时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


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   They were casual 1 friends. A while back, they had had lunch at a restaurant. They paid for lunch. They left the restaurant. They were walking past a newsstand. A sign said, "Powerball $100 Million." Jenny asked Jane, "Would you lend me $5? I spent all my cash 2 on lunch. I'll pay you back the next time we get together." Jane said sure. They got together a while later. "How have you been?" Jane asked. Jenny said, "Just great! I've been making vacation plans for the summer. I'm going to Europe for three months." Jane said, "That sounds great! But it's going to cost you a pretty penny 3, isn't it?" Jenny said, "Yes, but I've got a lot of pretty pennies 4. Remember that $5 you lent me? I won $100,000! Can you believe it? I'm treating you to lunch today. You can order whatever you like!" Jane said, "Oh, how nice!"



adj.漠不关心,冷漠的;随便的,非正式的;偶然的,碰巧的
  • He earns a living by casual labour.他靠做临时工为生。
  • The guests wore casual clothes.客人们穿着便服。
n.现金,现款;vt.兑换现款,付现款
  • Could you cash these chips?可以兑现这些筹码吗?
  • I never carry much cash with me.我从不多带现款。
n.(英)便士,美分
  • I will not lent you a penny.我一便士都不愿借给你。
  • Sugar has risen a penny a pound.糖价每磅涨了1便士。
n.of penny;便士( penny的名词复数 );(美国、加拿大的)一分钱;少量的钱
  • He had a few pennies in his pocket. 他口袋里有几个便士的硬币。
  • Pennies, nickles, dimes and quarters are United States coins. 1分铜币、5分镍币、1角银币和2角5分银币是美国硬币。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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a closed book
abazi
airfoil parachute
Al Mu'allaqah
amend version
andesite-basalt
anticonsequent stream
argument forms
armature-reaction mmf
astasin
bags up
bar pin
barrage-fixe
befuddlement
better not
Bishopdale
brackish coling water
campah
chamber lamp
ciaramicoli
coset golay code
culo
cyberdemocratic
disconnection force
disposing capacity
double-toggle
enterprise framework
external combustion stove
fair up
financial world
flat car for container
floriferously
get off on doing something
give someone what for
grape-vine telegraph
haroosh
homage to the queen
Huflattichblatter
hydraulic turbine generator unit
idralfidine
independent operation
iontophoretic
isotopic spin multiplets
isotoping
jagoite
Jahvist
K-Carrageenase
Kalininskaya Oblast'
Kengyilia stenachyra
kittredge
Kwangatuni
lightly-armeds
marine accident survey
mavite
microdielectrometer
mistura rhei et natrii bicarbonatis
mobbism
modal efficient mass
Muragarazi (Malagarasi R.)
network switching center
on the outside, looking in
oscillatory instability
pass-fail
pearson's correlation
percent symbol
peripheral resistance
permanent virtual circuit
photocurable coatings
photoreducer
polarithy
political mobilization
prismatic refraction
program coding
programmed protection
Purari River
pure endowment insurance
quasi-proportional representation
Raaya
re-votes
rebreathed
residue rate of decay
Richard Roes
rotor feed type polyphase shunt motor
rotor with several masses
sling psychrometers
source update system processor
SPSCC
stamp stem
steady pin
stub axis
teensiest
through hell and high water
time-interval analyzer
tindering
turbine modulation
turn oneself into an expert
twinning by merohedry
unbeveled face
waterlocked
wetherun
yum cha
Zinn ion source