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I didn’t feel like cooking, so we ordered food instead.
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I didn’t feel like cooking, so we ordered food instead.
Study notes
How to use in different contexts
Giving Advice
If you don’t feel like cooking, you could order takeout instead.
Describing Habits
On busy weeknights, we often order food because we don't have time to cook.
Asking About Others
Did you feel like cooking tonight, or did you order in?
Sharing Hypotheticals
If we hadn't ordered food, we would have gone hungry.
Rephrased versions
Formal
Due to a lack of culinary inclination, we opted for food delivery.
Casual
We were too lazy to cook, so we got pizza.
Simpler English
We didn't want to cook, so we got food delivered.
Phrases to learn
feel like cooking
To have the desire or energy to cook.
ordered food instead
To choose to have food delivered or purchased from a restaurant as an alternative to cooking.