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Ambrose Bierce: "MAKAN, vi Untuk melakukan secara berturut-turut (dan...

"MAKAN, vi Untuk melakukan secara berturut-turut (dan berhasil) fungsi-fungsi pengunyahan, pelembapan, dan pelemahan. "Aku berada di ruang tamu, menikmati makan malamku," kata Brillat-Savarin, memulai anekdot. 'Apa!' sela Rochebriant; "Makan malam di ruang tamu?" "Aku harus memohon kepadamu untuk memperhatikan, Monsieur," jelas ahli gizi yang hebat itu, "bahwa aku tidak mengatakan aku sedang makan malam, tetapi menikmatinya. Saya sudah makan satu jam sebelumnya. '"

--- Ambrose Bierce

Versi Bahasa Inggris

EAT, v.i. To perform successively (and successfully) the functions of mastication, humectation, and deglutition. 'I was in the drawing-room, enjoying my dinner,' said Brillat-Savarin, beginning an anecdote. 'What!' interrupted Rochebriant; 'eating dinner in a drawing-room?' 'I must beg you to observe, monsieur,' explained the great gastronome, 'that I did not say I was eating my dinner, but enjoying it. I had dined an hour before.'