In two or three months, I'll have an advance on my book
两到三个月后 我能得到我那本书的预付款
I don't have the figures, but I'll find out.
我没有这个数据,但我会找到的。
As far as I could see, it needed only a minor adjustment: a turn of a screw here, a little tightening up there, a drop of oil and it would be as good as new.