At dinner, I made polite, boring talk at the table - no mention of our past, of my feelings, of what was really on my mind. I was in Straight Steve mode.

吃饭的时候，我很客气地说了些无聊的话——没有提到我们的过去，没有提到我的感觉，没有提到自己内心真实的想法，那时我处于直人史蒂夫模式。

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The best thing is if you can establish some kind of ritual, like regularly sitting down at a table to talk about your issues.

最好的方法是如果你能找到一种比较正式的方式，比如说好好在桌子旁坐下把事情谈清楚。

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Then, one afternoon, I came home from school to find my mom sitting at the dining room table waiting to talk to me.

然后，一天下午，我放学回家后看到母亲坐在饭厅的餐桌旁，等着跟我谈一谈。

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Azalea Adair and I sat down at the table and began to talk.

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while we read it, I will go through the pages together, they all sit around the table, look at the pictures and talk to her.

当我们读这本书的时候，我会一点一点地讲，孩子们都做在桌边，看着图片，跟她说话。

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Second,law enforcement has to have a seat at the table when we talk about what to do next.

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Sunaina and Sanveer were exposed to retail from a young age, with talk at the dinner table revolving around business.

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What's more, researchers speculate that families who eat together often are more likely to talk about nutrition at the dinner table than families who select individual meals from the kitchen, then go their separate ways.

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However, despite all the talk about CIOs getting a seat at the strategy table, many companies are still running IT as a back room utility.

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