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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 But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They’re not going to catch me again,” thought Manuel.
Alcalá
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From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
Barquillo
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From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
Calle
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From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
careful
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From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
catch
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From this reading “They’re not going to catch me again,” thought Manuel.
close-woven
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From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
de
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From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
del
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From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
difficult
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From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
enmeshed
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From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
exceedingly
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From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
exclaimed
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From this reading “You haven’t yet told me to whom I owe my freedom,” exclaimed Manuel.
Fea
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From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
fellow
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From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
freedom
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From this reading “You haven’t yet told me to whom I owe my freedom,” exclaimed Manuel.
Friends
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From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
going
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From this reading “They’re not going to catch me again,” thought Manuel.
haven't
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From this reading “You haven’t yet told me to whom I owe my freedom,” exclaimed Manuel.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
how
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From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “You haven’t yet told me to whom I owe my freedom,” exclaimed Manuel.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
La
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From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
law
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From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
Manuel
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From this reading “They’re not going to catch me again,” thought Manuel.
matter
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From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “They’re not going to catch me again,” thought Manuel.
men
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From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “You haven’t yet told me to whom I owe my freedom,” exclaimed Manuel.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “They’re not going to catch me again,” thought Manuel.
occurred
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From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
Old
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From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
once
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From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
Ortiz
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From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
owe
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From this reading “You haven’t yet told me to whom I owe my freedom,” exclaimed Manuel.
Salvadora
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From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
stout
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From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
strolled
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From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
texture
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From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
They're
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From this reading “They’re not going to catch me again,” thought Manuel.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They’re not going to catch me again,” thought Manuel.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “They’re not going to catch me again,” thought Manuel.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You haven’t yet told me to whom I owe my freedom,” exclaimed Manuel.
two
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From this reading La Fea and La Salvadora—Ortiz—Old Friends The two men strolled through the Calle del Barquillo into the Calle de Alcalá.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But at once it occurred to him that the texture of the law was so stout and close-woven that it was exceedingly difficult not to be enmeshed in it, no matter how careful a fellow might be.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You haven’t yet told me to whom I owe my freedom,” exclaimed Manuel.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “You haven’t yet told me to whom I owe my freedom,” exclaimed Manuel.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You haven’t yet told me to whom I owe my freedom,” exclaimed Manuel.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “To whom you owe your freedom?