Tell them they must make the food last. We'll all be on short Commons if the supply ship doesn't get through on time.

告诉他们必须使食物多维持些时间。如果供应船不能按时来到，我们都要挨饿。

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They kept us on short Commons.

他们使我们伙食短缺。

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Wherefore, let us, when we have short commons below, think of the royal table above.

所以，朋友们，在我们缺乏之际，让我们思想天上丰盛的王宴吧！

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