Sinatra has a cold -- Irena -- 20150925 We talked about Gay Talese's famous profile on Sinatra. Corrections: write an article about him: better than "write an article of him". a fading blond: (subtle) someone who is no longer at their peak. environment: Learn about someone by studying how he interacts with his environment (better than "the external world"). What does you day look like vs. what does your day consist of vs. what's your day like: Not "what is your day look like". If I want to include"typical" and "look like", then it could be "what's your typical day like". without much detail vs. without many details: Both are ok. There was something terrible going on: not "there is something terrible happened" (Note that "happened" here can not be treated as an adjective). Instead, one can say "there is something terrible that happened", but it is not unnatural. His gaze silenced people around him: More natural than "His gaze put people into silence". Vocabulary: predecessor: Is Gay Talese a predecessor of Paparazzi? mistrustful: lacking in trust. Another word is "distrustful". Sinatra was mistrustful to do an Esquire interview. protruding: Sinatra got protruding pinkies. psyche vs. psychosomatic: His cold not only affected his psyche but also caused psychosomatic nasal drip of people around him. conjure: To conjure up an image. emancipate: free immaculate: clean and polished. Phrases: His appearance of immaculately dressed, emancipated man, acted as aphrodisiac to women. I'm plunged into readingmania and talkingmania. Pronunciations: Sinatra: the emphasis is on "na". esquire: "es" as in "estimate", "quire" as in "acquire". Hair piece: Try to pronounce it as two separate words instead of "hairpiece". sullen: "su" as in "sub"; "llen" as in "lend". Note that "su" is not as in "suit". emit: "em" as in "emaciate". aphrodisiac: First, this is a noun. Second, its emphasis is on "di". "aphro" almost sounds similar to "effort". Others: From Here to Eternity. (Maybe we should talk about it).