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Chapters (13)
  1. Cubierta
  2. The Elephant Man
  3. Chapter 1: The creature in the shop
  4. Chapter 2: The card
  5. Chapter 3: A letter to 'The Times'
  6. Chapter 4: Merrick's first home
  7. Chapter 5: An important visitor
  8. Chapter 6: Outside the hospital
  9. Chapter 7: The last letter
  10. Glossary
  11. Activities
  12. Before reading
  13. Autor

bath when you want to wash all your body, you sit in a bath full of water

below under

beside next to

Bible the most important book for Christians

box (in a theatre) a small 'room'; you can watch the stage from a box, but other people can't see you

cab an old word for 'taxi'

card a piece of paper with your name and address on it (a visiting card); or a card with a picture and a greeting on it (e.g. a Christmas card)

chairman an important man in the hospital

cloth trousers, coats, dresses, etc. are made from cloth

country (the) not the town

creature a living animal

drop (v) to let something fall

editor the most important person in a newspaper office

elephant a very big grey animal with a long nose and big ears enormous very big

faithfully (Yours faithfully) you write 'Yours faithfully' at the end of a formal letter

fingers you have five fingers on each hand

fish fish live in rivers and in the sea

food what you eat

gentleman a man from an important family

glass (n) you drink tea from a cup; you drink water from a glass

heavy it is difficult to carry heavy things; 1,000 kilos is very heavy

himself (by himself) nobody was with him

hip the place where your leg joins your body

hole an empty space or opening in something

horrible not nice; people are often afraid of 'horrible' things

kind nice, good; a kind person often helps people

knee the middle of your leg where it bends

lady a woman from an important family

life your life stops when you die

lighthouse a tall building by or in the sea, with a strong light; the light tells ships that there are dangerous rocks like (prep) not different: a river is like the sea, because it is made of water

loudly with a lot of noise

Majesty (Her/His/Your) when you speak to a queen or a king, you say 'Your Majesty'

marry to take somebody as your husband or wife

mirror a piece of special glass; you can see your face in a mirror

neck your neck is between your head and your body

newspaper you read a newspaper to know what is happening in the world

nose your nose is between your eyes and your mouth

place where something or someone is (a room, a house, a town, etc.)

play (n) you go to the theatre to see a play

police the police help people; they also put bad people in prison

present something that you give to or get from somebody (e.g. a birthday present)

prison a building for bad people; they must stay there and cannot leave

Queen (the) the most important woman in Britain

sad not happy

scream (v) to make a loud high cry because you are afraid or angry