a shiny newly minted penny一枚亮闪闪的新铸便士

Beer will increase by a penny a pint.啤酒每品脱将涨价1便士。

a fraying shirt I'd bought for fifty pence from the Oxfam shop我花50便士从乐施商店买来的一件破旧衬衣

Apprentices were paid 12 shillings and five old pence for a basic 48-hour week.学徒每周基本工作时间48小时, 工钱为12先令5便士。

Unleaded gasoline rose more than a penny a gallon.无铅汽油每加仑涨价超过1分。

I asked her if he had given her any money. 'Not a penny.'我问她他有没有给过她钱。“一个子儿也没有。”

From the day you arrive at my house, you need not spend a single penny.从你到我家那天起, 你就一个子儿也不用花。

The Brilliantons paid their rent on time and did not owe him a penny.布里连顿一家按时交租金, 分文也不欠他的。