CharmYou Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Many things in cafeteria I don't know how to say
Many things cafeteria I don't know how to say:
1. How to express the idea of moving the food from my plate to your plate. Don't you usually do that? I mean, if I want to have a taste of your soup, I can use a spoon to move a spoon of soup from your bowl to mine. What do you say to describe this action?
2. What do you call the person in the cafeteria that give you food. I mean, if you want a steak, then the person moves the steak from a big big box to your bowl, and you have to pay by your card and it is this person who input a money to make the transaction.(I mean, to make the money on your card less and less to finish the payment) Do you call this person cafeteria assistant?
3. How to express the idea of paying by card? I have punched my card. You punched 100 yuan from my card. Is what Im saying clear?
1. How to express the idea of moving the food from my plate to your plate. Don't you usually do that? I mean, if I want to have a taste of your soup, I can use a spoon to move a spoon of soup from your bowl to mine. What do you say to describe this action?
2. What do you call the person in the cafeteria that give you food. I mean, if you want a steak, then the person moves the steak from a big big box to your bowl, and you have to pay by your card and it is this person who input a money to make the transaction.(I mean, to make the money on your card less and less to finish the payment) Do you call this person cafeteria assistant?
3. How to express the idea of paying by card? I have punched my card. You punched 100 yuan from my card. Is what Im saying clear?
Top answer
CharmYou 1. How to express the idea of moving the food from my plate to your plate. Don't you usually do that?
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CharmYou1. How to express the idea of moving the food from my plate to your plate. Don't you usually do that? I mean, if I want to have a taste of your soup, I can use a spoon to move a spoon of soup from your bowl to mine. What do you say to describe this action?Let me take some of your soup.
CharmYou2. What do you call the person in
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enoonhe debited my card.Can I say he did his card?
And I think the action is not done by the card owner but the cafeteria lady. The cafeteria lady input some digits to minus money from your card. So if the cafeteria lady inputted an wrong number, what should I say to her?
You killed 20 yuan from my card, but you should have killed only 2 yuan. Yo
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CharmYouCan I say he did his card?I wouldn't. I think she takes money off your card. "You took 20 yuan off my card, but it only cost two. Please put 18 yuan back on."
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