Setting out

setting ['sɛtɪŋ]

n. 镶嵌;环境;装置;（某事、戏剧、小说等的）背景; v. 放( set的现在分词);安插;树立;安排;

sett安置好 + ing 名词后缀→ 安装，调整；环境

out [aʊt]

adv. 出局;在外，在外部;完全，彻底;出版; prep. （表示来源）从;（从…里）出来;（表示不在原状态）脱离;离去; vt. 使熄灭;揭露;驱逐; adj. 外面的;出局的;下台的;外围的; n. 不流行;出局;

Exactly.

完全正确。

Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.

积少自然成多。

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.

我和比尔借了一笔钱，买下了那条项链。在后来的10年时间里，我们两人为了偿还这笔借款不分昼夜地干活。这就是为什么我现在看起来这样老的原因。好了，过了这些年之后，我们终于还清了全部借款。