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Making dinner plans in English (advanced)
Advanced English for making dinner plans. Key line: “Hey, any chance you'd be up for dinner sometime this week?”
Full script
Lin
Hey, any chance you'd be up for dinner sometime this week?
Them
Yeah, Wednesday works, unless your plan involves that mystery tofu again.
Lin
Fair warning: I'm retired from mystery tofu; how does seven-ish sound?
Them
Seven-ish is perfect; do you want to go out or cook something?
Lin
Let's go out—my kitchen still hasn't forgiven me for last Sunday.
Them
In that case, I'm definitely coming hungry and maybe bringing moral support.
Lin
Deal—I'll text you the place, and I promise nothing on fire.
Them
Great, if dinner's edible, I'll consider your kitchen officially forgiven too.
Key phrases
The lines worth keeping. Read them once before you go out.
Invitation
✓ Any chance you'd be up for dinner sometime this week?Polite way to invite
Natural, soft invitation
Heads-up
✓ Fair warningA quick warning first
Light way to warn first
Time
✓ How does seven-ish sound?Suggesting a rough time
-ish = about / around
Eat out
✓ Let's go out.Suggest eating out
For meals, often means eat out
Quick answers
Invitation: what to say in English
Say “Any chance you'd be up for dinner sometime this week?” — polite way to invite. Natural, soft invitation.
Heads-up: what to say in English
Say “Fair warning” — a quick warning first. Light way to warn first.
Time: what to say in English
Say “How does seven-ish sound?” — suggesting a rough time. -ish = about / around.
Eat out: what to say in English
Say “Let's go out.” — suggest eating out. For meals, often means eat out.