Expressoes

Question 1

Split the bill

Answer 1

Each person will pay for him/her self

Question 2

Is on me

Answer 2

Informal: I’m paying for you

Question 3

Join us

Answer 3

Come with us

Question 4

Be our guest

Answer 4

Formal: we will pay for you

Question 5

Get this

Answer 5

Informal: pay the bill this time

Question 6

Wined and dined

Answer 6

Invented out to restaurants

Question 7

Sluggish

Answer 7

Rather slow

Question 8

Courteous

Answer 8

Polite

Question 9

Overbearing

Answer 9

Too confident ; to inclined to tell people what to do

Question 10

Sullen

Answer 10

Bad tempered / unwilling to smile

Question 11

Off-putting

Answer 11

Makes you feel you don’t want to go there again

Question 12

Go out of their way

Answer 12

Do everything possible

Question 13

Have/has Sweet tooth

Answer 13

Love sweet things

Question 14

Count the calories/ calorie-conscious

Answer 14

Be careful how many calories

Question 15

Savoury

Answer 15

Opposite that have sweet tooth

Question 16

Fussy eater

Answer 16

Person who has very particular demands when eating

Question 17

Teetotal

Answer 17

Never drink alcohol

Question 18

Dietary requirements

Answer 18

Formal: special needs or things someone cannot eat

Question 19

Overdo it

Answer 19

Eat or drink too much

Question 20

Take pot luck

Answer 20

Eat what we re eating, nothing special

Question 21

I bring a bottle

Answer 21

Usually means a bottle of wine

Question 22

Dinner party

Answer 22

Rather formal dinner with guests

Question 23

Informal get together

Answer 23

Informal group of people meeting for a meal/drinks/etc

Question 24

Seconds

Answer 24

A second helping/serving of a dish

Question 25

Say when When

Answer 25

Means "enough".

Question 26

Nibbles

Answer 26

Things like nuts, crisps, etc.. before a meal

Question 27

Grab a bite to eat

Answer 27

Have a quick meal

Question 28

Takeaway

Answer 28

Ready-cooked meal bought to take home

Question 29

RSVP

Answer 29

Please reply

Question 30

Toast

Answer 30

Is to raise your glass and drink with others to wish cheers to someone

Question 31

Wholesome

Answer 31

Good for you, physically or morally

Question 32

Wholemeal

Answer 32

Containing all the natural substances in the grain with nothing removed

Question 33

Loopholes

Answer 33

Ways of getting round regulations

Question 34

Recipe for

Answer 34

Situation sure to lead to

Question 35

All the ingredients of

Answer 35

All necessary characteristics

Question 36

Dilute

Answer 36

Make less dominant

Question 37

Stew

Answer 37

Worry or suffer especially about something you think is his fault

Question 38

Grilled

Answer 38

Asked a lot of questions

Question 39

Half baked

Answer 39

Unrealistic or not thought through properly

Question 40

Spice up

Answer 40

Make more lively

Question 41

Unsavoury

Answer 41

Unpleasant, morally offensive

Question 42

Turned sour

Answer 42

Went wrong

Question 43

Juicy

Answer 43

Exciting and interesting

Question 44

I was broke/sling

Answer 44

Had no money left=broke (informal) Skint (very informal)

Question 45

Rolling in it

Answer 45

Have a lot of money

Question 46

To make ends meet

Answer 46

To survive financially

Question 47

Things are bit tight

Answer 47

My finances are not good

Question 48

Strapped for cash

Answer 48

Needed cash and had very little

Question 49

Bounced

Answer 49

The bank refuse to pay it

Question 50

"I" make it out to

Answer 50

What the name shall I put on it?

Question 51

We put/stick it on

Answer 51

Informal

Question 52

Charge

Answer 52

Formal

Question 53

APR

Answer 53

Annual percentage rate interest

Question 54

Expires

Answer 54

Isn't valid after

Question 55

Store card

Answer 55

Credit card issued by a store/shop for that store

Question 56

Credit card fraud

Answer 56

Illegal use of someone's card or account

Question 57

Lump sum

Answer 57

Single, large payment

Question 58

Golden handshake

Answer 58

Large payment to someone on leaving job

Question 59

Endowment

Answer 59

Combined insurance to someone and saving plan that pays out after a fixed period

Question 60

Life-savings

Answer 60

Money saved over many years

Question 61

Share portfolios

Answer 61

Combination of stocks and shares of different kinds