He was a peasant in his early years.

他早年是个农民。

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He was a peasant who lived at Hougomont, and was gardener there.

他是个农民，当时在乌古蒙当园丁。

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Tom tried to explain to the guards that he was a peasant boy, not the prince.

汤姆试图向侍卫解释自己只是个乡下孩子，而非王子。

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His second wife was a Latvian peasant maid.

他的第二任妻子是一位拉脱维亚农民出身的女佣

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As for Viehmann, she was not a peasant but the wife of a tailor.

NEWYORKER: Once Upon a Time

Many finds have the ring of folklore: One trove was uncovered in 1910 by a peasant plowing his fields, another when a Ukrainian shepherd boy stepped into a pot of gold.

FORBES: Travel

Ji Pengfei, the self-educated peasant, was made a diplomat.

ECONOMIST: Ji Pengfei