The boy answered, "Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and mama to eat your food from when I grow up."

小男孩回答说：“哦，我正在为你和妈妈做一个小碗，等我长大了你们就可以用它吃饭了。”

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When I was a little boy, my mom always told me to eat all of my food.

当我还是个小男孩的时候，我妈妈总是告诉我要吃完我所有的食物。

youdao

I could just eat a little something.

我只能吃一点点东西。

《牛津词典》

In fact, the first few days I sort of felt cheated, or maybe even a little bit hungry, because I wasn't able to eat meat, but I found that this is mostly psychological, that as long as you have protein in some form, whether it's beans or tofu, and you get used to it, it's really - you don't feel like you're missing much at all.

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By the end of the second week, hunger had become a constant companion, and I was in a foul mood about how little fun it was to eat, especially out of the house.

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