毫不逊色,一点也不差。
After that there wasn't a halfpenny left.
那以后,连半便士也不剩了。
Don't bother her with such halfpenny things.
不要用这种微不足道的事情来打扰她。
little villainous-looking and dirty shops [in which] an enormous business is transacted in the sale of milk for the manufacture of halfpenny ices.
1877年,托马斯和史密斯在写伦敦街头生活中这样描述:许多看起来脏兮兮的小商店里进行着买卖生产半便士冰激凌的牛奶的交易。
Twelve shillings for the furniture and oilcloth one pound four and one penny for the general district and special rates and one pound one and fivepence halfpenny for poor rate .
家具和油布十二先令,统税和特税一镑四先令一便士,济贫税一镑一先令五个半便士。
Had very little money and one day the toll - taker at the metal bridge over the Liffey and a gossip of his laughed when I refused the halfpenny and said "no, I will go round by o 'connell bridge."
我很穷。有一天,在利菲河的一座金属桥前,我不愿掏半个便士的过桥费,说道:“不,我还是从奥康内尔桥绕吧。”收费员和他的一个伙计狠狠嘲笑了我一番。
Had very little money and one day the toll - taker at the metal bridge over the Liffey and a gossip of his laughed when I refused the halfpenny and said "no, I will go round by o 'connell bridge."
我很穷。有一天,在利菲河的一座金属桥前,我不愿掏半个便士的过桥费,说道:“不,我还是从奥康内尔桥绕吧。”收费员和他的一个伙计狠狠嘲笑了我一番。
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