Why does she want to poodle the poor kid up?

她干吗要精心打扮这个可怜的小家伙?。

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The poor kid has been pushed from pillar to post.

这个可怜的孩子走投无路。

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The poor kid from Cacém will now have the chance to showcase all that at Old Trafford.

现在，这名来自卡塞雷斯的穷孩子将有机会在老特拉福德向全世界展示他的一切才华了。

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"The poor kid simply lost the ball in the sun, " said Cubs Manager Joe McCarthy.

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The parallels are interesting: Bert Brodsky was a poor kid growing up in the Bronx who ended up hobnobbing with the ultra-wealthy Bernie Madoff.

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Shortly after that, the poor kid was dragged off to a performance of "Die Fledermaus" by his parents, who must have been on more comfortable terms with comic opera than with child psychology.

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