Breakfast is the meal that we have in the morning as the first meal of the day, lunch is what we eat in the middle of the day and dinner is our evening meal. This sounds simple enough, but there is some differences that you should be aware of!

In both British English & American English ‘dinner’ can also mean a large meal eaten in the middle of the day or afternoon such as Sunday dinner, Thanksgiving dinner or Christmas dinner. This usually refers to a more formal lunch.

In British English (which is what we tend to use more of in Australia), the evening meal may also be referred to as tea. ‘Tea’ is used more informally and in this context has no relation to the tea that we drink.

*所以当澳洲友人问你要不要come over for tea，你最好问一下具体时间，如果安排在下午5点后，那一定是晚餐啦！

Another meal word that is sometimes heard is supper. It has two meanings. ‘Supper’ was used, especially in the past, to refer to a very small meal that was eaten before bed. Nowadays, in some places in the US, it is sometimes used instead of ‘dinner’, meaning the main meal in the evening: We’re having some friends over for supper. However, this usage is not common in Australia.

Brunch is a meal sometimes eaten in the late morning that is breakfast and lunch combined, the letters ‘br’ from ‘breakfast’and ‘unch’ from lunch.

A packed lunch (also called a boxlunch in the US) is a light meal that is put in a container to be taken and eaten somewhere else: He takes a packed lunch to school.

As Australians love to abbreviate (shorten) words. You will often hear them refer to breakfastas brekky. This is casual and informal but quite commonlyused.

Finally, when we buy food from a shop and do not eat it there,this is referred to as take away in England and Australia, but called takeout in the US. “Let’s get Chinese takeout tonight.” When you go to McDonalds in the US, they will often ask you “for here or to go?” whereas in Australia you are more likely to hear “Eat here or take away?”

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