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先生
teacher; instructor; master; sensei; title of respect; (teasing) sir; (joking) master; one's eldernoun, noun suffix
の
possession, attribution, nominalizer, or nominal linkergrammar
説明
explanation; description; accountnoun, suru verb
を
object markergrammar
聞い
hear; listen to; ask; inquire; hear about; learn of; follow; obey; heed; hear out; grant; accept; smell; sample (fragrance); taste; try (alcohol)-> 聞くgodan verb
て、
connective te-formgrammar
生徒
pupil; student; schoolchildnoun
たち
pluralizing suffix (people, animals)-> 達suffix
は
topic markergrammar
こっくりとうなずい
nod in agreement; nod in assent-> こっくりとうなずくgodan verb
た。
past tense or completed actiongrammar