a loaf of bread

基本解释

Your desire for food can be met without killing someone for a loaf of bread.
你不必为了一条面包来杀死某人，以实现你对食物的追求。
That night, Mr. Nelson ate a loaf of bread then lodged at the lobby of the railway station.
那天夜里，纳尔逊先生吃了一个面包，然后在火车站的门厅里寄宿。
That amount cannot even buy you a loaf of bread, not even a packet of chips. It is nothing.
这点钱连一块面包，不，甚至连一袋炸薯条都买不起，它一文不值，狗屁都不是。

One suggestion is to remove the center from a loaf of bread and hide a snake inside -- a live one if possible.
Would it be wrong for someone to steal a loaf of bread to feed his starving family?
如果有人偷了块面包，来养活快要饿死的家人,那是错的吗？
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Is it all right to steal a loaf of bread to feed a starving family or to steal a drug that your child needs to survive?
为了养活快饿死的家人而偷块面包，可以吗,或是为了救你孩子的命而偷药呢，又怎样？
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Nineteen years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread to feed a starving family.
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