How long will the course last?

课程要多长时间上完？

It's what we would call your last course.

这是最后的一道菜。

Do we actually have a good friendship that's going to last the course? You know.

我们之间的友谊真的能维持到最后吗？ 你懂的。

When she came in with the last course -- a huge pudding -- she tripped on the carpet

当她端着最后一道菜——一大盘布丁——走进屋来时，在地毯上绊了一跤。

Now, here I'll tell you how long that course lasts.

现在，在这里，我将告诉您该课程持续多长时间。

Do we actually have a good friendship that's going to last the course?

我们真的有一种会持续到课程结束的良好友谊吗？

Derived from the French word “desservir”, meaning to clear the table, the French were using it to mean last course by the mid-16th century.

“dessert”一词源自法语单词 " desservir" ，意为收拾桌子，在16 世纪中叶，法国人用它来指最后一道菜。

And while the Mildreds danced with their Arthur Russells the best an outsider could do for herself was to sit with Frank Dowling—the one last course left her that was better than dancing with him.

当米尔德里德一家和他们的亚瑟·拉塞尔一家一起跳舞时，一个局外人能为自己做的最好的事情就是和弗兰克·道林坐在一起——最后一道菜留给她，这比和他一起跳舞要好。