In England he had seized a great mining corporation without investing a shilling.
在英国,他没有投资一个先令,居然把一家规模宏大的采矿公司弄到了手.
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The old woman disliked her eldest son, and she cut him off with a shilling.
那老太太不喜欢她的长子, 故而取消了他的遗产继承权.
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If you had seen these clothes after — but, as the shilling shockers say, we anticipate.
如果事后你见到了这些衣服—但是, 用一句廉价惊险小说里的话说,此是后话, 暂且按下来不表.
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Every penny was hard earned, and every shilling was kept until I had to spend it.
每个便士都那么难挣, 对于每个先令,都是到万不得已时才花掉它.
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