Tea, Biscuits and Meal Names
Tea orders, biscuits, and what tea, dinner and supper mean.
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- Fancy a cuppa?Would you like a cup of tea?
- I'm putting the kettle on, d'you want oneIn offices, if you make a drink you offer one to the people near you.
- How do you take it?How do you like your tea or coffee?
- Builder's tea, pleaseStrong black tea with milk, often with sugar.
- Fancy a brew?'Brew' means tea, especially in the North.
Meal names6
- What are you having for your tea?'Tea' here means the evening meal.
- What time's dinner?'Dinner' can mean lunch (schools have 'dinner ladies') or the evening meal.
- Come round for supperUsually an evening meal and sounds a bit more middle-class.
- Are you coming for Sunday lunch?A roast dinner on Sunday (meat, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, gravy).
- Fancy a takeaway tonight?Food bought from a restaurant to eat at home.
- Let's get a chippy teaFish and chips from the chip shop ('chippy') for the evening meal.
Food words4
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