When you want others know that you are full, you can place your knife and fork together, with the prongs (tines) of the fork facing upwards on your plate.

当你想让别人知道你吃饱的时候。有可以把你的刀子和叉子和在一起并且把叉子的尖齿朝上放。(如图)。

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The fork is held tines down so food is scooped on to the back of the fork. This is a skill that takes time to master.

用餐时叉齿朝下，用叉背盛放食物。这可是个需要长期练习的技巧。

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The difference is that you keep the fork in your left hand to take the food to your mouth but with the tines down.

所以说唯一的区别是，叉子不换到右手上，一直是左手拿叉，吃的时候叉子的尖儿冲下。

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Prick the dough all over with the tines of a fork and transfer it to the baking sheet.

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Jacob would get by till middle age, probably, when he would step onto this death as onto the tines of a garden fork, and the solid shaft of the handle would rear up and hit him in the face.

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