但我事先不知道他们竟然会缺笔。

I did not know they wanted pens.

youdao

菲利普最终取出一笔钱去买一张他看中的Pokemon卡，但是他还缺大概一美元。

Philip did eventually make a withdrawal to buy a Pokemon card that he had his eye on, but he was short a dollar or so.

youdao

那是一个杜鹃的故事，教师。除了不知道他生于何地，父母是谁，他怎样发的第一笔财，其缺的人都知道。

'it's a cuckoo's, Sir - I know all about it: except where he was born, and who were his parents, and how he got his money at first.

youdao