Ken je dit woord?
serve star_border
sɝːv/
To serve (food or drink) is present (food or drink) to someone.
- Do they serve meals in the bar?
- The bartender served me a glass of wine.
- The waiter who served us was very attentive.
- A buffet breakfast is served in the restaurant from 06:30 to 10:00 during the week and from 07:30 to 10:30 at weekends and on public holidays.
- The soup was served cold, with chopped parsley sprinkled on top.
To serve + number of peope = (food or drink) is enough for (the number of people)
- We need to make enough pasta to serve ten people.
- All recipes in this book, unless otherwise stated, will serve four to five people.
Ken je dit woord?
takeout star_border
/ˈteɪk.aʊt/
When you order food from a restaurant but eat it at home, you can call it takeout.
- Due to COVID-19, more restaurant businesses have added delivery, takeout or other pickup options.
- We order takeout from Takeya at least twice a month, if not more.
- We order takeout from this place regularly, and I'm never disappointed.
- Takeout food is easy and frozen dinners are ready in a snap, but there's no substitute for home-cooked food.
M: Let's have Chinese takeout for dinner tonight. W: You totally read my mind! I just picked up a Chinese takeout of General Tao's Chicken from the Chinese restaurant around the corner. |
Ken je dit woord?
we're fully booked star_border
be fully booked = all seats, rooms, tickets have been booked already
- Unfortunately, we're fully booked.
- I'm sorry, but we're fully booked tonight, sir.
- I'm sorry, but all the flights to Athens are fully booked.
- All flights to New York were fully booked by people wanting to celebrate Christmas there.
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takeout
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