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1）到底 really, after all

（例）我们到底几点去故宫？

What time are we going to the Forbidden City after all?

（例）我们的票到底订到了没有？

Were our tickets reserved after all?

Substitution and Extension

1）V…＋齐了, everything is prepared

（例）人都来齐了，我们可以出发了。

We can leave now; everybody's here.

2）V…+不过来an action can not be entirely completed

（例）这么多好吃的菜，我都吃不过来了。

There are so many tasty dishes; I simply can't eat all of them.

3）V＋错 an action hasn't been done correctly

（例）他不小心拿错了行李。

He wasn't careful and he took the wrong piece of luggage.

Translation

Man: The cold dishes are here. Let’s start. The spicy sliced beef and tendon here is really tasty. Try it.

Xue Mei: It looks very appetising.

Woman: Yes. It looks really good!

Man: It tastes even better. You can substitute tea for wine, and let’s drink a toast，to friendship.

Xue Mei, Woman: OK. To friendship！

Man: They're a bit slow with the hot dishes. Waiter，can you hurry our order please?

Woman: They have so many guests. They can hardly cope.

Xue Mei: It looks like Chinese people love Sichuan food very much.

Man: Most people like the flavours of Sichuan food. It’s very popular. Our food is here.

Waiter: That’s everything you ordered. Please enjoy your meal.

Man: Thank you.

Xue Mei: I can’t possibly eat any more. I’m full up to here，full!

Woman: “Full”. That’s a good description.

Xue Mei: I’ve been eating so much every day since I came to China. I’m starting to worry about my weight.

Man: Did you eat Chinese food often in the US?

Xue Mei: Not often. Sometimes we’d go to Chinatown for Chinese food.

Woman: When I was studying overseas, I used to eat in the Chinatown quite often as well. The Chinese food there is mostly southern style.

Xue Mei: Chinese food is very greasy, but Chinese people aren’t fat. Why is that?

Woman: Maybe because the Chinese are more active. There are more people riding bikes and walking.

Man: I think this is a complicated question. Whether Chinese food is greasy and whether the Chinese are really fat, is worth thinking about.

Waiter: 160 yuan all together.

Woman: Let me see the bill. Eh? Why does it say three beers here? We only ordered one bottle.

Waiter: Please wait a moment. I’ll go and ask.

Xue Mei: Why do you call getting the bill “maidan”?

Man: It actually comes from Cantonese.

Waiter: Sorry，I made a mistake. Here’s your new bill.

Woman: That’s more like it.

Man: Here’s the money. Please give me a receipt.

Waiter: Sure！