I know I ate dinner at a restaurant attached to a hotel.

我知道我在酒店餐厅吃了晚饭。

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Last few years, my grandfather ate dinner alone. I ate dinner alone. My father usually ate dinner at work.

后来几年，祖父独自吃晚饭，我父亲则通常在单位吃晚饭。

youdao

Then, instead of making dinner, I'd eat some yogurt and granola and flip on the TV (you know, only planning to watch while I ate dinner).

然后，我没做晚饭，而是吃了点酸奶和granola杂粮坚果饼，并打开了电视(为边吃边看才开的)。

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On the first night of my homestay, I ate dinner at the CBT office and then slipped and sloshed back down the road toward my house.

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As I ate my dinner I was able to look up whenever I liked and see the oak table, the gleaming plate with its chicken leg and baked potato, the glowing silverware, and my reflection looking up alertly, like someone whose attention has been called to an important matter.

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