middle-agedadjective
US /ˌmɪdl ˈeɪdʒd/
of a person who is neither young nor old, usually between about 45 and 65
“A MIDDLE-AGED MAN, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. One of them was young,”
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The Man and His Two Sweethearts • Aesop
Chương 1: Pleasing Nobody
Đoạn 1/1 (Câu 1–5)
PHỤ ĐỀ TIẾNG ANH • CHẠM TỪNG TỪ ĐỂ TRA NGHĨACâu 1 / 5
A MIDDLE-AGED MAN, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. One of them was young,
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Câu 1
A MIDDLE-AGED MAN, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. One of them was young,
Câu 2
and the other well advanced in years. The elder woman, ashamed to be courted by a man younger than herself, made a point,
Câu 3
whenever her admirer visited her, to pull out some portion of his black hairs. The younger, on the contrary,
Câu 4
not wishing to become the wife of an old man, was equally zealous in removing every gray hair she could find.
Câu 5
Thus it came to pass that between them both he very soon found that he had not a hair left on his head. Those who seek to please everybody please nobody.
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courtedverb
US /ˈkɔːrtɪd/
tried to gain somebody's love because you wanted to marry them
“A MIDDLE-AGED MAN, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. One of them was young,”
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zealousadjective
US /ˈzeləs/
showing great energy and enthusiasm in pursuit of something
“not wishing to become the wife of an old man, was equally zealous in removing every gray hair she could find.”
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Narrator:A MIDDLE-AGED MAN, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. One of them was young,
Speaker:and the other well advanced in years. The elder woman, ashamed to be courted by a man younger than herself, made a point,