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Comrade Yetta
Comrade Yetta

Chapter I

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Set up and electrotyped.
Published February, 1913.
Norwood Press J. B. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
The girlhood of Yetta Rayefsky was passed in her father's second-hand book-store on East Broadway.
In the late nineties the fame of his kindly philosophy had attracted a circle of followers, and the store became almost prosperous.
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Comrade Yetta

Chapter I

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Set up and electrotyped.
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Published February, 1913.
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Norwood Press J. B. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
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The girlhood of Yetta Rayefsky was passed in her father's second-hand book-store on East Broadway.
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In the late nineties the fame of his kindly philosophy had attracted a circle of followers, and the store became almost prosperous.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Passed noun US /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The girlhood of Yetta Rayefsky was passed in her father's second-hand book-store on East Broadway.”

Philosophy noun US /fɪˈlɑː.sə.fi/

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)

From this reading “In the late nineties the fame of his kindly philosophy had attracted a circle of followers, and the store became almost prosperous.”

Prosperous adjective US /ˈprɑspərəs/

successful and without serious problems

From this reading “In the late nineties the fame of his kindly philosophy had attracted a circle of followers, and the store became almost prosperous.”

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1913

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From this reading Published February, 1913.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

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almost

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From this reading In the late nineties the fame of his kindly philosophy had attracted a circle of followers, and the store became almost prosperous.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

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attracted

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B

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became

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Berwick

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book-store

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Broadway

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circle

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Co

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Cushing

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East

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From this reading The girlhood of Yetta Rayefsky was passed in her father's second-hand book-store on East Broadway.

electrotyped

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fame

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father's

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February

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From this reading Published February, 1913.

followers

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From this reading In the late nineties the fame of his kindly philosophy had attracted a circle of followers, and the store became almost prosperous.

girlhood

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From this reading The girlhood of Yetta Rayefsky was passed in her father's second-hand book-store on East Broadway.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading In the late nineties the fame of his kindly philosophy had attracted a circle of followers, and the store became almost prosperous.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The girlhood of Yetta Rayefsky was passed in her father's second-hand book-store on East Broadway.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading In the late nineties the fame of his kindly philosophy had attracted a circle of followers, and the store became almost prosperous.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The girlhood of Yetta Rayefsky was passed in her father's second-hand book-store on East Broadway.

J

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kindly

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late

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Mass

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nineties

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Norwood

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From this reading Norwood Press J. B. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The girlhood of Yetta Rayefsky was passed in her father's second-hand book-store on East Broadway.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The girlhood of Yetta Rayefsky was passed in her father's second-hand book-store on East Broadway.

passednounUS /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The girlhood of Yetta Rayefsky was passed in her father's second-hand book-store on East Broadway.

philosophynounUS /fɪˈlɑː.sə.fi/

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)

From this reading In the late nineties the fame of his kindly philosophy had attracted a circle of followers, and the store became almost prosperous.

Press

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From this reading Norwood Press J. B. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

prosperousadjectiveUS /ˈprɑspərəs/

successful and without serious problems

From this reading In the late nineties the fame of his kindly philosophy had attracted a circle of followers, and the store became almost prosperous.

Published

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From this reading Published February, 1913.

Rayefsky

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S

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second-hand

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From this reading The girlhood of Yetta Rayefsky was passed in her father's second-hand book-store on East Broadway.

Set

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From this reading Set up and electrotyped.

Smith

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store

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From this reading In the late nineties the fame of his kindly philosophy had attracted a circle of followers, and the store became almost prosperous.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The girlhood of Yetta Rayefsky was passed in her father's second-hand book-store on East Broadway.

U

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up

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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The girlhood of Yetta Rayefsky was passed in her father's second-hand book-store on East Broadway.

Yetta

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From this reading The girlhood of Yetta Rayefsky was passed in her father's second-hand book-store on East Broadway.