We had to offer our new cook a large salary, but he was a capable man, and paid his way.

我们得付给新厨师一大笔钱，不过这也值得，他是个能干的人。

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She describes how Hiroya, a Japanese artist who paid his way through life with his paintings, left several works of art to the hotel before dying of a heroin overdose a few years ago.

她描述了何洛亚一个日本艺术家一生都通过他的画作结账，在他几年前因海洛因过量而死亡前付给了酒店几幅作品。

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Each person bowed before the ruler, his gold went onto one hip, his silver went onto another hip, and in this way he paid his income tax for the year.

每个人在统治者面前鞠躬，把他的金子放在一边，银子放在另一边，这样他就交了当年的个人所得税。

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Dave grew up in a working-class family and paid his way through college as a grocery checker.

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The son of working-class parents, Greene paid his way through Johns Hopkins by selling circus tickets over the phone.

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Away from the then amateur game, he paid his way in life working as a bricklayer and later doing public relations for British Gas.

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