| 1. | A pound of wheat at a penny is as dear as a pound of butcher's meat at four pence .
四便士一磅的家畜肉和一便士一磅的小麦一样昂贵。 |
| 2. | He promised me a silver fourpenny on the first of every month if i would only keep my weather eye open for a seafaring man with one leg .
他答应每个月初给我一枚四便士银币，只要我能留心看着一个只有一条腿的水手。 |
| 3. | Never a month but i ve given you a silver fourpenny for yourself
我月月不落地给你个四便士的角子。 |
| 4. | Mr dedalus said . there is no - one in dublin would lend me fourpence
迪达勒斯先生说， “在都柏林，没人肯借给我四便士。 ” |
| 5. | And altogether i paid pretty dear for my monthly fourpenny piece , in the shape of these abominable fancies
总之，为了我那每月的四便士，这些想像出来的形状令我付出了相当昂贵的代价。 |
| 6. | Twopence a pint , fourpence a quart , eightpence a gallon of porter , no , one and fourpence a gallon of porter
两便士能买一品脱黑啤酒，四便士能买一夸脱，八便士就是一加仑。不，一加仑得花一先令四便士。 |
| 7. | They buy one and fourpenceworth of brawn and four slices of panloaf at the north city dining rooms in marlborough street from miss kate collins , proprietress . .
“她们在马尔巴勒的北城食堂，从老板娘凯持科林新手里头了一先令四便士的腌野猪肉和四片面包。 |
| 8. | The company that makes hovis said yesterday that it was raising prices by a further 4p a loaf , on top of the 12p by which they had risen in recent months , as it attempts to recover soaring wheat costs
生产霍维斯小麦面粉的公司昨天宣称，面包的价格原来增加到四便士每条，最近已经增加到12便士每条，它试图抹平小麦高涨的成本。 |
| 9. | He had taken me aside one day , and promised me a silver fourpenny on the first of every month if i would only keep my weather - eye open for a seafaring man with one leg , and let him know the moment he appeared
有一天他曾把我拉到一边，并且答应我，只要我帮他“留神一个独腿水手” ，并且一旦那个人出现就向他通风报信，这样每月月初他就付给我一枚四便士银币。 |
