Messenger boys stealing to put on sixpence.

But size, like sentiment, can turn a sixpence.

但就像人气一样, 规模也会有起有落.

London taxis are easy to park because they turn on a sixpence.

伦敦的出租车很容易停车,因为它们兜的范围很小.

Here's a sixpence for you. Do you know why there are no apples on that tree?

给你六个便士, 你知道为什么这棵树上没有苹果 吗 ?

Wages were sixpence a week within living memory.

周工资为六便士的年代,人们记忆犹新.

He moved to London when he was sixteen (= 16 years old) .

他十六岁那年搬到了伦敦。

sixteen years later

十六年后

You can get married at sixteen, and yet you haven't got a say in the running of the country.

你16岁时可以结婚，但还无权参与国家政事。

At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of Hamburg.

16岁时，他就有资格进入汉堡大学。

...exams taken at the age of sixteen...

16 岁时参加的考试

At sixteen he could drink me under the table.

16岁的时候他就能把我灌醉了。

Sixteen of the contestants have hired lawyers and are suing the organisers.

有16名参赛者已经请了律师，正在起诉主办方。

"Fifteen or sixteen?" Mrs Dearden hazarded.

“15或16？”迪尔登夫人试着猜道。

In the ancient times, people usually hunted down the animals and eat their meat.

在古代人们通常捕杀动物并食其肉.

The last time I saw her was about sixteen years ago.

我上次见她大约是16年前了。

When he was sixteen he joined a religious sect.

他16岁的时候加入了一个宗教教派.

He worked sixteen hours a day...

他每天工作 16 个小时。

When boys get to the age of fifteen or sixteen , they eat their heads off.

男孩子到了十五六岁的年龄, 食量大得吓人.

Tobacco was introduced into Europe in the sixteenth century.

烟草在十六世纪传入欧洲.

He has entered on his sixteenth year.

他现在十六岁了.

During the sixteenth century the intellectual climate in many parts of Europe was slowly changing.

在16世纪,欧洲很多地方知识界的态度慢慢改变了.