Plate
Common expressions
a waiter clears your plate away
drop a plate
smash a plate
pile plates (in the sink)
heap food on your plate
a plate of salad
Types of plate
an empty plate
a dinner plate
a soup plate
a dirty plate
a clean plate
Exercises
Common expressions
I dropped one of my mother’s favorite plates on the floor and it smashed. How can I tell her? She’s going to be very upset.
We all rushed to the buffet and heaped food onto our plates. We were absolutely starving!
At the end of the meal, we piled the dirty plates in the sink and left them overnight.
When we had finished eating, the waitress cleared away our plates, and brought coffee.
Types of plate
Could you get the soup plates, please. It’s ready to serve. (d)
Would you take away the dinner plates and bring some bowls for the sweet? (c)
Waiter! This plate’s dirty. Could you bring me a clean one, please? (b)
He looked up from his empty plate and asked if there was any more paella. (a)
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