The Weekend - Ordering Drinks (C0312)

A:  What Can I get you?
B:  I’ll have a Cosmo please.
C:  Dude! You can’t order a Cosmo! That’s a ladies drink, you’re embarrasing me!
B:  What are you talking about? It’s a good drink!
C:  It’s too soft! Order something with a little more kick to it!
B:  Fine! I’ll have a sex on the beach.
C:  You have to be kidding me!
B:  Come on! It’s delicious! Especially when served in a pineapple or coconut.
C:  Forget it, I’m ordering for you. I’ll have a Scotch on the rocks and my friend here will have a Manhattan. Put it on my tab. Here now this is a real drink!
B:  That’s strong! This is going to get me wasted!
C:  That’s the idea!

Key Vocabulary

dudeinformal way of calling a man
kickpower
taban account of expenses that is required to be paid when wanted.
wasteddrunk
kiddingfool or joke
orderask for something
cosmoname of a drink
sex on the beachalcoholic drink that contains Schnapps, peach Vodka, Cranberry Juice and Orange Juice

Supplementary Vocabulary

bloody maryalchoholic drink that contains vodka, tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce,Tabasco sauce, celery stick and ground white pepper
hang overUnpleasant physical effects following the heavy use of alcohol
bouncera person who is employed at a bar or nightclub to eject disorderly persons.
disk jockeya person who selects, plays, and announces records at a nightclub or radio station

Online Review and Discussion.   ©2010 Praxis Language Ltd.