Tom Sawyer

基本解釋

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is considered one of the best books about an American boy's life in the eighteen hundreds.
Somewhere in The Great Gatsby, which was my Tom Sawyer when I was twelve, the youthful narrator remarks that everybody suspects himself of having at least one of the cardinal virtues and he goes on to say that he thinks his, bless his heart, is honesty.
在Great，Gatsby的某個地方，我表哥在那,當(dāng)時我12歲，那個年輕的敘事者談?wù)摰?每個人都懷疑他,有至少一種基本的美德，他繼續(xù)說,他認(rèn)為他的內(nèi)心是誠實的。
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It is the kind described in Twain's book, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."

It is almost impossible not to develop a rooting interest for the clever, rascally, Tom Sawyer.
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The plan was to invade Tom Sawyer Island and "liberate Minnie Mouse, " among other pranks.
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Unlike his elder brother Tatsuo, who studied prodigiously in order to pass the Japanese bar exam, Shigeta was a Tom Sawyer type.
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