Just put the fork and knife across the plate.

把刀叉交叠放在盘子上。

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Ring, then, if you please, for a second knife, fork, and plate, and we will dine together.

现在，假如你不介意，请拉一下铃再要一副刀叉碟子来，我们一同进餐吧。

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The hungry blogger aims her fork towards a plate of seafood on the lab bench in front of her when a mussel suddenly cries out, “Wait -- don't eat me!”

饥肠辘辘的人把她的叉子伸向面前实验台上的一盘海鲜，这时，一枚贻贝突然高叫出声：等等——别吃我！

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In our house, every plate, glass and fork was from some Brooklyn flea market.

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Sharp or blunt, table knives also meant forks, if for no other reason than that, once you stopped impaling your meat (not to mention tearing it up with your hands and teeth) and began cutting it on a plate, you needed a fork to anchor it while you sliced.

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Then you're given clothes, a bit of bedding, a plastic cup, plastic knife, fork, spoon, bowl and plate.

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