Benedict had been a wild boy and a quarrelsome young man.

本尼迪克特曾是个狂野的男孩，一个好争吵的年轻男子。

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Through his hard life, he has grown up from boy to man.

经过艰苦的生活，他已从一个男孩成长为一个男人。

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Some parents believe a boy must learn to stand up and fight like a man.

一些家长认为一个男孩必须学会像男子汉一样奋起战斗。

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And she turned and hurried away, followed by the worried eyes of the man, and the sad eyes of the boy.

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In a second he got it going forward and drove off crookedly past the man and boy still standing there watching.

他迅速地将车向前开动,歪歪扭扭地经过,仍然在一旁站立的男人和男孩。

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When the car was ready, the man and the boy stood by to watch him drive it off."

当车准备就绪，站在一旁的男人和男孩“

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"Hard time makes the boy the man, " Elmore said afterward, and it felt to Peter like dad was writing a line in a story.

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But in contemporary society, we have trouble talking about the obvious: The transition from boy to man is a risky endeavor, and there can be a lot of collateral damage.

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"It was clear to me he had made the transformation from a boy into a man and a leader prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for his country, " Littrell said.

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