When he was young, he was so poor that he virtually had to live on gruel.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

I hear that he was quite a ladies' man when he was young.

He kept saying how poor he had been in his school days.

He is white‐livered and tends to give up challenges soon.

“He looked ill."“Oh, really?"“He did when I saw him yesterday anyway."

Now I come to think of it, when I last met him I fancied he hadn't long to live.

It was because they worked [mounted a campaign] against him that he failed to get a seat on the Board.

Few of them were aware (of) what an unpleasant person he really was.

They attributed his bad manners to lack of training in childhood.

He found a small chip in the expensive antique vase.

He was selfish, reckless, and had no consideration for others.

He needs time to recover from that pratfall.

He can be very generous, but he sometimes tries to make you feel obligated to him [to make it clear that you are in his debt].

His parents were too poor to send their son to college.

He was so poor that he could not buy the bread.

Lack of food had left him weak and exhausted.

he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view

He was sick of being vilified all the time by people who were jealous of his ability.

He often finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.

He was so obstinate that I was forced to go to extremes―（他動詞構文にすれば）―His obstinacy forced me to go to extremes―His obstinacy drove me to extreme measures.

He was so tired that he laid himself on the grass.

It's possible that he came here when he was a boy.

It's possible that he came here when he was young.

It's possible that he came here as a child.

It is possible that he came here when he was a child.

After repeated requests he finally made up his mind to take up the problem.

His accent sometimes sounds very funny even to people who are used to (hearing) it.

It was unbelievably quiet there; perhaps that's why he liked the place so much.

That mistake cost him dearly.

The young jockey is under pressure from the start, but he says he will try to find his own style.

shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face- Charles Dickens