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**Ordering at a restaurant🍴**
Carlos has trouble at a restaurant.

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🟢 Beginner:

Carlos wants chicken.
"I want chicken, please," he says.
The waiter brings fish.
"No, chicken!" he says.
"Oh!" The waiter brings chicken.
Carlos smiles.

Expression: to mix it up (when things are confused or switched by mistake)
• Chicken (noun, a bird animal, which lays eggs)
• Fish (noun, an animal that lives in water)
• Bring (verb, take a person or thing from one place to another)
• Waiter (noun, a person who serves food at a restaurant)
• Order (verb, to ask for food or drink in a restaurant)
• Please (adverb, used to make a polite request)

Example:
Emma wanted sugar in her coffee, but she grabbed the salt instead. She took a sip and made a face. "Oh no! I mixed it up!"

🟡 Intermediate:

Carlos was excited to try a new dish. "I’ll have the special," he asked, but when the plate arrived, it wasn’t what he expected.
"I thought I ordered pasta?" he questioned. The waiter apologized. "Oh! You said ‘pesto,’ not ‘pasta’!"
Carlos laughed. "Well, let’s see if I like it!"

Expression: A misunderstanding (when someone does not correctly hear or understand something)
• Dish (noun, a type of food served as part of a meal)
• Special (noun, a unique or limited-time meal at a restaurant)
• Expected (adjective, something that was supposed to happen)
• Apologize (verb, to say sorry for a mistake)
• Laugh (verb, to make a sound when something is funny)

Example:
Sophie texted her friend, "Meet me at the library at 4."
At 4:30, her friend called. "Where are you?"
"I’m at the library!" Sophie said.
"Oh… I thought you meant the café next to the library! What a misunderstanding!"

🔴 Advanced:

Carlos sat down at a fancy restaurant, eager to impress his date.
He confidently ordered in the local language, but when his plate arrived, he was staring at a steaming plate of snails.
His date chuckled. "I didn’t know you liked escargot!"
He forced a smile. "Neither did I!" and took a brave bite.

Expression: Bite off more than you can chew (to take on something bigger or more difficult than expected)
• Fancy (adjective, expensive, stylish, or elegant)
• Eager (adjective, excited and ready to do something)
• Impress (verb, to make someone admire you)
• Steaming (adjective, very hot, usually with visible steam)
• Chuckle (verb, to laugh quietly)

Example:
Liam signed up for a marathon even though he had never run more than a mile.
Halfway through the race, he gasped for air and thought, "I really bit off more than I can chew!" - it was a lot more difficult than he had originally thought!

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Ordering at a restaurant