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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 There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
able
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From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Would you believe that this honest and jealous woman, after many scenes of hysterics and reproaches, condescended to enter into a kind of contract with me which she kept throughout our married life?
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She was an honest woman, and very sensible, although completely uneducated.
always
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From this reading She was considerably older than I, and besides, she always kept a clove or something in her mouth.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
any
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From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Would you believe that this honest and jealous woman, after many scenes of hysterics and reproaches, condescended to enter into a kind of contract with me which she kept throughout our married life?
besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading She was considerably older than I, and besides, she always kept a clove or something in her mouth.
bought
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From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
clove
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From this reading She was considerably older than I, and besides, she always kept a clove or something in her mouth.
completely
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From this reading She was an honest woman, and very sensible, although completely uneducated.
condescended
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considerably
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From this reading She was considerably older than I, and besides, she always kept a clove or something in her mouth.
contract
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debtors
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From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
enter
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expectation
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From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
go
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From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was considerably older than I, and besides, she always kept a clove or something in her mouth.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
honestadjectiveUS /ˈɑnɪst/
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading She was an honest woman, and very sensible, although completely uneducated.
how
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From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
hysterics
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From this reading Would you believe that this honest and jealous woman, after many scenes of hysterics and reproaches, condescended to enter into a kind of contract with me which she kept throughout our married life?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
immense
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From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
insanity
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From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
jealous
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kept
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From this reading Would you believe that this honest and jealous woman, after many scenes of hysterics and reproaches, condescended to enter into a kind of contract with me which she kept throughout our married life?
kind
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From this reading Would you believe that this honest and jealous woman, after many scenes of hysterics and reproaches, condescended to enter into a kind of contract with me which she kept throughout our married life?
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Would you believe that this honest and jealous woman, after many scenes of hysterics and reproaches, condescended to enter into a kind of contract with me which she kept throughout our married life?
love
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From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
many
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Marfa
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From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
married
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From this reading Would you believe that this honest and jealous woman, after many scenes of hysterics and reproaches, condescended to enter into a kind of contract with me which she kept throughout our married life?
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
mouth
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From this reading She was considerably older than I, and besides, she always kept a clove or something in her mouth.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
older
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From this reading She was considerably older than I, and besides, she always kept a clove or something in her mouth.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She was considerably older than I, and besides, she always kept a clove or something in her mouth.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Would you believe that this honest and jealous woman, after many scenes of hysterics and reproaches, condescended to enter into a kind of contract with me which she kept throughout our married life?
out
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From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
particulars
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From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
pay
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From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
perhaps
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From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
Petrovna
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pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
prison
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From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
reproaches
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scenes
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From this reading Would you believe that this honest and jealous woman, after many scenes of hysterics and reproaches, condescended to enter into a kind of contract with me which she kept throughout our married life?
sensible
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From this reading She was an honest woman, and very sensible, although completely uneducated.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was an honest woman, and very sensible, although completely uneducated.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading She was considerably older than I, and besides, she always kept a clove or something in her mouth.
sometimes
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From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
sum
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From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
Svidrigaïlov
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From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She was considerably older than I, and besides, she always kept a clove or something in her mouth.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
There's
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From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Would you believe that this honest and jealous woman, after many scenes of hysterics and reproaches, condescended to enter into a kind of contract with me which she kept throughout our married life?
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading Would you believe that this honest and jealous woman, after many scenes of hysterics and reproaches, condescended to enter into a kind of contract with me which she kept throughout our married life?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
uneducated
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From this reading She was an honest woman, and very sensible, although completely uneducated.
very
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From this reading She was an honest woman, and very sensible, although completely uneducated.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading There’s no need to go into particulars how Marfa Petrovna bought me out; do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Would you believe that this honest and jealous woman, after many scenes of hysterics and reproaches, condescended to enter into a kind of contract with me which she kept throughout our married life?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Would you believe that this honest and jealous woman, after many scenes of hysterics and reproaches, condescended to enter into a kind of contract with me which she kept throughout our married life?
woman
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Wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would you believe that this honest and jealous woman, after many scenes of hysterics and reproaches, condescended to enter into a kind of contract with me which she kept throughout our married life?
yes
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From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You know perhaps--yes, I told you myself,” began Svidrigaïlov, “that I was in the debtors’ prison here, for an immense sum, and had not any expectation of being able to pay it.
