When he tried to refuse, his first meal of the day, a plate of cold, dry meat and stale bread, was taken away from him.
当父亲想拒绝的时候,他那天的第一次伙食,一份又冷又干的肉和不新鲜的面包,就被从手中夺走了。
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(Actually the stereotype of really dire poverty is that meal, minus even the onions—“two dry rotis with a pinch of salt” is the North Indian shorthand for being in really dire straits).