Food & eating

go back for seconds

take another serving of food

If you go back for seconds, you take another serving after finishing your first one.

B1 common mostly spoken

expression

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Would you like anything else?

I think I'll go back for seconds.

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I might go back for seconds if there is any pie left.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I went back for second.

Say: I went back for seconds.

Use the plural “seconds” in this fixed expression.

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How it fits in a sentence.

go back for seconds; go back for a second helping

Your turn: say it out loud

I might go back for seconds if there is any pie left.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

go back for seconds

take another serving of food

“I might go back for seconds if there is any pie left.”

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