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. Đồng nghĩa với Could you pass me the salt? You would say "could you pass me the salt" if the salt is near you, but you can not reach it" - at a restaurant but the salt is at the other end of the table or dinner table " could you please pass me the salt?" You would say " can you get me the salt", if it is not near you. - you are at a table, but the salt is in a cabinet, or Can you pass me dash salt please? The noun here, 'salt' is an uncountable noun, so the options A and B are incorrect. The noun mentioned here is known by both the speaker as well as the listener, hence the article 'the' is used and is the correct answer. Can you pass me the salt in Chinese? How to say "Will you pass me the salt please?" This is just a batch file you can use to give yourself 20 Salt and Garlic because imho both are very underrepresented in the game! Can't cook without Salt! Usage: 1. Just open the console with "~". That is the key left from the "1" above the "Tab" key. 2. Enter bat borkbork 3. ??? 4. NomNom's! could you pass me the salt, please translation in English - English Reverso dictionary, see also 'could've',couldn't',could do with sth',couldn't care less, could care less', examples, definition, conjugation Parfois Dans La Vie On Rencontre Des Personnes. Japanese textbooks do like to make up rules for politeness that don't really exist. If you can reach the salt without interrupting another person's eating, it's not rude if your hand is in front of other people. This isn't some kind of special rule that needs to be explained to Japanese people. It is no more rude for English people in England than it is for Japanese people in Japan. This is like a rule that "you must not steal food from other people's plates", not a rule like "you must not leave the chopsticks sticking out the rice". People won't ask you to "pass the salt" if they believe they can reach it themselves. The only reason someone would ask you to "pass the salt" is because that person believes it is much easier for you to reach it. If it really isn't - for example if there is a salt cellar right in front of them, you can just point this out to them John Could you pass the salt? Taro There's some just in front of you. If there is salt that is easy for you to reach then just pass them the salt! If there is no salt that you can reach, but there is some that a third person could reach, you can pass on the request. John Could you pass the salt? Taro Sure, ah, Mary, could you hand me the salt please? Mary Here you are. Taro Thanks, John, here you are. Learn English Vocabulary Eating Out Vocabulary Useful Vocabulary Build Up Naturally Speaking Dialogues Games and Tests Double click on any word for its definition and to listen to the pronunciation. Useful Vocabulary waiters waitresses chefs menus glasses bottles candles bills credit cards tips taxis See also eating at home and food vocabulary. Build Up Places to Eat Out Cafe Snack Bar Fast Food Restaurant Pub Bistro Restaurant Hotel Restaurant Parts of a Menu Starters/Appetizers/Entrees/Hors D'oeuvres Soups Main Courses Meat/Fish/Vegetarian Desserts Beverages Coffee etc. Wine/Drinks List sometimes on a separate menu Naturally Speaking Booking a Table Placing Your Order Complaining I'd like to reserve / book a table for four at 8pm, please. I'd like to reserve / book a table for a party of six at 8pm, please. I'd like to book a table for two at 8 in the name of Hand, please. Could we have a table by the window, please? Could we have a non-smoking table, please? Could we have a table away from the kitchen/toilets, please? Could we have a booth, please? Could you make sure it's a quiet table, please? I'd like the .............., please. For starters I'll have the soup and for the main course I'd like the roast beef. Could I have chips instead of new potatoes, please? What is the house special today? Is there anything you would recommend? Could I see the wine menu, please? I'll have a bottle of the South African Cabernet Sauvignon. I'll have a glass of house red/white, please. Which wine would you recommend? Excuse me, but my meal is cold. Excuse me, we've been waiting for over half an hour for our drinks. I'm sorry but I ordered the side salad not the vegetables. Excuse me this steak is over done, I ordered rare. I'm afraid this wine tastes corked. Excuse me this wine isn't chilled properly. Arriving at the Restaurant During/After the Meal Paying Good evening, the name is Hand. I have a table booked for six. Do you have the menu in English/German/French ..., please? Do you have a high chair for young children, please? Could we have a table over there, please? I'm sorry but I asked for a table by the window. Could we have an extra chair, please? Could we have some more bread, please? Do you have a pepper mill? Could I have some dressing, please? Could you pass me the salt, please? That was delicious. My compliments to the chef. Could I have the bill, please? Do you take Visa? We'd like separate bills, please. Is service included? No, please. This is on me. When you wish to pay for everyone. Dialogue Mr and Mrs Smith are out celebrating their wedding anniversary. It's 8pm. Mr Smith Jack and Mrs Smith Jill are celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary. They have just arrived at the restaurant. Mr Smith Well here we are. What do you think? Mrs Smith It's lovely Jack. Are you sure we can afford it? Mr Smith Well I may have to do some washing up, but you're worth it. The waiter arrives. Waiter Good evening sir, madame. Mr Smith Good evening. We have a reservation for a table for two in the name of Smith. Waiter Yes sir. May I take your coats? Waiter takes their coats and hangs them up. Mr & Mrs Smith Thank you. Waiter Your welcome. Would you like to come to the table or would you prefer to order in the bar? Mr Smith I wouldn't mind an aperitif. We'll order in the bar. Waiter Please follow me, I'll bring you the menu in a moment. Mr & Mrs Smith order their drinks at the bar and sit down to look at the menu. Mrs Smith Oh dear Jack, it's all in French! Mr Smith Well that's what we're paying for. Don't worry I've got an idea. Waiter Are you ready to order sir? Mr Smith Not really. Could you recommend something. Waiter Certainly sir. The fresh lobster is particularly good this evening, and for starters may I recommend a light consomme? Mr Smith Sounds lovely, what do you think dear? Mrs Smith Oh yes, I love lobster. Waiter So, that's two consomme and two lobsters. Would you like to look at the wine menu? Mr Smith Why don't you bring us what you think will go best. Nothing too expensive though. Waiter No problem sir. I'll call you as soon as your table is ready. The waiter walks away. Mrs Smith You are clever Jack, but what about dessert. Mr Smith Don't worry, they bring round a sweet trolley, so we just point at what we fancy! A while later Mr & Mrs Smith have finished eating and are drinking their coffee. Waiter Was everything to your satisfaction? Mr & Mrs Smith Yes, lovely thank you. Mr Smith The whole meal was delicious, our compliments to the chef. Unfortunately we have to be back for the baby-sitter so could we pay now? Waiter Certainly sir, I'll bring you the bill. Would you like me to order you a taxi. Mr Smith Yes that would be great, thank you. Mrs Smith What a nice man, we must leave him a good tip. Mr Smith Yes of course. Vocabulary 1 Hello everybody, I have a problem about a syntactic group "pass the salt". - I'd like Tom pass the salt. I don't understand its meaning. Thanks in advance. 2 You're missing a "to" - to pass something, in this case the salt I'd like Tom to pass the salt. If you're at a dining table and someone says, "Please pass the salt," they would like you to give them the salt which is closer to you than it is to them. It is much more polite than reaching across someone to grab it for yourself. At many tables, you will hear "Please pass the salt and pepper" because those two items are generally asked for, and passed, together so we don't have to hunt them down individually. For this reason, even if you ask someone to pass you the salt, don't be surprised if they pass you both the salt and the pepper they're a unit. 3 oh yes, I'm sorry. pass the salt = get over it, move on? Thanks. 4 Um, I don't think so ... the only "pass the salt" I'm familiar with has the literal meaning of "pass me the salt - my food needs it." Not even Urban Dictionary offers anything odd for "pass the salt." Cagey post mod English Only / Latin 5 Have you heard "pass the salt" used in some other context, not when people are eating? 6 Have you heard "pass the salt" used in some other context, not when people are eating? Yes I have. Just today I have come across its use by my late mother in some family history notes she wrote. She used it as an expression of disbelief. I have only ever heard the pharase used at the dinner table before. And I am 72. So never too old to learn something new. "As my mother herself had the Spanish Flu at the time hoe the hell did she know? She reckons she recovered because she had a nosebleed . Pass the salt please." 7 Yes, in your context the speaker would have had this expression in mind I'll take that with a pinch of salt I don't believe that explanation. 8 Welcome to the forums, Ginns Major! I had, I think, the same reaction as veli - that "Pass the salt" wasn't an expression of disbelief in itself, but an indirect reference to the expression "Take x with a pinch of salt".