Only a five percent discount? How about twenty percent?
只打九五折?八折怎么样?
His watch may be more expensive but mine tells the time better!
他的手表可能更贵些,但是我的表的时间要准确些。
In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable.