He was fifty or there abouts and was corpulent and tall in person. 他大約50歲，身體肥胖高大。

2. doleful adj.令人沮喪的，悲哀的；沉悶的，陰郁的

3. dwindle vi. 逐漸變少或變小

The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling. 地球上野生動(dòng)物的數(shù)量正日漸減少。

4. eavesdrop vi. 偷聽(tīng)(別人的談話)

5. eerie adj. (因陰森怪誕而)引起恐懼的；可怕的

It's eerie to walk through a dark wood at night. 夜晚在漆黑的森林中行走很是恐怖。