He cut up the meat on his plate.

他在盘子上把肉切成小块。

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When he tried to refuse, his first meal of the day, a plate of cold, dry meat and stale bread, was taken away from him.

当父亲想拒绝的时候，他那天的第一次伙食，一份又冷又干的肉和不新鲜的面包，就被从手中夺走了。

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Dinner was the tortoise - which I'd naively assumed had been offered as a pet - and a plate of giant armadillo meat.

晚饭就是那只乌龟——此前我天真地以为它只是被送作宠物——和一盘大犰狳肉。

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Of course, just eliminating meat from the plate doesn't always equal a healthy meal.

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Creating a vegetarian restaurant was too much of a drastic change, so creating a concept of reducing the amount of meat and fish on a plate was what he saw as a compromise.

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Tucking into a plate of cooked-to-order noodles or skewers of sizzling meat is a daily ritual here.

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