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adjectives - The meaning and usage of Dinner is served - English . . . Dinner is served, please your Ladyship Forward is Lady Mary Woodley's servant And from Emma Southworth, Self-Raised: Or, From the Depths (1800): "Let dinner be served immediately," he [Lord Vincent] said to the servant who answered the summons "Dinner is served, my lord," answered the man, pushing aside the sliding doors opening into the
Lunch vs. dinner vs. supper — times and meanings? If the Lunch menu items was being served at 5:00pm—we were having Dinner If it was lighter fare at 8:00pm with friends—she was having Supper If she handed you cookies biscuits and milk when you came home from school—that was just a Snack
Confused by the British having “dinner” in the afternoon” and “tea” in . . . For British school-children dinner invariably means the midday meal and has a host of derivative terms: school dinners, dinner money, dinner ladies, etc Tea is the meal they have in the early evening on arriving home from school (typically around 5pm) [I'm from the South of England but I believe this is universal throughout Britain ]
What is the single-word category name for such things as breakfast . . . Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner are called Meals Non-meal light food consumption is generally called Snacks even if you're eating something that would normally be a dessert item - Hellion; Meals the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper
How is justice served? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange In which sense is justice served in American English? Why assume it's just one sense? As you say, we can interpret the phrase as either meaning that justice (in the sense in which it is the maintenance of what is just and right, or the personification thereof) is the recipient of service, or is the thing that is delivered (in the sense in which it is the punishment delivered to the guilty)
Is there a version of brunch for a meal between dinner and lunch? Dinner could be the main meal of your day, and whether you have it at noon, two o'clock, five o'clock, or eight o'clock, it remains your dinner If you are going to have a substantial meal after breakfast, with only a very late snack in view before bed, then that meal becomes your dinner, no matter how weird that sounds
etymology - Why is a meals main course referred to as entree in the . . . In the 16th century, the first dish at a fancy dinner wasn’t just plunked down on the table It was brought in by a procession of liveried servants to the sound of trumpet fanfares This first course was termed the entrée de table After the entree (or entrees) came the soup, and after the soup, the roast, and after the roast, the final course
What does it mean by Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold? Revenge is a dish best served cold - suggesting that emotional detachment and planning ("cold blooded") are best for taking revenge The earliest well-known example of this proverb in print appears as "La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid" in the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1782) by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (Dangerous Liaisons)
pragmatics - Are you being served helped? - English Language Usage . . . at a restaurant And if someone had already taken your food order, you could rightly answer, "I'm being served " In addition to Barrie's caution, served can also mean the "delivery of a writ, summons, or other legal papers to the person required to respond to them " That is, you can be served papers Then you could also say, "I have been served "