Translation of parieren

First of all I have to say that I am trying not to get myself into a situation where I have to eat thing that I don't like. That means that I have never tried a strange meal or bizzare food.
How could I get better in Spanish if I had to eat by myself. Impossible. The next days we always ate together and sat around the table for hours discussing politics and the lives we were living.
Yes, depending on demand. Vocabulix is a free service, but no one wanted to finance the German voices yet, which cost a little bit, so we started with Spanish and English which has higher demand.