Chapter V
“Nicolai Stiepanich!” she says, growing pale and pressing her hands to her breast. “Nicolai Stiepanich! I can’t go on like this any longer. I can’t. For God’s sake tell me now, immediately.
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“Nicolai
Stiepanich!”
she
says,
growing
pale
and
pressing
her
hands
to
her
breast.
“Nicolai
Stiepanich!
I
can’t
go
on
like
this
any
longer.
I
can’t.
For
God’s
sake
tell
me
now,
immediately.
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“Nicolai
Stiepanich!”
she
says,
growing
pale
and
pressing
her
hands
to
her
breast.
Line 2
“Nicolai
Stiepanich!
Line 3
I
can’t
go
on
like
this
any
longer.
Line 4
I
can’t.
Line 5
For
God’s
sake
tell
me
now,
immediately.
Learner Dictionary
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Hands
plural noun
US /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
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Tell
noun
US /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For God’s sake tell me now, immediately.”
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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any
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From this reading I can’t go on like this any longer.
breast
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can't
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From this reading I can’t go on like this any longer.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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go
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God's
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growing
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handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
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herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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immediately
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like
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longer
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mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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Nicolai
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now
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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I can’t go on like this any longer.
pale
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pressing
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sake
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says
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shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
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Stiepanich
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tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For God’s sake tell me now, immediately.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I can’t go on like this any longer.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Nicolai Stiepanich!” she says, growing pale and pressing her hands to her breast.