首先，他们人数不多；第二，他们没什么钱；第三，他们在挨饿。

First of all, there are not many of them, and secondly, they have little money and, thirdly, they're hungry.

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我缺三块钱。

I'm shy of three dollars.

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三件多少钱？

How much for three pieces?

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I'll just take the remaining money and I'll put it in some lottery bet and one in three chance I'll have three million dollars.

我把剩余的钱全拿去买彩票,我有三分之一的机会赢得300万美元

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I have to buy them all anyway, so I don't care whether three-fourths of my money goes to debt or one-fourth of the money goes to debt.

反正我都得买下来,所以我不介意投向债务的钱,到底是四分之三还是四分之一

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I'm just going to be paying back my debts and go bankrupt, so I'll take a big gamble and then at least I have a one in three chance of making money.

那样我就会因为要还债而破产,所以我要赌一把,至少有三分之一的机会能赢钱

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