1. Even adults may sometime prefer to hear a lie than a truth that is too difficult to face.

too...to 太…而不能…
例句：English is too difficult for Ling Ling to learn.
英语对玲玲来讲太难,她学不会。

2. At that time, "bare" meant "bold."

at that time 当时; 在那时
例句：They were the only two men at that time.
当时就只有他们两人。

3. This expression may have come from a line of Scottish poetry:

come from 源自; 来自某处; 出生于
例句：Dreams come from within, not from the outside.
梦由内心产生，非来自外界。