As a small boy he had spent most of his time with his grandparents.

他幼年时多半时间是跟爷爷奶奶在一起。

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Once there was a small boy called Shankar who belonged to a poor family.

从前有一个叫尚卡尔的小男孩，他来自一个贫穷的家庭。

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After a week, while Tom was on an official tour, he met a small boy aged 10 selling toys.

一个星期后，汤姆出差时遇到了一个卖玩具的10岁小男孩。

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Then,he remembered when as a small boy how he watched the wolves kill a moose.

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The museum had a big palace, which is, as I said before, where the small boy, Louis XIV, lived, and then was burned in 1871.

我之前说过 卢浮宫里有一个很大的宫殿,路易十四小时候曾住在那里,这座宫殿后来在1871年被烧毁

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The boy picked up a small piece of steel and a workman's tool,a hammer.

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He found his first shark tooth as a small boy, in the late seventies, at nearby Venice Beach.

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Mr Mullen, who is married with a young son, said he had been a huge Queen fan since he was a small boy.

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But Keith and Michelle are working hard to ensure the pressures do not mount up on such a small boy, who simply treats art as "his best friend".

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