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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 Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
air
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From this reading A stifling heat prevailed, and, in spite of the wide-open windows, the drowsily burning lights and lamps were never reached by a quickening draught of air.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There some of the wine-soaked company were asleep on the window-sills and chairs.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
asleep
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From this reading There some of the wine-soaked company were asleep on the window-sills and chairs.
attended
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From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
billows
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From this reading Viätkin had again taken his place on a table, and was singing in his high, caressive tenor voice-- "Swift as the ocean's Roaring billows, Vanishes life in eternity."
boozers
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From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
breaking
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From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
burning
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From this reading A stifling heat prevailed, and, in spite of the wide-open windows, the drowsily burning lights and lamps were never reached by a quickening draught of air.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A stifling heat prevailed, and, in spite of the wide-open windows, the drowsily burning lights and lamps were never reached by a quickening draught of air.
caressive
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From this reading Viätkin had again taken his place on a table, and was singing in his high, caressive tenor voice-- "Swift as the ocean's Roaring billows, Vanishes life in eternity."
chairs
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From this reading There some of the wine-soaked company were asleep on the window-sills and chairs.
champion
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From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
Common
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From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
company
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From this reading There some of the wine-soaked company were asleep on the window-sills and chairs.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
dead-tired
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From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
draught
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From this reading A stifling heat prevailed, and, in spite of the wide-open windows, the drowsily burning lights and lamps were never reached by a quickening draught of air.
drove
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From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
drowsily
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From this reading A stifling heat prevailed, and, in spite of the wide-open windows, the drowsily burning lights and lamps were never reached by a quickening draught of air.
entertained
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From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
eternity
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From this reading Viätkin had again taken his place on a table, and was singing in his high, caressive tenor voice-- "Swift as the ocean's Roaring billows, Vanishes life in eternity."
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
force
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From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
go
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From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
heat
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From this reading A stifling heat prevailed, and, in spite of the wide-open windows, the drowsily burning lights and lamps were never reached by a quickening draught of air.
high
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From this reading Viätkin had again taken his place on a table, and was singing in his high, caressive tenor voice-- "Swift as the ocean's Roaring billows, Vanishes life in eternity."
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
home
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From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A stifling heat prevailed, and, in spite of the wide-open windows, the drowsily burning lights and lamps were never reached by a quickening draught of air.
inward
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From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
lamps
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From this reading A stifling heat prevailed, and, in spite of the wide-open windows, the drowsily burning lights and lamps were never reached by a quickening draught of air.
legs
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From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Viätkin had again taken his place on a table, and was singing in his high, caressive tenor voice-- "Swift as the ocean's Roaring billows, Vanishes life in eternity."
lights
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From this reading A stifling heat prevailed, and, in spite of the wide-open windows, the drowsily burning lights and lamps were never reached by a quickening draught of air.
mess-room
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From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
moment
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From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A stifling heat prevailed, and, in spite of the wide-open windows, the drowsily burning lights and lamps were never reached by a quickening draught of air.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
now
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From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
ocean's
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From this reading Viätkin had again taken his place on a table, and was singing in his high, caressive tenor voice-- "Swift as the ocean's Roaring billows, Vanishes life in eternity."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There some of the wine-soaked company were asleep on the window-sills and chairs.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There some of the wine-soaked company were asleep on the window-sills and chairs.
place
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From this reading Viätkin had again taken his place on a table, and was singing in his high, caressive tenor voice-- "Swift as the ocean's Roaring billows, Vanishes life in eternity."
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
prevailed
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From this reading A stifling heat prevailed, and, in spite of the wide-open windows, the drowsily burning lights and lamps were never reached by a quickening draught of air.
quickening
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From this reading A stifling heat prevailed, and, in spite of the wide-open windows, the drowsily burning lights and lamps were never reached by a quickening draught of air.
reached
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From this reading A stifling heat prevailed, and, in spite of the wide-open windows, the drowsily burning lights and lamps were never reached by a quickening draught of air.
Roaring
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From this reading Viätkin had again taken his place on a table, and was singing in his high, caressive tenor voice-- "Swift as the ocean's Roaring billows, Vanishes life in eternity."
scarcely
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From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
sense
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From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
singing
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From this reading Viätkin had again taken his place on a table, and was singing in his high, caressive tenor voice-- "Swift as the ocean's Roaring billows, Vanishes life in eternity."
soldiers
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From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
some
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From this reading There some of the wine-soaked company were asleep on the window-sills and chairs.
spite
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From this reading A stifling heat prevailed, and, in spite of the wide-open windows, the drowsily burning lights and lamps were never reached by a quickening draught of air.
stand
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From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
stifled
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From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
stifling
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From this reading A stifling heat prevailed, and, in spite of the wide-open windows, the drowsily burning lights and lamps were never reached by a quickening draught of air.
strange
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From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
Swift
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From this reading Viätkin had again taken his place on a table, and was singing in his high, caressive tenor voice-- "Swift as the ocean's Roaring billows, Vanishes life in eternity."
table
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From this reading Viätkin had again taken his place on a table, and was singing in his high, caressive tenor voice-- "Swift as the ocean's Roaring billows, Vanishes life in eternity."
taken
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From this reading Viätkin had again taken his place on a table, and was singing in his high, caressive tenor voice-- "Swift as the ocean's Roaring billows, Vanishes life in eternity."
tenor
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From this reading Viätkin had again taken his place on a table, and was singing in his high, caressive tenor voice-- "Swift as the ocean's Roaring billows, Vanishes life in eternity."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
There
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From this reading There some of the wine-soaked company were asleep on the window-sills and chairs.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
unfathomable
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From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
up
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From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
urged
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From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
Vanishes
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From this reading Viätkin had again taken his place on a table, and was singing in his high, caressive tenor voice-- "Swift as the ocean's Roaring billows, Vanishes life in eternity."
Viätkin
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From this reading Viätkin had again taken his place on a table, and was singing in his high, caressive tenor voice-- "Swift as the ocean's Roaring billows, Vanishes life in eternity."
voice
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From this reading Viätkin had again taken his place on a table, and was singing in his high, caressive tenor voice-- "Swift as the ocean's Roaring billows, Vanishes life in eternity."
waiting
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From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Viätkin had again taken his place on a table, and was singing in his high, caressive tenor voice-- "Swift as the ocean's Roaring billows, Vanishes life in eternity."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There some of the wine-soaked company were asleep on the window-sills and chairs.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
wide-open
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From this reading A stifling heat prevailed, and, in spite of the wide-open windows, the drowsily burning lights and lamps were never reached by a quickening draught of air.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Common sense now urged him to go home, but a strange, unfathomable inward force again drove him, against his will, to the mess-room.
window-sills
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From this reading There some of the wine-soaked company were asleep on the window-sills and chairs.
windows
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From this reading A stifling heat prevailed, and, in spite of the wide-open windows, the drowsily burning lights and lamps were never reached by a quickening draught of air.
wine-soaked
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From this reading There some of the wine-soaked company were asleep on the window-sills and chairs.
yawn
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From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The poor, dead-tired soldiers who attended to the waiting could scarcely stand on their legs, and every moment stifled a yawn, but as yet none of the champion boozers had entertained a thought of breaking up.
