wait\ at\ table

wait\ at\ table
• wait at table
• wait on table
v. phr.
To serve food.

Mrs. Lake had to teach her new maid to wait on table properly.

The girls earn spending money by waiting at table in the school dining rooms.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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