"There are still serious doubts if philanthropic donations could be put to good use, as intended," an invitee told me two days ahead of the dinner date.

“慈善捐助是否被有计划的合理的应用仍然被深度质疑”，在晚宴之前的前两天，一位应约者这样告诉我。

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Scientists suggest that, for a first date to be a success, you should forget the old-fashioned romantic dinner and head instead for the funfair.

科学家建议，为了第一次约会的成功，你应该忘掉老套的浪漫晚餐，去游乐场。

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The most popular date is to take someone to a movies and dinner.

最普通的约会就是去看看电影，吃顿晚餐。

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While charging HP for meals he had with the contractor, he hid the fact that the contractor was his dinner date.

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The impish, blue suede shoes wearing 27-year-old even suggested to reporters that the Jamaican prime minister was his "date for the night" at a State Dinner held in his honour.

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The millionaire novelist quit the mayoral race on Saturday after admitting he asked a friend to provide him with an alibi for a dinner date he thought would be raised in the sensational 1987 Monica Coghlan libel trial.

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