How many a time have I stood there, raging with hunger, unable to purchase even one pennyworth of food!

有多少次那儿， 饥肠辘辘，连一分钱的食都买不起！

But there was always no money; they never paid for as much as a pennyworth of peppermints.

是总是没有钱； 他从来没有花过一分钱的薄荷。