Something might be short at one point and become tall at another point, ugly at one point and become beautiful-- like the ugly duckling.

一个事物可能在某一时刻很矮,然后在另一时刻又会变高,某一时刻很丑,然后变得很美,就像丑小鸭一样

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And these people were this tribe called the Pygmies who were actually really short

而且这些人就是俾格米部落，这里的人真的很矮，

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So he's really, really short for a basketball player.

所以作为篮球运动员,他又很矮很矮

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