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    dingy

    US /ˈdɪŋi/

    ・

    UK /'dɪndʒɪ/

    C1TOEIC
    adj.AdjectiveDark in an unpleasant way, often looking dirty
    He entered the dingy room

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    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters

    17:28A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters
    • the houses opposite were mere phantoms. To see  the dingy cloud come drooping down, obscuring  

      the houses opposite were mere phantoms. To see  the dingy cloud come drooping down, obscuring  

    • To see the dingy cloud come drooping down, obscuring everything, one might have thought that nature lived hardby and was brewing on a large scale.

      To see the dingy cloud come drooping down, obscuring everything, one might have thought that nature lived hardby and was brewing on a large scale.

    B2

    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Audiobook with subtitles and a warm fire. Read by Greg Wagland.

    14:37A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Audiobook with subtitles and a warm fire. Read by Greg Wagland.
    • To see the dingy cloud come drooping down obscuring everything, one might have thought that nature lived hard by and was brewing on a large scale.

      To see the dingy cloud come drooping down obscuring everything, one might have thought that nature lived hard by and was brewing on a large scale.

    • opposite were mere phantoms. To see the dingy cloud come drooping down,

      opposite were mere phantoms. To see the dingy cloud come drooping down,

    B2

    Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson | Full Audiobook

    28:58Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson  | Full Audiobook
    • the street shone out in contrast to its  dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest;  

      the street shone out in contrast to its  dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest;  

    • Even on Sunday, when it veiled its more florid charms and lay comparatively empty of passage, the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest, and

      Even on Sunday, when it veiled its more florid charms and lay comparatively empty of passage, the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest, and

    B1

    London: Historic and Dynamic

    24:57London: Historic and Dynamic
    • Victoria called St. Paul's "dim, dingy, and ungodly" so the east end of the church was

      Victoria called St. Paul's "dim, dingy, and ungodly" so the east end of the church was

    • Paul's dim, dingy, and ungodly.

      Paul's dim, dingy, and ungodly.

    B1

    The Science of That Dress

    05:03The Science of That Dress
    • It's kinda muddy, dingy purple and orange.

      It's kinda muddy, dingy purple and orange.

    • or blue and black; it's kinda muddy, dingy purple and orange.

      or blue and black; it's kinda muddy, dingy purple and orange.

    B1

    SCAMMERS are Everywhere in CHINA!

    27:18SCAMMERS are Everywhere in CHINA!
    • Okay so he goes to this place That she Recommends and it's a Little bar a Little Dingy bar he had three Drinks

      Okay so he goes to this place That she Recommends and it's a Little bar a Little Dingy bar he had three Drinks

    • So he goes to this place that she recommends, and it's a little bar, a little dingy bar.

      So he goes to this place that she recommends, and it's a little bar, a little dingy bar.

    A2

    [subtitle] Steve Jobs Lost Interview 1990 [50 min version from wgbh]

    50:08[subtitle] Steve Jobs Lost Interview 1990 [50 min version from wgbh]
    • And it was in the basement of some dingy hotel.

      And it was in the basement of some dingy hotel.

    • in Atlantic City in 1976. And it was in the basement of some dingy hotel. And it just

      in Atlantic City in 1976. And it was in the basement of some dingy hotel. And it just

    A2

    Week 0, continued

    04:00Week 0, continued
    • Anything dirty or dingy or dusty.

      Anything dirty or dingy or dusty.

    • Anything dirty or dingy or dusty.

      Anything dirty or dingy or dusty.

    B1

    Why You Lose Friends

    05:05Why You Lose Friends
    • Are you guys gonna leave me alone to just fight crime on the dark, dingy, dangerous streets of Gotham by myself?

      Are you guys gonna leave me alone to just fight crime on the dark, dingy, dangerous streets of Gotham by myself?

    • Dingy, dangerous streets of Gotham by myself.

      Dingy, dangerous streets of Gotham by myself.

    B1

    Jane Eyre – British Reading – Chapter 1 – Charlotte Bronte – British English Pronunciation

    15:48Jane Eyre – British Reading – Chapter 1 – Charlotte Bronte – British English Pronunciation
    • John Reed was a schoolboy of fourteen years old—four years older than I—for I was ten, large and stout for his age, with a dingy and unwholesome skin, thick lineaments in a spacious visage, heavy limbs, and

      John Reed was a schoolboy of fourteen years old—four years older than I—for I was ten, large and stout for his age, with a dingy and unwholesome skin, thick lineaments in a spacious visage, heavy limbs, and

    • ten: large and stout for his age, with a dingy and unwholesome skin; thick lineaments in

      ten: large and stout for his age, with a dingy and unwholesome skin; thick lineaments in

    B2