You should allow a little time after a meal for the food to digest.

饭后你应该留点时间让食物消化。

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After he finished shopping, it was time to make his first meal．

买完东西后，他该回家做自己的第一顿饭了。

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This is usually the main meal of the day, and a time for people to relax and enjoy a cooked meal with friends or family after a hard day at work.

晚餐是一天当中最主要的一餐，也是人们在劳累了一天之后，放松自己与朋友或家人一起好好享受烹制美食的美好时光。

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Crocodile-tagging safaris, where researchers measure and label the crocs as part of a monitoring program, are night-time affairs, taken after a candlelit three-course meal of delicious reef fish washed down with chilled Chilean sauvignon blanc.

BBC: Tagging crocodiles in Belize

But the President did not have enough time to hear them out or even share a meal because after only an hour he was scheduled to leave for the second fund-raiser, at the downtown home of Anna Wintour, the editor of Vogue.

NEWYORKER: Schmooze or Lose