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We could go to the café, or we could meet at the restaurant for lunch.

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Sentence

Narrator

We could go to the café, or we could meet at the restaurant for lunch.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Making a Suggestion

We could go to the cafe or the restaurant for lunch; whichever you prefer.

Presenting Options

For lunch, our options are the cafe or the restaurant. Which sounds better?

Planning an Event

We need to decide where to have lunch – the cafe or the restaurant.

Responding to a Question

Where should we meet for lunch? We could go to the café, or we could meet at the restaurant.

Rephrased versions

Formal

We have the option of dining at the café or the restaurant.

Casual

Lunch could be at the cafe or the restaurant – your call!

Simpler English

We can eat at the cafe or the restaurant.

Phrases to learn

go to the café

To visit a café.

meet at the restaurant

To gather at a restaurant.