It was convenient that she did not have to go to the expense of taking a taxi to transport her trunk.

方便的是，她不必花钱坐出租车来运送她的行李箱。

Do you suppose I'm fool enough to go to the expense of keeping one of my own, when there are so many charming ones in my friends' closets?

当我朋友的衣橱里有那么多迷人的东西时， 你认为我愚蠢到愿意花钱保留自己的一根吗？

He would have found me an apartment himself, and lent me furniture-did I really mean that I had gone to the expense of buying it? - and he would have helped me to move in.

他会替我找到一处合适的住处，会借给我家具 ——难道我真的花了一笔冤枉钱去买吗？——，而且他还可以帮我搬家。