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

dude informal way of calling a man
kick power
tab an account of expenses that is required to be paid when wanted.
wasted drunk
kidding fool or joke
order ask for something
cosmo name of a drink
sex on the beach alcoholic drink that contains Schnapps, peach Vodka, Cranberry Juice and Orange Juice

Supplementary Vocabulary

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

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