Supping on cold potatoes was never very satisfying.

用餐迟了吃冷土豆总是不令人满意的。

All this will mean supping with less-than-savoury figures.

这一切意味着要亲近那些不太让人愉快的人物。

How many spirited young men and pretty women ate in the morning with their family and friends, and by evening were supping with their forefathers.

多少俊男靓女早上还和家人朋友共进早餐，晚上却已经在和他们的祖先一起用晚餐了。

So they're starting to look different from the birds that go south. Their beaks are longer and narrower, less suited to supping on Spanish olives.

这样，它们渐渐和那些到了冬季往南飞的黑头莺们在外表上出现差异，它们的鸟喙显得更狭长，这种形状的鸟喙在啄食西班牙的橄榄时可是大大不便。

Historically, in certain primitive tribal cultures, the mere act of supping on rice together bound a couple in matrimony, as eating this local food together implied their living together.

历史上，在某些原始部落的文明里，只能是婚姻中的夫妇两人在一起吃大米，因为一起吃这种当地食物暗示着他们将共同生活。