1802, from French café "coffee, coffeehouse," from Italian caffe "coffee" (see coffee). The beverage was introduced in Venice by 1615 and in France from 1650s by merchants and travelers who had been to Turkey and Egypt. The first public café might have been the one opened in Marseilles in 1660.
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1. They stopped at a little cafe and had a fondue.
他们在一家小餐馆歇脚，吃了顿干酪火锅。
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2. He dashed off to lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe.
他急匆匆前往硬石小馆去吃午餐。
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3. At midday everyone would go down to Reg's Cafe.
中午，大家都会下楼去雷吉餐馆。
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4. He paused under a streetlamp and looked across at the cafe.
他在街灯下停下来，看着对面的咖啡馆。
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5. Nora toils away serving burgers at the local cafe.
