pubescent

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“They even let pubescent girls swim in the sea,” moans the culture minister.
“他們甚至讓青春期的女孩在海里游泳”文化部長抱怨道。
And yes, tampons for pubescent girls are fine as long as they're comfortable.
對，棉條對于青春期的女孩來說非常好，因為棉條更舒適。
She writes about herself and her pubescent, precocious, and, when necessary, cunning behavior with the same sobriety she uses to describe everything else.
她描寫她本人，她的早熟，青春期的困惑，而且在必要的時候，她利用同樣節(jié)制的狡猾行為去描寫所有別的事情。

In an impoverished rural society, pubescent girls are bought and sold like cattle, and often treated little better.
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Arranged marriage is also common, and some cultures marry off girls while they are still pubescent or even younger.
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It allows for marriage to pre-pubescent girls, stipulating that Islamic divorce procedures "shall apply to those who have not yet menstruated" (65:4).
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A pubescent child is at the stage in life when they are developing from a child into an adult and becoming able to have children.

A pubescent girl or boy has reached the stage in their life when their body is becoming physically like an adult's.