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he

pron.
A1 Beginner Informal

pron. the word you use to talk about a male person or animal that you have already mentioned. You use it as the subject of a sentence.

pron. the third-person singular masculine nominative pronoun. Used as the subject of a verb to refer to a male person, animal, or occasionally a personified object. The corresponding object form is 'him' and possessive is 'his'.


SIMPLE

He is my brother.

CONTEXTUAL

When my dad gets home, he usually makes dinner for the whole family.

COMPLEX

Although he had never visited London before, he managed to find his way to the hotel using only a paper map and a few words of English.

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