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，有时们称之为 starters，是饭前的小零食。

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

正浸在这般美妙的幻想中, 时也在悄然溜, 这时耳边传来一阵铃声, 饭前祷告的时。

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女生去家里吃饭， 并在饭前的仪式结束后，问她们是否想喝点饮料或者吃点花生。