1.   Although the toasts are delivered with passion and evident emotion, they are hardly ever original, but rather variations on toasts that Georgians have been offering for centuries.

2.   As you deliver your toast, make eye contact.

3.   Finally the ambassador-designate raised his glass and delivered a toast to each person there.

4.   The glasses were raised, the toast delivered, the drink drained in one gulp.

5.   Toasts must be delivered upright while holding the glass straight from your shoulder in your right hand.

6.   When they sat down at the table, I gazed at them tenderly and prepared to deliver my toast.