It was all because of the piece of steak.

这全因为那块牛排。

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Occasionally he graced his table with a piece of round-steak, or with a soup-bone.

有时他还买圈牛后腿肉，或是炖汤的骨头给饭桌增添光彩。

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And a piece of steak was such a little thing, a few pennies at best; yet it meant thirty quid to him.

区区一块牛排，最多不过值几个便士，然而对他来说，却等于三十金镑。

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Just take a steak, for example, or you know, some nice piece of meat at a restaurant.

例如牛排,你知道,餐馆中一些不错的牛肉

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You could throw it like a small javelin, or stab it into a piece of steak instead of using a fork, or you might take the ink cartridge out of the pen and fill the hollow shell with sand (just because you like sand).

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Cut the long piece of skirt steak into 3- to 4-inch sections, then cut each section into thin strips across the grain (that is, in line with the full length of the skirt steak).

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More accurately, it is a mountain of French fries topped with a steak, an egg and a piece of ham rolled around a glob of melted cheese.

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