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Seagull Posted 7 years ago
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Everything about him said defeat

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Could you paraphrase the second sentence of the passage below? --

He was a worried-looking man in a rumpled brown suit. Everything about him said defeat.

  

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His clothing, his mein, his posture, his facial expression, his mannerisms, his tone, his haircut were such that you immediately got the impression that he had been beaten down by life to the point where he gave up.

  • His clothing, his mein, his posture, his facial expression, his mannerisms, his tone, his haircut were such that you immediately got the impression that he had been beaten down by life to the point where he gave up.
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His clothing, his mein, his posture, his facial expression, his mannerisms, his tone, his haircut were such that you immediately got the impression that he had been beaten down by life to the point where he gave up.

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