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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 Katia too turned up and sang another gutter song, how a certain “villain and tyrant” “began kissing Katia.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Katia too turned up and sang another gutter song, how a certain “villain and tyrant” “began kissing Katia.”
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He spent that evening till ten o’clock going from one low haunt to another.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Katia too turned up and sang another gutter song, how a certain “villain and tyrant” “began kissing Katia.”
bent
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From this reading He was particularly drawn to these clerks by the fact that they both had crooked noses, one bent to the left and the other to the right.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading He was particularly drawn to these clerks by the fact that they both had crooked noses, one bent to the left and the other to the right.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He was particularly drawn to these clerks by the fact that they both had crooked noses, one bent to the left and the other to the right.
certain
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From this reading Katia too turned up and sang another gutter song, how a certain “villain and tyrant” “began kissing Katia.”
clerks
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From this reading Svidrigaïlov treated Katia and the organ-grinder and some singers and the waiters and two little clerks.
crooked
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From this reading He was particularly drawn to these clerks by the fact that they both had crooked noses, one bent to the left and the other to the right.
drawn
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From this reading He was particularly drawn to these clerks by the fact that they both had crooked noses, one bent to the left and the other to the right.
entrance
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From this reading They took him finally to a pleasure garden, where he paid for their entrance.
evening
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From this reading He spent that evening till ten o’clock going from one low haunt to another.
fact
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From this reading He was particularly drawn to these clerks by the fact that they both had crooked noses, one bent to the left and the other to the right.
finally
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From this reading They took him finally to a pleasure garden, where he paid for their entrance.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They took him finally to a pleasure garden, where he paid for their entrance.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He spent that evening till ten o’clock going from one low haunt to another.
garden
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From this reading They took him finally to a pleasure garden, where he paid for their entrance.
going
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From this reading He spent that evening till ten o’clock going from one low haunt to another.
gutter
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From this reading Katia too turned up and sang another gutter song, how a certain “villain and tyrant” “began kissing Katia.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was particularly drawn to these clerks by the fact that they both had crooked noses, one bent to the left and the other to the right.
haunt
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From this reading He spent that evening till ten o’clock going from one low haunt to another.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He spent that evening till ten o’clock going from one low haunt to another.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They took him finally to a pleasure garden, where he paid for their entrance.
how
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From this reading Katia too turned up and sang another gutter song, how a certain “villain and tyrant” “began kissing Katia.”
Katia
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From this reading Katia too turned up and sang another gutter song, how a certain “villain and tyrant” “began kissing Katia.”
kissing
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From this reading Katia too turned up and sang another gutter song, how a certain “villain and tyrant” “began kissing Katia.”
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was particularly drawn to these clerks by the fact that they both had crooked noses, one bent to the left and the other to the right.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Svidrigaïlov treated Katia and the organ-grinder and some singers and the waiters and two little clerks.
low
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From this reading He spent that evening till ten o’clock going from one low haunt to another.
noses
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From this reading He was particularly drawn to these clerks by the fact that they both had crooked noses, one bent to the left and the other to the right.
o'clock
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From this reading He spent that evening till ten o’clock going from one low haunt to another.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He spent that evening till ten o’clock going from one low haunt to another.
organ-grinder
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From this reading Svidrigaïlov treated Katia and the organ-grinder and some singers and the waiters and two little clerks.
other
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From this reading He was particularly drawn to these clerks by the fact that they both had crooked noses, one bent to the left and the other to the right.
paid
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From this reading They took him finally to a pleasure garden, where he paid for their entrance.
particularly
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From this reading He was particularly drawn to these clerks by the fact that they both had crooked noses, one bent to the left and the other to the right.
pleasure
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From this reading They took him finally to a pleasure garden, where he paid for their entrance.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was particularly drawn to these clerks by the fact that they both had crooked noses, one bent to the left and the other to the right.
sang
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From this reading Katia too turned up and sang another gutter song, how a certain “villain and tyrant” “began kissing Katia.”
singers
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From this reading Svidrigaïlov treated Katia and the organ-grinder and some singers and the waiters and two little clerks.
some
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From this reading Svidrigaïlov treated Katia and the organ-grinder and some singers and the waiters and two little clerks.
song
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From this reading Katia too turned up and sang another gutter song, how a certain “villain and tyrant” “began kissing Katia.”
spent
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From this reading He spent that evening till ten o’clock going from one low haunt to another.
Svidrigaïlov
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From this reading Svidrigaïlov treated Katia and the organ-grinder and some singers and the waiters and two little clerks.
ten
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From this reading He spent that evening till ten o’clock going from one low haunt to another.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He spent that evening till ten o’clock going from one low haunt to another.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Svidrigaïlov treated Katia and the organ-grinder and some singers and the waiters and two little clerks.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They took him finally to a pleasure garden, where he paid for their entrance.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading He was particularly drawn to these clerks by the fact that they both had crooked noses, one bent to the left and the other to the right.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was particularly drawn to these clerks by the fact that they both had crooked noses, one bent to the left and the other to the right.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading He spent that evening till ten o’clock going from one low haunt to another.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He spent that evening till ten o’clock going from one low haunt to another.
too
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From this reading Katia too turned up and sang another gutter song, how a certain “villain and tyrant” “began kissing Katia.”
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They took him finally to a pleasure garden, where he paid for their entrance.
treated
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From this reading Svidrigaïlov treated Katia and the organ-grinder and some singers and the waiters and two little clerks.
turned
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From this reading Katia too turned up and sang another gutter song, how a certain “villain and tyrant” “began kissing Katia.”
two
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From this reading Svidrigaïlov treated Katia and the organ-grinder and some singers and the waiters and two little clerks.
tyrant
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From this reading Katia too turned up and sang another gutter song, how a certain “villain and tyrant” “began kissing Katia.”
up
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From this reading Katia too turned up and sang another gutter song, how a certain “villain and tyrant” “began kissing Katia.”
villain
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From this reading Katia too turned up and sang another gutter song, how a certain “villain and tyrant” “began kissing Katia.”
waiters
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From this reading Svidrigaïlov treated Katia and the organ-grinder and some singers and the waiters and two little clerks.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was particularly drawn to these clerks by the fact that they both had crooked noses, one bent to the left and the other to the right.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They took him finally to a pleasure garden, where he paid for their entrance.
