I paid a pretty penny for that picture.

Those diamond earrings must have cost a pretty penny.

那些钻石耳环一定花了一大笔钱.

I had to pay a pretty penny for my new television.

我买那台新电视花了一大笔钱呢.

It will cost you a pretty penny.

这会花你一大笔钱.

A good video camera will cost you a pretty penny.

一台好的摄像机要花掉你很多钱.

It must have cost you a pretty penny to improve it.

在改建上一定花了你不少钱了吧.

I'm sure we'll make a pretty penny.

我相信我们会赚大钱的.

It must have cost a pretty penny.

这件事一定花去了一大笔钱.

Your collection must be worth a pretty penny now.

你的收藏现在一定价值连城.

That house must have cost a pretty penny.

那座房子肯定花了许多钱.

Their new house must have cost a pretty penny.

他们的新房子一定花了一大笔钱.

Renovating that house will cost you a pretty penny.

为了整修那所房子,你得花很多钱.

But I held my ground, and pretty soon he shrieked out.

可是我坚持不放松, 过了一会他就喊叫起来.

I guess I'll have to retire pretty soon.

我感到我得很快退休.干这一行,老是发火,真受不了.

Leaves'll start falling pretty soon, and then there's always trouble with the pipes. "

树叶很快就要开始落了, 那样水管子就一定会堵塞. ”

I'll have to get something pretty soon. "

我得赶快找到事做. ”

" If I don't get something pretty soon , I think I'll go home . " Minnie saw her chance.

“ 如果我不能马上找到工作的话, 我想得回家了.

Pretty soon when you dial 911 around here, you're going to get the Psychic Friends Network.

不久你们在这周围打911, 就会连上通灵助手网了.

" I'm going to have a business of my own pretty soon, " he observed in one place.

“ 我很快就要自己开一家公司了, ” 谈话中有一次他这样说.

Pretty soon, too, the way things are going.

很快按照现在事情发生的状况来看.

Under him I learned to write a good hand pretty soon, but failed entirely in arithmetic.

在他手下,我很快练就一手好字; 但算术糟糕透顶,毫无长进.