like: das Essen → →
das Essen ☊ 
bữa ăn ☊ 
☊ Das Essen schmeckt dort sehr gut. ☊ Thức ăn ở đó rất ngon. ☊ (Lektion 9, Nr. 91) Das Essen war sehr gut. Es war sehr nett von dir, dass du mich eingeladen hast. ☊ Bữa ăn ngon tuyệt. Cám ơn anh đã mời em. ☊ (Lektion 15, Nr. 163) The food was acceptable, but no more. ☊ acceptable ☊
The food was not actually all that expensive. ☊ actually ☊
Dinner's almost ready. ☊ almost ☊
The food was good and we loved the music. Altogether it was a great evening. ☊ altogether ☊
The meal couldn't have been better. ☊ better ☊
The food was excellent—I had no cause for complaint. ☊ cause ☊
We did not even make enough money to cover the cost of the food. ☊ cost ☊
cost sb sth: The meal cost us about £40. ☊ cost ☊
Who's doing (= organizing and preparing) the food for the wedding reception? ☊ do ☊
finish sth: A cup of coffee finished the meal perfectly. ☊ finish ☊
fit for sb/sth: The food was not fit for human consumption. ☊ fit ☊
The meal worked out at $20 a head. ☊ a/per head ☊
Just heat up the food in the microwave. ☊ heat sth up ☊
I won't be going there again in a hurry—the food was terrible. ☊ sb will not do sth again in a hurry ☊
The meal was very ordinary. ☊ ordinary ☊
Volunteers were ready and waiting to pack the food in boxes. ☊ ready ☊
Come on, dinner's ready! ☊ ready ☊
He made a number of rude remarks about the food. ☊ remark ☊
The food wasn't enough to satisfy his hunger. ☊ satisfy ☊
The food was good but the service was very slow. ☊ service ☊
Dinner smells good. ☊ smell ☊
Food will be served in the hospitality tent (= for example at an outdoor show). ☊ tent ☊
The meal with wine came to $20 each. ☊ with ☊
The rooms were awful and the food was worse. ☊ worse ☊