大拇哥谢绝了，说自己想先周游世界。

Thumbling, however, declined, and said he wanted to see the world first.

牛群里有头大黑牛，一口把大拇哥吞了下去，倒也没伤着他什么。

Now amongst them there was a great black one, who swallowed him down without hurting him.

这下子汤姆大拇发大脾气了。

Then Tom Thumb lost his temper.

上礼拜我就走进那么一个，有些人围过来，对我竖大拇哥或者拍拍我的肩膀。

Last week I walked in one, and a few people came up to me and gave me a thumbs up or patted me on the shoulder.

又被哥大开除，后来又好像回到哥大了。

He was kicked out of Columbia, and then sort of went back.