The context is _ two guys talking _. They’RE rememberING their sister's arrival and the meal she _ cooked. It was disgusting, and one of them said "I won't EAT it AGAIN!". The second guy remembers the taste too and AGREES THAT it was so _ awful that he understands his brother's DESIRE to TELL her that he WON’T eat anything she _ cookS (EVER) AGAIN. Like [no comma] mentioning THE Future in the Past in a sentence where there ARE no Past actions,<[comma] but they are INFERRED.

1) Why can't I say "like"? I meant it for soemthing like

"The context is about something lik" there are ..."
"The context is kind of: there are..."
"The context is, for example: there are..."
It seems less strict and categorical with one of these phrases. It's just a filler word or it's incorrect to add "like" there?

2) Why can't I add "there are" for "two guys talking"? It seems to be requirable. Otherwise it would looke like
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I want to tell you a story. The story is:

"Five best friends. They always used to travel much and visit ancient places of the Earth like castles, citadels, palaces and so forth. One day something mystical happened and they..."

Doesn't it seem to be incorrect? Wouldn't it be better if we start thus:

"There are five best friends. They always..."

3) It's very interesting! You mean that

"remember" = "keep in mind", "retain in the memory"

"Be remembering" = "be reminiscing/recalling/recollecting"

?

4) "their sister's arrival and the meal she _ cooked"

Understood. We should use Past Simple because "cooked" was after "arrival". If we had had

their sister's departure and the meal she ... cooked

would it have been "had cooked"? In this case "cooked" happened before "departure". So, should be correct, I think.

5) Eat - understood :D

6) Why can't I say "anymore" in
"I won't eat it"?

7) Why "agrees" instead of "says" in

"the second guy remembers the taste, too and ... that it was"

8) Why not "so much awful" but "so awful"? I know we can use "much" in

It was much better

Maybe we can use "much" in this case only with comparative words?

Much tronger, much better, much more etc.

while "awful" is not the comparative form.

9) "brother's wish" is wrong? Why "desire"? And why "tell" instead of "say"?

10) On of the most interesting moments:

that he WON’T eat anything she _ cookS (EVER) AGAIN

I am worried it can mean that he won't eat anything she cooks in the future since today but not in the future since past. It's more suitable for the situation when the sister has just arrived and cooked that bad stuff. They both have tried and decided to tell her about her terrible cooking capabilities. He's not told her anything but is going to. SO, he won't eat anything she cooks in the future since now. But in my context all of that already happened and they are just remembering it.

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Don't understand "cooks". I know that in Conditional sentences in the "if/when(and others)" parts we mean future but write present but this sentence doesn't seem to be conditional.

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"Again" - the same thing in the 6th paragraph.

11) THE Future in the Past in a sentence where there ARE no Past actions,<[comma] but they are INFERRED.

The - grammatical tense has the "the" article. Clear.

I wrote "there are" because people always say "there's a lot of people". A stupid mistake. Agree.

Why is "meant" bad here?

*12) When I was writing the 6th paragraph I made up one more inetersting moment. Can I combine two sentences

Why can't I say "anymore"?

Why do i have to use "again"

into one sentence?

Why can't I say "anymore" and have to use "again"?