This restaurant Rousseau, where so few bottles and so many water carafes were emptied, was a calming potion rather than a restaurant.

在卢梭餐馆里，酌空的酒瓶非常少，倒空的水瓶却非常多，那好象是一种安神的地方，而不是果腹之处。

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My kitchen sponge and cutting board harbor the biggest dangers, as do places like elevator buttons, communal coffee carafes and gym equipment, that are touched by many hands and are rarely cleaned.

厨房里的洗碗布和切菜板存在最大的危险，同样，像电梯按钮、公共的咖啡壶和健身房器械也是如此，这些东西很多人都会接触，而很少清洁。

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In private dining rooms, Communist power brokers held clandestine meetings over endless carafes of vodka and Georgian wine.

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Large pitchers and carafes of water, wine and iced tea need to be refilled less often and look formidable on any table.

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Sitting within toasting distance of the bartender, our party of four filling the bar to capacity, we polished off a few carafes of steaming sake while making small talk.

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