palate cleanser お口直し

palate には口蓋とか味覚の意味がある。palate cleanser といえば、口の中をきれいにするもののことで、寿司のガリかも知れないし、ワインかもしれないし、食後のアイスクリームかもしれない。お口直しといえる。cleanse the palate は口直しをするの意味になる。2:41 for our fifth course this evening, we're going to serve a rose water and mint sorbet. the rose water I feel is a great throwback to Edwardian, Victorian times where they used rose water widely throughout their cooking. it's a flavor we may have forgotten a little bit but with the mint, it really cleanses the palate beautifully. ローズウォーターシャーベットにミントを加えれば完璧なお口直しになる。

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2:05 what's his palate? what does he like to eat? トランプの好みは、好きな食べ物は？

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0:43 we should have cleansed our palates. that's true. we don't have a palate cleanser. 違った味のチョコを食べる前に口をゆすいでおけばよかった。そうね、でもマウスウォッシュがなかったのよね。

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1:51 the ginger is there as a palate cleanser to be eaten between each piece of sushi. ガリは握りをつまむ合間の口直しです。

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10:56 and not once have we gone for the water glass. the wine has done its job. it's cleansed the palate. 食事中、私たちは一度も水を飲まなかった。それはこのワインがねらい通りに口直しをしていたからだ。

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参考リンク
http://bridge-english.blogspot.com/2016/03/20160318.html   私の英語ノート 2016/03/18 palette, palate, pallet

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b-5369 cleanse your palate