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Dialogues: eating out

 
Borrowing
Clothes shop
Eating out
Electrical shop
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Finding a flat
Preferences
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Telephone
W: Good evening.
C: A table for two please.
W: Certainly. Just here, sir.
C: Could we sit by the window?
W: I'm sorry. The window tables are all reserved.
W: Are you ready to order, sir?
C: Yes. I'll have tomato soup for starters and my wife would like prawn cocktail.
W: One tomato soup and one prawn cocktail. What would you like for main course?
C: I'll have the plaice and my wife would like the shepherd's pie.
W: I'm afraid the plaice is off.
C: Oh dear. What do you recommend?
W: The steak pie is very good.
C: OK I'll have that.
W: Would you like anything to drink?
C: Yes, a bottle of red wine please.

Practice
You are eating in a restaurant.
Make conversations.