Use smaller rice bowls so that you serve less rice.

用小一点的饭碗，这样你可以少吃点米饭。

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Elsa has less rice than Daniel.

埃尔莎的米饭比丹尼尔的少。

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You made a lot of progress today and spread less rice than yesterday.

今天小雨吃的真好，饭掉的很少，比昨天有进步。

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He tested the cement, and says less could be used because the rice hull ash makes it a stronger building material.

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The researchers say Mali suffered less because it depended less on imported rice, in part because of geography.

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Rajan Vempati thinks rice hull ash could help the concrete industry produce less carbon dioxide.

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This means that by simply focusing on making less rice or actually eating that left over pasta, we can put a substantial dent in the amount of food we throw out.

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You can switch to other, less expensive starches like rice, which some nutritionists would argue is better for you.

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There is, however, plenty of cultivated, less-expensive wild rice available.

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