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# Bar

## Verb + bar (the place)

* ***open / close*** a bar
* meet at a bar
* leave a bar

## Verb + bar

* go to the bar
* order at the bar
* stand at the bar
* work behind a bar

## Adjective + bar

* a crowded bar
* a smoky bar
* a snack bar
* a licensed bar

## Exercise

### 1. verb + bar (the place)

1. We ***meet*** at Charlie's Bar every Friday evening. Come along and join us.
2. The bars ***close*** early here. They stop serving drinks around ten o'clock.
3. Amy finished her drink and ***left*** the bar without saying a word. It must have been something I said.

### 2. verb + bar

1. There's no table service, sir. You can order ***at*** the bar.
2. I work ***behind*** a bar *at the weekends* to help pay for my studies.
3. We stood ***at*** the bar, talking about football all night.
4. It was my turn to go ***to*** the bar to get *a round of drinks*.

### 3. adjective + bar

1. The club has a ***licensed*** bar which serves drinks from 5 till midnight.
2. I hate trying to get served in a ***crowded*** bar.
3. ***Smoky*** bars make my eyes water.
4. There's a small ***snack*** bar inside the bowling alley which serves things like burgers and chips.

## Note

**Note these expressions:**

* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\**We went off **in search of a bar**.*
* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\**There is live entertainment **in the bar** at weekends.*