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Leftovers



Context #1

Jim: Man! We cooked a huge turkey last night for Thanksgiving!
Todd: So I guess you had a lot of leftovers.
Jim: Yeah! I’m going to be eating turkey sandwiches for the next week.

Context #2

Sarah: We had a really nice Thanksgiving potluck party at my work today.
Chrissy: Did a lot of people bring food?
Sarah: Yeah, everybody did a great job. In fact, I even got to bring home some leftovers.

“leftovers” is a term used to describe the extra food that you have after a party or meal. A lot of Americans like to take home the leftovers and then eat them the next day.

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