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la cena in English:

1. supper supper


What time is supper?
Supper is served at nine-thirty.
I think it's unlikely that Tom will get back in time for supper.
We could eat supper before it, couldn't we?
The telephone rang while I was having supper.
I usually have supper between 7 and 8 p.m.
Well, I clean the rooms, do the laundry, or cook an elaborate supper.
I don't eat supper because I want to lose some weight.
Oh, that kid went to sleep without eating supper.
A man once asked Diogenes what was the proper time for supper, and he made answer, "If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can."
When I found the restaurant, my friends had already had supper.
We were having a quiet supper when out of the blue my mother announced she was going back to school.
You can't get in without your key anyway, so you may as well come to have supper with us.
If I hear one more peep out of you I'm sending you to your room without supper.
Taro, the supper is ready!

English word "la cena"(supper) occurs in sets:

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2. dinner dinner


What’s for dinner?
The family took a vote on the type of restaurant they wanted to go to for dinner.
I don't care where we eat dinner. It's entirely up to you.
He finished his dinner because he didn't like to waste food.
Tom wondered if he should pretend to appreciate the dinner Mary made for him.
I was in the middle of my dinner when the phone rang.
Father went to a lot of trouble to prepare dinner for our guests.
Tom and Mary were about to sit down for dinner when John knocked on the door.
We were sitting peacefully at dinner, when all of a sudden the lights went out.
That is not a proper subject to bring up in conversation at the dinner table.
Our mother had no choice but to make dinner with leftovers.
Tom said he liked what she had made for dinner, but he was only being polite.
A very elderly couple is having an elegant dinner to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary.
He'll be back in two hours. In the meantime, let's prepare dinner.
The traditional American dinner includes meat, potatoes and a vegetable.

English word "la cena"(dinner) occurs in sets:

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