1. He received triple pay for his extra work.
    他因超额工作得到三倍的报酬。

2. He gives the bank specimens of his signature, and there is a very firm rule that the bank has no right or authority to pay out a customer´s money on a cheque on which its customer´s signature has been forged.
    他把自己签名的样本交给银行，对此有一条非常严格的规定：银行没有任何权利或理由把储户的钱让伪造储户的支票取走。

3. Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded.
    霍克伍德把他的士兵雇佣给愿给他出高价的君主。

4. He looked very well, though he was rather thirsty, for he drank half a bottle of milk.
    它看上去一切正常，只是口渴得很，喝了半瓶牛奶。

5. He was sent to prison for failing to pay his debts and died in poverty in 1836.
    他因无力还债而被捕入狱，最后于1836年在贫困中死去。

6. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money.
    他将来挣的钱只有他现在的一半。不过他觉得，地位升高了，损失点儿钱也值得。

7. He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries.
    他还告诉我，公司支付不起这么庞大的工资开支，

8. Half a pound of coffee.
    半磅咖啡、

9. He goes to bed at half past ten.
    十点半睡觉。

10. He began to reckon up his time: he started on Monday and today was Friday; five days, from seven to five, less half an hour for breakfast and an hour for dinner, eight and a half hours a day -- forty-two hours and a half in all.
    他开始计算自己的工钱：他从星期一开始干活，今天是星期五，共五天，早七点到下午五点，除去不到半小时的早饭时间，一个小时的午饭时间，一天干八个半小时，一共是四十二个半小时。