guest

Everyday

1. A guest is a person who is invited to your home, to a party or to an event. tree →
2. A guest is also a person staying at a hotel. tree →
3. A guest on a show is a visitor who comes to talk or perform. tree →
4. «Be my guest» means «go ahead, help yourself». tree →

In the lessons

People counted at a party, often to share food or seats among them. In everyday life and manners: greet your guests, offer them a drink, say thank you when you are a guest. In stories: a surprise guest arrives. Phrases: «guest room», «special guest», «guest list», «be my guest».

Examples

• 24 guests came to the party. tree →
• Each guest gets 2 slices of cake. tree →
• Tables seat 6 guests each. tree →
• 5 more guests arrived late. tree →
• We had a guest speaker at school today. tree →
• Grandpa sleeps in the guest room when he visits. tree →
• The hotel has 80 guests this weekend. tree →
• A good guest says thank you before going home. tree →
• And who were these distinguished guests? tree →

Note

Guests are the number of people; «each guest gets» means multiply, «guests per table» means divide (and round up for tables). Trap: remember to count the host if the question says so. Do not confuse with «guessed» (past of guess), which sounds the same.

In Jewish tradition

A person invited to a meal. In Proverbs the guests are those lured to the house of the foolish woman.

Interpretation. Welcoming guests (hachnasat orchim) is a great mitzvah, modeled on Abraham. Proverbs' "guests in the depths" warns against tempting but deadly folly.

Examples

• And all the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. (Prophets 1KI.1.49, JPS 1917) tree →
• But he knoweth not that the shades are there; that her guests are in the depths of the nether-world. (Writings PRO.9.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. (Prophets 1KI.1.41, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Guests are the number of people; «each guest gets» means multiply, «guests per table» means divide (and round up for tables). Trap: remember to count the host if the question says so. Do not confuse with «guessed» (past of guess), which sounds the same.