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If you are invited to go out for dinner at someone’s home, what do you bring? Food? Dessert? A bottle of wine? Flowers? A present?

Answers: Yes, Yes, Yes, No, No!

Check out the video to learn more (check out = look at) and look at the vocabulary explanation below for any words you didn’t understand.

Vocabulary:

My friend is apparently making us - My friend told me she is making us a fancy Turkish meal, I heard my friend is making us..

apparently - I heard, someone told me
* ‘apparently’ can also go at the beginning of a sentence.

fancy - very nice

If someone asks you for dinner - If someone asks you to come to his or her house for dinner

zerbert, raspberry - the name when someone sticks out his/his tongue and blows

So, to continue… - So, let me go on, So, let me continue, So, now I’ll continue…

An appetizer - the food you eat before the main meal

That’s pretty weird - That’s quite strange.

Maybe my cooking sucks - Maybe my cooking is bad, Maybe I can’t cook.

You can’t arrive empty-handed - You can’t arrive with nothing in your hands.

You may be charming - You may be funny/nice/interesting.

And, by the way, don’t bring flowers - And, since we’re talking about this, don’t bring flowers.

That’s it - that’s all, that’s the end.