Classmates paid ten cents for entry, they paid the sales clerk a wage of one dollar a week.

同学们支付 10 美分的入场费，他们付给妹妹每周 1 美元的工资。

You'd believe that if you spent a buck on a book on Jujitsu, and then paid the clerk ten dollars, you'd get nine bucks back.

你会相信， 如果你花了一美元买了一本柔术书，然后付给店员十美元，你会得到九美元。