egg
* a chicken lays eggs
* a hard-boiled / soft-boiled egg
* a fried egg
* scramble eggs
* a dozen eggs

## Exercise

Common expressions Match the halves:

1. 1. How long does it take to boil an egg? - g
2. I fried myself an egg and a couple of *rashers* of bacon. - d
3. I'd like to know how many eggs a chicken lays in a week. - b
4. We had *scrambled* eggs on toast for breakfast. - c
5. Can you get me half a dozen eggs, when you are at the supermarket? - f
6. Do you like the yolk in your fried eggs hard or runny? - e
7. Would you like your egg hard-boiled or soft-boiled? - a