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何回も言いますが、新聞を読むためには各々の単語が名詞（noun）なのか、形容詞（adjective）なのか、副詞（adverb）なのかがめちゃくちゃ大事になってきます！文法はほんっっっっっっとうに大事です！！！一緒に一つずつやっていきましょう！僕の勉強がわりにもなっているので、僕が知っていることは飛ばしていたりします。なので、何かわからないことがあれば気軽にコメントください。できるだけ答えます！よろしくお願いします 😉
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読み終わったら、下の単語の解説と照らし合わせながら読んでいってみてください！よろしくです 😉
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Mummified remains of a lonely Russian pensioner who died embracing a home-made sex doll with a mannequin’s head are found by police
To mummify (verb)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” to preserve a dead body as a mummy “というふうに記載されていますね。
To embrace (verb)
Macmillan Dictionary によると” to put your arms around someone in order to show love or friendship “と、” to completely accept something such as a new belief, idea, or way of life “というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
She saw them embrace on the station platform.
They embraced (each other) before saying good-bye.
He leaned over to embrace the child.
Most countries have enthusiastically embraced the concept of high-speed railways.
・Police found a pensioner, 66, dead in his St Petersburg home holding a sex doll
・The man, Valery M., had assembled the doll from fabric, rope and old towels
・Authorities had entered Valery’s home after neighbours complained of a smell
・Police said he had been dead for several months, likely due to natural causes
To assemble (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to bring a group of things or people together in one place for a particular purpose “ と、” to build something, for example furniture, by putting all its parts together “ というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
You have to assemble the shelves yourself.
furniture that is easy to assemble
Workers were earning $20 an hour assembling cars.
We assembled in the meeting room after lunch.
How long would it take to assemble a team for a project like this?
Everyone is assembling outside the cathedral, ready for the Remembrance Day parade.
natural causes
自然死のことです。
例文：
Mr Johnson died from natural causes (=not as a result of an accident or crime).
Police have found the mummified remains of a lonely pensioner who died embracing a home-made sex doll.
The 66-year-old was discovered in St Petersburg after neighbours complained of a nasty smell in their apartment block.
The grandfather named only Valery M. had not been seen for several months, they said.
When police broke in they found the dead pensioner lying on his sofa next to his ‘girlfriend’.
Police believe he had assembled the doll from items collected from rubbish bins near his home in the Moskovsky district of the city.
The head was torn from a mannequin used in a clothes shop.
partially (adverb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” not completely “ という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
a partially clothed body discovered in the woods
The meat was only partially cooked.
He‘s been partially deaf since birth.
The airline is partially owned by British Airways.
The body was assembled from pieces of fabric, rope and old towels.
The large disproportionate bust was made of pink towelling rugs.
‘His body looks more like a mummy, but the ‘girlfriend’ lying next to him on the sofa has remained unscathed,’ said the report.
In the picture a child’s unclothed plastic doll is also visible.
An autopsy will be carried out but police believe the man died from natural causes in the company of the self made doll.
There were no signs of violence, said a spokesman.
disproportionate (adjective)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” too large or too small in comparison to something else, or not deserving its importance or influence: “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
There are a disproportionate number of girls in the class.
I’ve been given a disproportionate share of the work.
The size of the fine was disproportionate to the scale of the offence.
The country’s great influence in the world is disproportionate to its relatively small size.
rug (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” a small carpet that covers part of a floor “ と、 ” a cloth made of wool that you use to keep yourself warm “ という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
My dog loves lying on the rug in front of the fire.
He sat sipping his tea with a rug over his knees.
The rug we bought for the living-room has a beautiful red and gold pattern.
unscathed (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” not harmed or damaged by something bad that has happened “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
I came away from the accident unscathed, but the car got badly damaged.
Her husband died in the accident but she, amazingly, escaped unscathed.
The government has emerged from this latest crisis relatively unscathed.
autopsy (noun)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” the cutting open and examination of a dead body in order to discover the cause of death: “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
They carried out/performed an autopsy.
The body arrived for autopsy at the Dallas hospital.
company (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryの２つ目の意味によると ” people you are with “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
Some of the jokes weren’t really suitable for mixed company.
Things started to go wrong when he got into bad company.
最後に、内容が理解でき、新しい単語も知ることができたら、必ずCambridge Dictionaryか、Macmillan Dictionaryで例文を読むようにしてください。そして一番シンプルで、自分が日常使いしときやすそうなもをノートやスマホに書き溜めておいてください。そしてこれを移動中の時などに声に出して覚えることが本当に大事です！（電車では難しいので、僕はよく歩きますw）
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