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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 He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
accursed
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Razumihin waked up next morning at eight o’clock, troubled and serious.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
ashamedadjectiveUS /əˈʃeɪmd/
feeling guilt or embarrassment after doing something that causes embarrassment
From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Razumihin waked up next morning at eight o’clock, troubled and serious.
befallen
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From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
bequeathed
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
cares
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
clearly
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
confronted
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From this reading He found himself confronted with many new and unlooked-for perplexities.
day
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From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
detail
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From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
difficulties
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
eight
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From this reading Razumihin waked up next morning at eight o’clock, troubled and serious.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had never expected that he would ever wake up feeling like that.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
expected
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From this reading He had never expected that he would ever wake up feeling like that.
experience
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From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had never expected that he would ever wake up feeling like that.
felt
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
fired
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He found himself confronted with many new and unlooked-for perplexities.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had never expected that he would ever wake up feeling like that.
hastened
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He found himself confronted with many new and unlooked-for perplexities.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He found himself confronted with many new and unlooked-for perplexities.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
hopelessly
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
imagination
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
impression
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From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
knew
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From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
known
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From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
like
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From this reading He had never expected that he would ever wake up feeling like that.
many
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From this reading He found himself confronted with many new and unlooked-for perplexities.
more
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Razumihin waked up next morning at eight o’clock, troubled and serious.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had never expected that he would ever wake up feeling like that.
new
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From this reading He found himself confronted with many new and unlooked-for perplexities.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Razumihin waked up next morning at eight o’clock, troubled and serious.
novel
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From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
o'clock
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From this reading Razumihin waked up next morning at eight o’clock, troubled and serious.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
other
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
pass
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
perfectly
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From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
perplexities
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From this reading He found himself confronted with many new and unlooked-for perplexities.
positively
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
practical
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
previous
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From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
Razumihin
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From this reading Razumihin waked up next morning at eight o’clock, troubled and serious.
received
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From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
recognised
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
remembered
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From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
serious
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From this reading Razumihin waked up next morning at eight o’clock, troubled and serious.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had never expected that he would ever wake up feeling like that.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
thrice
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
troubled
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From this reading Razumihin waked up next morning at eight o’clock, troubled and serious.
unattainable
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
unlike
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From this reading He remembered every detail of the previous day and he knew that a perfectly novel experience had befallen him, that he had received an impression unlike anything he had known before.
unlooked-for
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From this reading He found himself confronted with many new and unlooked-for perplexities.
up
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From this reading Razumihin waked up next morning at eight o’clock, troubled and serious.
wake
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From this reading He had never expected that he would ever wake up feeling like that.
waked
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From this reading Razumihin waked up next morning at eight o’clock, troubled and serious.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He found himself confronted with many new and unlooked-for perplexities.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He had never expected that he would ever wake up feeling like that.
yesterday
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From this reading At the same time he recognised clearly that the dream which had fired his imagination was hopelessly unattainable--so unattainable that he felt positively ashamed of it, and he hastened to pass to the other more practical cares and difficulties bequeathed him by that “thrice accursed yesterday.”
