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* 19 Going for a Drink, Eating Out (p.2 of 3)

19.7ï¿½ï¿½ When you place an order at a fast-food place

Give me a burger and fries.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½May I take your order, please?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Give me a burger and fries.ï¿½>

I'd like a burger and fries.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½What would you like?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Iï¿½d like a burger and fries.ï¿½>

Give me a cheeseburger and a shake.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½What will it be?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Give me a cheeseburger and a shake.ï¿½>

I'll have a burger and a shake.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½What will you have?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Iï¿½ll have a burger and a shake.ï¿½>

Give me a small soda.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½May I help you?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Give me a small soda.ï¿½>

I'll have a soda.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Can I help you?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Iï¿½ll have a soda.ï¿½>

No ice, please.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Is there anything I can get for you?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Give me a glass of ginger ale. No ice, please.ï¿½>

Can I have some napkins?ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ (used with can or may or could)ï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Oh, Miss! Can I have some napkins?ï¿½>

I'll have the same.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ A ï¿½I am ordering the same thing that the person before me has just ordered.ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½What are you going to order?ï¿½ï¿½ ï¿½Iï¿½ll have the same.ï¿½>

The same for me.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Can I take your order?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½The same for me.ï¿½>

Make it two.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½May I take your order?ï¿½ ï¿½ (Customer #1) ï¿½Iï¿½ll have a sandwich and a small salad.ï¿½ (Customer #2) ï¿½Make it two. I always order what my wife does.ï¿½>

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19.8ï¿½ï¿½ When you order food to take out or to eat in a shop

To go, please.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Here is our order. Two burgers and two large sodas. To go, please.ï¿½>

I'd like that to go.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Give me a chicken sandwich and a milk shake. I would like that to go.ï¿½>

I'll eat it here.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½A garden salad, please. I will eat it here.ï¿½>

It's for here.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Iï¿½ll have a breakfast combo and a banana split. Itï¿½s for here.ï¿½>

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19.9ï¿½ï¿½ When you ask for a table in a restaurant

A table for one, please. Listen < – “Do you want your table inside or on the terrace?” – “It’s kind of cold outside. I like that table by the fireplace.”>

A table for two.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ < ï¿½ ï¿½Do you have a reservation?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½No, we donï¿½t.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Then, thereï¿½ll be a fifteen-minute wait.ï¿½>

Two, please.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½How many people do you have in your party?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Two, please.ï¿½>

We are a party of four.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½How many people?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½We are a party of four.ï¿½>

I have a reservation. The name is Johnson.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ < ï¿½ ï¿½I see Johnson on my list. Weï¿½ll have your table ready in just a few minutes.ï¿½>

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19.10ï¿½ï¿½ When you wait for somebody else in a restaurant

I'm waiting for someone else.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ < ï¿½ ï¿½Would you like to order a drink while you are waiting?ï¿½>

I am expecting someone else.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ < ï¿½ ï¿½Can I get you something to drink? Coffee?ï¿½>

My friend will be along shortly.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Are you waiting for someone?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½My friend will be along shortly.ï¿½>

We are waiting for another couple.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Will someone be joining you?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½We are waiting for another couple.ï¿½>

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19.11ï¿½ï¿½ When you request attention from a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

Oh, waiter!ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Oh, waiter! We are ready to order.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Just a moment.ï¿½>

Oh, Miss!ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Oh, Miss! We are ready for desert.ï¿½>

Excuse me, ma'am.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Excuse me, maï¿½am. May I have more hot water, please?ï¿½>

Pardon me, ma'am.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Pardon me, maï¿½am. Can I have the check?ï¿½>

Can you come here when you have a minute?ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ (used with can or could)ï¿½ï¿½ < ï¿½ ï¿½Iï¿½ll be with you in a minute.ï¿½>

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19.12ï¿½ï¿½ When you ask for something to drink in a restaurant

I'd like some coffee.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Would you care for a drink?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½I would like some coffee.ï¿½>

I'd like an espresso.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Would anyone like coffee?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½I would like an espresso.ï¿½>

I'd like tea.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Would you like something to drink first?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½I would like tea.ï¿½>

Just coffee for the moment.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Would you care for some wine?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Just coffee for the moment.ï¿½>

Just coffee for now.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Would you like to start with a cocktail?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Just coffee for now.ï¿½>

Coffee, please.ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Is there anything I can get you?ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Coffee, please.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Do you need cream and sugar?ï¿½>

Can you get me a glass of water?ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ (used with can or could)ï¿½ï¿½ <ï¿½Could you get me a glass of water? No ice, please.ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½Sure. Just a minute.ï¿½>

Could I have some water, please?ï¿½ï¿½ Listenï¿½ï¿½ (used with can or may or could)ï¿½ï¿½ < ï¿½ ï¿½Surely. Can I have your glass?ï¿½>

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