paint, brushes, ladders, lamps, et cetera.

油漆， 刷子 ，梯子， 燈等等。

I haven't heard from him for a long time.

我很久沒有收到他的信了。

Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.

我和比爾借了一筆錢，買下了那條項鏈。在后來的10年時間里，我們兩人為了償還這筆借款不分晝夜地干活。這就是為什么我現在看起來這樣老的原因。好了，過了這些年之后，我們終于還清了全部借款。