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Food & DiningThursday 15 October 2026

Instead of: "I am very hungry and my stomach makes sounds"

Say: "I'm starving and my stomach is growling"

Using "starving" and "growling" are more natural, expressive ways to describe intense hunger in English, rather than the literal and formal phrasing.

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