The appetisers, as we mentioned, sometimes we call that the starters, but it's the small snacks at the beginning of a meal.

Appetisers，开胃菜，有时我们称之为 starters，饭前的小零。

Early in the school year, the dean invited the nine women in the class over for dinner and he asked them at the conclusion of whatever the pre-dinner ceremony was, drinks and maybe peanuts.

学期初， 院长邀请班上的九名生去家里吃饭， 并在饭前的仪式结束后，问她们喝点饮料或者吃点花生。

Time passed quickly amid these agreeable thoughts, and I was quite startled to hear the bell ring for prayers.

正当我沉浸在这般美妙的幻中, 时间也在悄然溜走, 这时耳边传来了一阵铃声, 饭前祷告的时间到了。