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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 HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
able
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
absolutely
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From this reading Exercise of the professions was absolutely forbidden, and as most of them were professional men, or in training therefor, their hardships were many.
allowance
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
any
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Exercise of the professions was absolutely forbidden, and as most of them were professional men, or in training therefor, their hardships were many.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
bitter
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From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
certain
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
Command
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From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
community
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From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
condition
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From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
constant
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From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
Cossack
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From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
day
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
death
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From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
discredit
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From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
doing
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
Exercise
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From this reading Exercise of the professions was absolutely forbidden, and as most of them were professional men, or in training therefor, their hardships were many.
exile
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From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
few
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
find
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
forbiddenadjectiveUS /fərˈbɪd.ən/
Not allowed; banned or prohibited by rule or law.
From this reading Exercise of the professions was absolutely forbidden, and as most of them were professional men, or in training therefor, their hardships were many.
FreeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
GLIMPSE
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From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
GOT
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From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
Government
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
guards
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From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
hardships
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From this reading Exercise of the professions was absolutely forbidden, and as most of them were professional men, or in training therefor, their hardships were many.
HELL
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From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
home
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
HOPE
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From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
HOW
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From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
hybrid
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From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
incomes
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
insolent
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From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
Kara
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From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
leave
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From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
less
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From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
like
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From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
lines
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
live
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From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
living
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From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
made
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
many
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From this reading Exercise of the professions was absolutely forbidden, and as most of them were professional men, or in training therefor, their hardships were many.
meagre
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
means
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
men
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From this reading Exercise of the professions was absolutely forbidden, and as most of them were professional men, or in training therefor, their hardships were many.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
mines
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From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
most
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From this reading Exercise of the professions was absolutely forbidden, and as most of them were professional men, or in training therefor, their hardships were many.
narrow
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
neighbourhood
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From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
pence
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
permitted
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From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
prison
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From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
Prisoners
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From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
prisons
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From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
professional
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From this reading Exercise of the professions was absolutely forbidden, and as most of them were professional men, or in training therefor, their hardships were many.
professions
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From this reading Exercise of the professions was absolutely forbidden, and as most of them were professional men, or in training therefor, their hardships were many.
receive
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
remittances
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
ruthless
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From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
send
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
served
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From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
subject
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From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
supplement
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
surveillance
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From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
systems
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From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
terms
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From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
there
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
therefor
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From this reading Exercise of the professions was absolutely forbidden, and as most of them were professional men, or in training therefor, their hardships were many.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
ticket-of-leave
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From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
training
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From this reading Exercise of the professions was absolutely forbidden, and as most of them were professional men, or in training therefor, their hardships were many.
trials
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From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
trifling
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
very
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From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HOW HOPE GOT GLIMPSE OF HELL The Free Command at Kara was a community hybrid of the ticket-of-leave and exile systems.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Life in the Free Command was less like living death than the life of the prisons and the mines, but it was subject to many bitter trials, not the least of which was the constant and ruthless surveillance of their insolent Cossack guards.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Government made them a trifling allowance of a few pence a day, they were permitted to receive remittances from home if there was any one there able to send them, and they might supplement their meagre incomes within certain very narrow lines if they could find any means of doing so.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Prisoners who had served their terms in the prison or the mines without discredit were permitted to live outside, where and how they could, on condition that they did not leave the neighbourhood.
