server - a waiter or waitress; a person who brings food and drinks to customers in a restaurant or bar

The server gave us menus and then told us about the daily specials.

drink order - a request for what one would like to drink

Most mornings, one of the receptionists takes drink orders for the other employees and gets those drinks from the cafe downstairs.

sparkling - carbonated; with bubbles

Cosby likes to mix sparkling water with fruit juice.

still - non-carbonated; without bubbles

The best drink for dieters is simple, still water.

tap - water from a sink, not from a bottle

Why would anyone pay for bottled water when you can drink tap water for free?

soda - pop; sweetened carbonated beverages

Which type of soda do you prefer: Coke or Pepsi?

iced tea - a drink made by pouring hot water over crushed (broken) leaves and then adding ice and possibly sugar, honey or lemon, served cold

Do you have any decaffeinated iced tea?

lemonade - a drink made by mixing lemon juice, water, and sugar

This lemonade is too sweet! Why did you add so much sugar?

diet - referring to a drink without calories or with fewer calories because it was made with artificial sweeteners instead of sugar or honey

Andrew lost a lot of weight once he replaced regular sodas with diet ones.

wine list - a menu of the types of wines available in a restaurant or bar

The restaurant is so simple that it doesn't have a wine list. It just offers one red wine and one white wine.

extensive - thorough; with many options or details; covering a lot of information or types of something

The doctors have conducted extensive exams and tests, but they still haven't found the cause of Reza's pain.

house - an inexpensive wine sold in a restaurant, usually by the glass, without a well-known brand

Tonight, we have two house wines: a chardonnay and a merlot.

label - the brand of a bottle of wine, showing the type(s) of grapes used, the winery where it was made, and the year when it was made

All the wines on this shelf have labels from the Pacific Northwest.

distinctive - easily distinguished; characteristic and recognizable; unlike others

Mozart's sonatas have a distinctive sound.

packaging - the way a product is prepared for sale, usually in a bottle, jar, box, bag, or a similar container

Food manufacturers spend millions of dollars designing packaging to make consumers more likely to buy their products.

boxed wine - very inexpensive wine sold in a cardboard box designed to be kept in a refrigerator

Carl has very sophisticated tastes and he refuses to drink boxed wine.

and you call yourself - a phrase used rudely or humorously to question how someone has described oneself

You've never been to Asia or Australia? And you call yourself a world traveler!

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