When he tried to refuse, his first meal of the day, a plate of cold, dry meat and stale bread, was taken away from him.

当父亲想拒绝的时候，他那天的第一次伙食，一份又冷又干的肉和不新鲜的面包，就被从手中夺走了。

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(Actually the stereotype of really dire poverty is that meal, minus even the onions—“two dry rotis with a pinch of salt” is the North Indian shorthand for being in really dire straits).

（其实，人们对真正可怕的贫穷的刻板印象是没有洋葱的饭菜——“只有放少许盐的干面包”是北印度真正窘迫生活的写照）。

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Accompanying the meal were two special wines, a Beijing Changyu Dry Red 2012, and a Beijing Changyu Dry White 2011.

晚宴期间还特供两种酒：北京张裕干红2012和北京张裕干白2011。

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Having finally arrived to a warm fanfare in Australia's east-coast city of Brisbane, Domjan relates that his greatest pleasures on dry land are simply a good meal and a decent night's sleep.

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Curiously though, the white wine he brought for our meal is very ripe and voluptuous, by no means dry, a 2006 Hirtzberger Riesling Smaragd Singerriedel.

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