YOU SAID:

When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs

INTO JAPANESE

私が若者だったとき、私は4ダースの卵を食べました

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When I was a young man, I ate 4 dozen eggs

INTO JAPANESE

若い頃、4ダースの卵を食べました

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I ate 4 dozen eggs when I was young

INTO JAPANESE

幼い頃に4ダースの卵を食べました

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I ate 4 dozen eggs when I was young