But for a quarter century I have worked and rebuilt and beautified the church without asking a centime from the diocese.
但过去的四分之一个世纪里我工作着，重建并美化教堂而没有跟主教区要一文钱。
2
As I haven't a centime in my pocket I don't quite see the point of this, until he bursts out: "For Christ's sake, remember that we're broke."
我衣袋里的确连一个生丁也没有，所以我不大明白他这样说目的何在。后来他嚷开了，这时我才明白。
3
This is not because he is ruining a woman's reputation, but because the speaker might produce statistics, including times and centime - tres, that the other men would have difficulty in meeting.