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whip up a storm

English translation: Create a wonderful meal and really impress everyone

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English term or phrase:whip up a storm
Selected answer:Create a wonderful meal and really impress everyone
Entered by: Anna Maria Augustine (X)

14:23 Nov 22, 2005
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations / food
English term or phrase: whip up a storm
[context]
If you have not had enough of our great food while on holiday here, it's certainly a good idea to fit in a cooking class or two! Learn to whip up a storm during your stay in Singapore and impress everyone back home. Singapore offers cooking classes at various academies, including academy at-sunrice and the Raffles Culinary Academy.
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create a wonderful meal and really impress everyone
Explanation:
...:)

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-11-22 14:27:43 GMT)
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to whip up means to do it quickly
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Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 11:53
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +10create a wonderful meal and really impress everyone
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
5 +1cook extensively both in time (spent on cooking) and in quantity (of prepared food)
Besmir (X)
3 +3make a splash/cook like a professional
BrigitteHilgner
4learn everything in a high level
Clauwolf


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cook extensively both in time (spent on cooking) and in quantity (of prepared food)


Explanation:
as above...

Besmir (X)
Local time: 11:53
Native speaker of: Native in BosnianBosnian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  awilliams: the cookery course would probably involve a lot of cooking and preparation of a lot of food but "whipping up a storm" is to do with cooking quickly and doesn't necessarily imply using a lot of food (although it could)//the emphasis is on speed
1 hr
  -> Amy... when X comes back from cookery course in Thailand and invites his aunt Edna to come over for dinner, the last thing she would expect is Thai tofu with a boiled egg at a side, wouldn't you say? :-)
agree  gtreyger (X): I'd say that Besmir is 100% correct. Whipping up a storm does not imply speed.
1 day 13 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
learn everything in a high level


Explanation:
:)

Clauwolf
Local time: 06:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
create a wonderful meal and really impress everyone


Explanation:
...:)

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-11-22 14:27:43 GMT)
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to whip up means to do it quickly

Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 11:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ken Cox: agree with the idea of doing it quickly. 'whip up a storm' suggests getting maximum results (or at least impressive results) in relatively little time..
5 mins
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agree  Kim Metzger: Create a sensational meal in no time.
33 mins
  -> Thank you
agree  Lori Utecht/Vívian M Alves
39 mins
  -> Thank you
agree  awilliams: with Kenneth and Kim
1 hr
  -> Thank you
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
1 hr
  -> Thanks
agree  Will Matter: Make a fantastic meal in no time at all. "Whip up a storm and blow their socks off".
3 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
6 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  KNielsen
1 day 9 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  gtreyger (X)
1 day 13 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Sonia Soros
6 days
  -> Thanks
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
make a splash/cook like a professional


Explanation:
It seems clear to me ...

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 11:53
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Will Matter: This answer is also completely acceptable.
3 hrs
agree  Romanian Translator (X)
6 hrs
agree  gtreyger (X)
1 day 13 hrs
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