The best way to learn proper English is to read news report, and watch news on TV. Watching TV shows is a great way to learn casual English, slang words, understand culture reference and humor. If you have already watched these shows then you may recall the words used in the following dialogs.

...and pressed into service
as a PANCAKE cozy.
The Big Bang Theory Season 3, Episode 15

I mix PANCAKE batter in this.
The Big Bang Theory Season 1, Episode 11

and I'm an enabler who once
deep-fried a PANCAKE.
The Big Bang Theory Season 7, Episode 11