In the UK and Ireland, a biscuit or bisquit is hard and sweet, more like an American cookie.

在英国和爱尔兰，饼干则又硬又甜，更像美国的曲奇。

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The life was very hard at that time, but my parents loved me-the first of their kid dearly, though they were poor, they bought eggs, biscuit, meat Patty, peanut, apple etc to me.

那时候的生活很艰苦，但父母很疼爱他们的第一个孩子，节衣缩食为我买鸡蛋、饼干、肉饼、花生、苹果等好吃的东西。

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He points out that in the 1798 edition of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, biscuit worms had gotten into the hard-tack, so naturally, he says, "The particular kind of albatross that the mariner shot, I am told, makes a very tolerable broth."

他说在1798年版的《老水手之歌》,给信天翁的食物已然腐烂，所以他自然的认为，“水手们,杀死的信天翁，做成的汤味道不错“

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