X. Confectionery

1. bon-bons

2. chocolate

(A chocolate means шоколадная конфета.)

· bar (slab) of chocolate

· bitter chocolate

· box of chocolates

· chocolate truffle

· chocolates with fruit fillings

· milk chocolate

· nut chocolate

3. ice-cream

· ice-cream sandwich

4. jam

· jar of jam

5. jelly

6. honey

7. khalva

8. lollipop

9. marmalade

10. marshmallow

11. marzipan

12. nougat

13. pastila

14. pigeon’s milk

15. preserves

16. soufflé sweetmeat

17. sugarplum/fruit-drop

18. sweets/sweetmeats (Am. candy)

· sweet box

· sweet wrapper

19. toffees

20. treacle (Am, molasses)

21. Turkish delight

XI. Beverages, Soft and Strong Drinks

1. ale

2. beer

· bock

· dark (stout) beer

· Guinness (a thick, almost black, bitter-tasting Irish beer)

· light beer (lager)

· Pale Ale (less strong and a bit sweeter than bitter. Often keg)

· Mild (a fairly sweet beer, often dark, not as strong as bitter. Can be keg or traditional. Not found everywhere)

· shandy

· mug of beer

· to be in beer

· beer chaser

3. brandy (cognac)

4. booze

5. bourbon

6. burgundy

7. champagne

8. cherry-brandy

9. Chianti

10. chocolate

11. cider (made from apples; sweet, dry or medium; usually sold in bottles (with gas) or available on draught (with or without gas)

12. claret

13. cocktail

14. cocoa

15. coffee

· black coffee

· coffee beans

· to grind coffee

· iced coffee

· have (take) coffee

· light (white) coffee

· to make coffee

· strong coffee

· to take sugar with coffee/tea

· white coffee

16. cordials (strong, sweet drinks tasting of fruit, e.g. lime cordial, black currant cordial; often added to other drinks or drunk with water)

17. gin

18. lemonade

19. liqueur

20. mead

21. rum

22. Scotch

23. sherry (type of wine from Spain; sweet, medium or dry)

24. soft drinks (sweet drinks like Coke, Fanta, etc.)

25. spirits (strong alcoholic drinks, e.g. whiskey, gin, brandy, etc)

26. strong drinks

27. squash

28. tea

· blend of tea

e. g. What blend of tea do you prefer, Georgian or China?

· to have (take) tea

· to make tea

· strong tea

· to stir tea

· tea draws

· weak tea

29. Tokay

30. tonic

31. vermouth

32. vodka

33. water

· drinking water

· fresh water

· glass of water

· mineral water

· soda-water

· spring water

34. whisky

35. wine

(The plural form wines is used when different kinds of wine are meant.)

· dry/brut wine

e. g. Dry wines are served with the fish.

• new/green wine

· old (matured) wine

· portwine/port (type of thick, sweet wine from Portugal)

· red wine

· semi-dry wine

· sweet wine

· semi-sweet wine

· table wine

· wine list

36. to be fond of the bottle

37. to pass the bottle round

38. to have a bottle

39. to give up the bottle

40. to hit the bottle

41. drinker

42. drunkard

43. boozer

44. hangover

45. to be dead/blind drunk

46. to be on the booze