Meantime, there's a few shilling for you, grace, just to keep the pot boiling till custom comes . 现在先给你几个先令，格雷斯，这不过是让你揭得起锅盖，等做了生意再说。
They asked where i came from, whether i was rich, whether i could change a five-shilling piece for him . 人家问我是从哪来的，是不是有钱，能不能替他兑开一个5先令的银币。
A woman would rather have a bunch of weeds that cost a fortune than a basket of roses that cost a shilling . 一个女人宁愿要一束草一大笔钱财买的杂草，而不要一篮子花一先令买的玫瑰花。
The tawny sibyl no sooner appeared, than my girls came running to me for a shilling to cross her hand with silver . 有一天，这黑脸婆子来了，两个女儿立刻走来，每人向我要一个先令去算命。
He found franklin, for instance, trimming arc lamps in an ipswich factory for a few shilling a week . 例如，他发现富兰克林在伊普斯威奇市的一家工厂里做装饰弧光灯的工作，一星期只赚几个先令。
The odd shilling he kept for himself, protesting he could ill afford to have so great a sum of money lying "locked up" . 他把那零头一先令留归自己，并声称，他实在吃不消把一大笔钱“锁起来不用。”
Occasionally, if he were flush, he gave her thirty-five. but these occasions by no means balanced those when he gave her twenty-five . 偶尔，手头宽裕的话，他就给她三十五先令。不过这种情况并不多，更多地是只给她二十五个先令。
He took the sailor's notes and deliberately folded them, and put them with the shillings in a high remote pocket, with an air of finality . 他拿起水手的钞票，从容地折叠起来，把票子和先令放进顶里边的口袋，现出一副收场的神气。
Mrs. jarley was not proof against the poet's insinuating manner, and mr. slum entered the order in a small note-book as a three-and-sixpenny one . 乍莱太太敌不过诗人那种死乞白赖的态度，斯拉姆先生就把三先令六便士作为一笔定货登记在记录薄上。
Harlows paid fifteen shillings a year for his plot of ground, and although it meant a lot of hard work it was also a source of pleasure and some profit . 哈洛那块地每年要交十五先令的租金，虽然为这块地他得付出一份艰苦的劳动，但是可以从中得到乐趣，并且还有一些收入。
