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doggy bag - a bag or container to take home food that a cus­
tomer could not finish at a restaurant

• This salad was huge. I'm going to need a doggy bag.

leftovers - food that is not eaten at a meal; extra food that is
eaten later

• After our big Thanksgiving dinner, we had leftovers for three
days. We were all sick of eating turkey by then!

(to) lose one's appetite -to not want to eat any more due to a
bad experience

• After finding a hair in her soup, Andrea lost her appetite.

medium rare - cooked just past the raw stage

• This steak is overcooked. I ordered it medium rare, but it's
brown in the middle.

pet peeve - an annoyance; a particular thing that bothers some­
one more than the average person

• Paul hates it when people talk on their cell phones while driv­
ing. That's his pet peeve.

round of drinks - drinks for a whole group

• Ed offered to buy all of his friends at the bar a round of drinks.

stuffed - to be completely full

• After eating five pieces of fried chicken each, we were all too
stuffed to eat any dessert.

(to) turn down the music- to lower the volume of the music

• I can't hear you. Can you please turn down the music?

(to) work on - to eat; to finish eating

• When the waitress asked me if I was finished with my lobster,
I said, "No, I'm still working on it."

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