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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Zossimov was a tall, fat man with a puffy, colourless, clean-shaven face and straight flaxen hair.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He had on a light grey fashionable loose coat, light summer trousers, and everything about him loose, fashionable and spick and span; his linen was irreproachable, his watch-chain was massive.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Zossimov was a tall, fat man with a puffy, colourless, clean-shaven face and straight flaxen hair.
apparent
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From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
big
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From this reading He wore spectacles, and a big gold ring on his fat finger.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
clean-shaven
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From this reading Zossimov was a tall, fat man with a puffy, colourless, clean-shaven face and straight flaxen hair.
coat
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From this reading He had on a light grey fashionable loose coat, light summer trousers, and everything about him loose, fashionable and spick and span; his linen was irreproachable, his watch-chain was massive.
colourless
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From this reading Zossimov was a tall, fat man with a puffy, colourless, clean-shaven face and straight flaxen hair.
conceal
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From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
easy
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From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
efforts
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From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading He had on a light grey fashionable loose coat, light summer trousers, and everything about him loose, fashionable and spick and span; his linen was irreproachable, his watch-chain was massive.
face
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From this reading Zossimov was a tall, fat man with a puffy, colourless, clean-shaven face and straight flaxen hair.
fashionable
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From this reading He had on a light grey fashionable loose coat, light summer trousers, and everything about him loose, fashionable and spick and span; his linen was irreproachable, his watch-chain was massive.
fat
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From this reading Zossimov was a tall, fat man with a puffy, colourless, clean-shaven face and straight flaxen hair.
finger
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From this reading He wore spectacles, and a big gold ring on his fat finger.
flaxen
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From this reading Zossimov was a tall, fat man with a puffy, colourless, clean-shaven face and straight flaxen hair.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
gold
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From this reading He wore spectacles, and a big gold ring on his fat finger.
grey
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From this reading He had on a light grey fashionable loose coat, light summer trousers, and everything about him loose, fashionable and spick and span; his linen was irreproachable, his watch-chain was massive.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had on a light grey fashionable loose coat, light summer trousers, and everything about him loose, fashionable and spick and span; his linen was irreproachable, his watch-chain was massive.
hair
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From this reading Zossimov was a tall, fat man with a puffy, colourless, clean-shaven face and straight flaxen hair.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wore spectacles, and a big gold ring on his fat finger.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had on a light grey fashionable loose coat, light summer trousers, and everything about him loose, fashionable and spick and span; his linen was irreproachable, his watch-chain was massive.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He wore spectacles, and a big gold ring on his fat finger.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
instant
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From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
irreproachable
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From this reading He had on a light grey fashionable loose coat, light summer trousers, and everything about him loose, fashionable and spick and span; his linen was irreproachable, his watch-chain was massive.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
light
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From this reading He had on a light grey fashionable loose coat, light summer trousers, and everything about him loose, fashionable and spick and span; his linen was irreproachable, his watch-chain was massive.
linen
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From this reading He had on a light grey fashionable loose coat, light summer trousers, and everything about him loose, fashionable and spick and span; his linen was irreproachable, his watch-chain was massive.
loose
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From this reading He had on a light grey fashionable loose coat, light summer trousers, and everything about him loose, fashionable and spick and span; his linen was irreproachable, his watch-chain was massive.
made
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From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
man
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From this reading Zossimov was a tall, fat man with a puffy, colourless, clean-shaven face and straight flaxen hair.
manner
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From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
massive
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From this reading He had on a light grey fashionable loose coat, light summer trousers, and everything about him loose, fashionable and spick and span; his linen was irreproachable, his watch-chain was massive.
nonchalant
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From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He wore spectacles, and a big gold ring on his fat finger.
puffy
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From this reading Zossimov was a tall, fat man with a puffy, colourless, clean-shaven face and straight flaxen hair.
ring
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From this reading He wore spectacles, and a big gold ring on his fat finger.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
self-importance
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From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
slow
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From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
span
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From this reading He had on a light grey fashionable loose coat, light summer trousers, and everything about him loose, fashionable and spick and span; his linen was irreproachable, his watch-chain was massive.
spectacles
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From this reading He wore spectacles, and a big gold ring on his fat finger.
spick
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From this reading He had on a light grey fashionable loose coat, light summer trousers, and everything about him loose, fashionable and spick and span; his linen was irreproachable, his watch-chain was massive.
straight
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From this reading Zossimov was a tall, fat man with a puffy, colourless, clean-shaven face and straight flaxen hair.
studiously
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From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
summer
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From this reading He had on a light grey fashionable loose coat, light summer trousers, and everything about him loose, fashionable and spick and span; his linen was irreproachable, his watch-chain was massive.
tall
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From this reading Zossimov was a tall, fat man with a puffy, colourless, clean-shaven face and straight flaxen hair.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
trousers
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From this reading He had on a light grey fashionable loose coat, light summer trousers, and everything about him loose, fashionable and spick and span; his linen was irreproachable, his watch-chain was massive.
twenty-seven
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From this reading He was twenty-seven.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Zossimov was a tall, fat man with a puffy, colourless, clean-shaven face and straight flaxen hair.
watch-chain
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From this reading He had on a light grey fashionable loose coat, light summer trousers, and everything about him loose, fashionable and spick and span; his linen was irreproachable, his watch-chain was massive.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In manner he was slow and, as it were, nonchalant, and at the same time studiously free and easy; he made efforts to conceal his self-importance, but it was apparent at every instant.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Zossimov was a tall, fat man with a puffy, colourless, clean-shaven face and straight flaxen hair.
wore
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From this reading He wore spectacles, and a big gold ring on his fat finger.
Zossimov
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From this reading Zossimov was a tall, fat man with a puffy, colourless, clean-shaven face and straight flaxen hair.
