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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 Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
All
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From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
allow
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From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
amusements
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was this last fact which, despite our love for one another, placed a vast gulf between Woloda and myself.
appeared
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
balls
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading It was this last fact which, despite our love for one another, placed a vast gulf between Woloda and myself.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
boy
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From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
champagne
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
chief
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
children's
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
continual
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
conversations
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
cooled
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From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
danced
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From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
dancing
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
day
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From this reading Katenka, too, seemed grown-up now, and read innumerable novels; so that the idea that she would some day be getting married no longer seemed to me a joke.
despiteprepositionUS /dɪˈspaɪt/
although something is true; in spite of
From this reading It was this last fact which, despite our love for one another, placed a vast gulf between Woloda and myself.
Dimitri
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From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
distance
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From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
drinking
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
Dubkoff
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From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
exchanging
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From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
fact
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From this reading It was this last fact which, despite our love for one another, placed a vast gulf between Woloda and myself.
felt
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From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was this last fact which, despite our love for one another, placed a vast gulf between Woloda and myself.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
gathered
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
getting
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From this reading Katenka, too, seemed grown-up now, and read innumerable novels; so that the idea that she would some day be getting married no longer seemed to me a joke.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
greatly
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From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
grown-up
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From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
gulf
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From this reading It was this last fact which, despite our love for one another, placed a vast gulf between Woloda and myself.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
idea
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From this reading Katenka, too, seemed grown-up now, and read innumerable novels; so that the idea that she would some day be getting married no longer seemed to me a joke.
ideas
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From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
innumerable
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From this reading Katenka, too, seemed grown-up now, and read innumerable novels; so that the idea that she would some day be getting married no longer seemed to me a joke.
inseparable
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From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was this last fact which, despite our love for one another, placed a vast gulf between Woloda and myself.
joke
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From this reading Katenka, too, seemed grown-up now, and read innumerable novels; so that the idea that she would some day be getting married no longer seemed to me a joke.
Katenka
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From this reading Katenka, too, seemed grown-up now, and read innumerable novels; so that the idea that she would some day be getting married no longer seemed to me a joke.
lady
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was this last fact which, despite our love for one another, placed a vast gulf between Woloda and myself.
lessons
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From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
longer
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From this reading Katenka, too, seemed grown-up now, and read innumerable novels; so that the idea that she would some day be getting married no longer seemed to me a joke.
love
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
man
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From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
married
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From this reading Katenka, too, seemed grown-up now, and read innumerable novels; so that the idea that she would some day be getting married no longer seemed to me a joke.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Katenka, too, seemed grown-up now, and read innumerable novels; so that the idea that she would some day be getting married no longer seemed to me a joke.
mutual
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From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading It was this last fact which, despite our love for one another, placed a vast gulf between Woloda and myself.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Katenka, too, seemed grown-up now, and read innumerable novels; so that the idea that she would some day be getting married no longer seemed to me a joke.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
novels
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From this reading Katenka, too, seemed grown-up now, and read innumerable novels; so that the idea that she would some day be getting married no longer seemed to me a joke.
now
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From this reading Katenka, too, seemed grown-up now, and read innumerable novels; so that the idea that she would some day be getting married no longer seemed to me a joke.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was this last fact which, despite our love for one another, placed a vast gulf between Woloda and myself.
opening
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From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It was this last fact which, despite our love for one another, placed a vast gulf between Woloda and myself.
overheardnounUS /ˈoverheard/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
pair
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From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
parties
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
past
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
placed
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From this reading It was this last fact which, despite our love for one another, placed a vast gulf between Woloda and myself.
read
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From this reading Katenka, too, seemed grown-up now, and read innumerable novels; so that the idea that she would some day be getting married no longer seemed to me a joke.
real
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Katenka, too, seemed grown-up now, and read innumerable novels; so that the idea that she would some day be getting married no longer seemed to me a joke.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Katenka, too, seemed grown-up now, and read innumerable novels; so that the idea that she would some day be getting married no longer seemed to me a joke.
sledge-driving
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
some
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From this reading Katenka, too, seemed grown-up now, and read innumerable novels; so that the idea that she would some day be getting married no longer seemed to me a joke.
spring
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From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
taking
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From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was this last fact which, despite our love for one another, placed a vast gulf between Woloda and myself.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
too
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From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
tutor
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From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
vast
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From this reading It was this last fact which, despite our love for one another, placed a vast gulf between Woloda and myself.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was this last fact which, despite our love for one another, placed a vast gulf between Woloda and myself.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was this last fact which, despite our love for one another, placed a vast gulf between Woloda and myself.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading We felt that the distance between a boy still taking lessons under a tutor and a man who danced at real, grown-up balls was too great to allow of their exchanging mutual ideas.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
windows
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From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
winter
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From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Their chief amusements (so I gathered from conversations overheard) were continual drinking of champagne, sledge-driving past the windows of a lady with whom both of them appeared to be in love, and dancing with her--not at children’s parties, either, but at real balls!
Woloda
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From this reading All that winter, until the opening of spring, Woloda had been inseparable from Dubkoff, while at the same time the pair of them had cooled greatly towards Dimitri.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Katenka, too, seemed grown-up now, and read innumerable novels; so that the idea that she would some day be getting married no longer seemed to me a joke.
