He hadn't been able to make it to our dinner.

他没能如约参加我们的晚宴。

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For example, if a robot does chores around the house, you wouldn't want it to put the pet cat in the oven to make dinner for the hungry children.

例如，如果一个机器人在家里做家务，你不会希望它把宠物猫放进烤箱里将其作为饥饿的孩子的晚餐。

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Jack, thank you for inviting us to dinner in your house tomorrow, but I am extremely sorry that my wife and I won't be able to make it.

杰克，谢谢你明天邀请我们到你家吃饭，但我和我太太不能来，对此我感到非常抱歉。

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In more temperate climates, you could make the 380-mile trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles with just a single leisurely lunch at Harris Ranch and arrive with enough power leftover to make it out to dinner.

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However, if you catch the first northbound ferry of the day (which leaves Saphan Taksin at about 4:05pm), you will have enough time to reach Pakret, hop on the ferry to Ko Kret, explore the island and make it back to Bangkok in time for dinner.

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But until the dust settles downtown, when it comes time to make deals, do lunch (or dinner) and bed down for the night, business travellers will likely head to stylish west side haunts in Beverly Hills, Century City, Santa Monica and West Hollywood.

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