You are learning arriving: you will read the scene it happens in, take apart the pattern behind them (arrival vocabulary), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.
Walking into a New York restaurant — the host stand, being seated, the water question, the bread, and the first look at the menu. The American restaurant opening sequence.
The host stand at Gramercy Tavern is warm, wood-paneled, with a bar visible through an arch on the right and the dining room straight ahead. The stranger arrives exactly on time — a New York virtue — and gives his name.
"Hi! We have a reservation under [name], two people at 7:30." The host checks. Smiles. "Right this way."
The table is against the wall, candlelit, a small vase of seasonal flowers. A server appears. "Good evening! Still or sparkling?"
"Still water, please. And could we have a few minutes with the menu?"
"Of course!" He returns. "What do you suggest tonight?"
The server's face changes — this question is permission to share. She describes the heritage pork with apple cider gastrique. "That sounds perfect. I'll trust your judgment on the rest."