VI. Study the following and memorize useful words and phrases.
Dinner’s on me: entertaining and eating out A Paying the bill We'll split the bill, shall we? [each person will pay for him/herself] Lunch is on me today. [informal: I am paying for you] Will you join us [come with us] for dinner at the City Plaza hotel? We'd like you to be our guest [formal: we will pay] Let me get this. [informal: pay the bill this time] I was wined and dined every night by our New York office. [invited out to restaurants]
B Describing service A new Italian restaurant called Bella Roma has just opened in the High Street, and we went there the other night to try it. I couldn't help comparing it to the Casa Italia, where we I ate last week. In the Bella Roma, the service was impeccable and quick; at the Casa Italia it's always a bit sluggish2. In the new place the waiters are courteous3 and friendly without being overbearing4. In the other place they tend to be sullen5 and the service is rather brusque6,which I find very off-putting7. But at Bella Roma they'll go out of their way to give you what you want.
1 perfect, cannot be faulted 2 rather slow 3polite 4 too confident / too inclined to 5 bad-tempered / unwilling to smile 6 quick and rude 7 makes you feel you do not want to go there again 8 do everything possible
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