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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 There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude It happened in the ‘seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas’s Day.
also
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From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude It happened in the ‘seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas’s Day.
Andreevich
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From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
asking
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From this reading The youthful landowner was asking ten thousand rubles for the grove simply because Vasili Andreevich was offering seven thousand.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
Aylmer
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From this reading Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude It happened in the ‘seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas’s Day.
bargaining
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From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading The youthful landowner was asking ten thousand rubles for the grove simply because Vasili Andreevich was offering seven thousand.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
Brekhunov
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From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
buyers
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From this reading He was now in a hurry to start, lest buyers from the town might forestall him in making a profitable purchase.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude It happened in the ‘seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas’s Day.
church
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From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
day
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From this reading Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude It happened in the ‘seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas’s Day.
drive
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From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
elder
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From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
entertain
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From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
fete
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From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
forestall
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From this reading He was now in a hurry to start, lest buyers from the town might forestall him in making a profitable purchase.
friends
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From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He was now in a hurry to start, lest buyers from the town might forestall him in making a profitable purchase.
go
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From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
gone
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From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
grove
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From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
Guild
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From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
happened
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From this reading Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude It happened in the ‘seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas’s Day.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was now in a hurry to start, lest buyers from the town might forestall him in making a profitable purchase.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
home
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From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
hurry
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From this reading He was now in a hurry to start, lest buyers from the town might forestall him in making a profitable purchase.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude It happened in the ‘seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas’s Day.
innkeeper
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From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude It happened in the ‘seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas’s Day.
landowner
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From this reading The youthful landowner was asking ten thousand rubles for the grove simply because Vasili Andreevich was offering seven thousand.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
lestconjunctionUS /lest/
in order that something should not happen
From this reading He was now in a hurry to start, lest buyers from the town might forestall him in making a profitable purchase.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
Louise
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From this reading Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude It happened in the ‘seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas’s Day.
making
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From this reading He was now in a hurry to start, lest buyers from the town might forestall him in making a profitable purchase.
Maude
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From this reading Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude It happened in the ‘seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas’s Day.
merchantnounUS /ˈmɜːr.tʃənt/
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He was now in a hurry to start, lest buyers from the town might forestall him in making a profitable purchase.
neighbouring
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From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
Nicholas's
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From this reading Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude It happened in the ‘seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas’s Day.
now
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From this reading He was now in a hurry to start, lest buyers from the town might forestall him in making a profitable purchase.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
offering
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From this reading The youthful landowner was asking ten thousand rubles for the grove simply because Vasili Andreevich was offering seven thousand.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude It happened in the ‘seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas’s Day.
once
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From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
parish
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From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
prepare
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From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
profitable
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From this reading He was now in a hurry to start, lest buyers from the town might forestall him in making a profitable purchase.
proprietor
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From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
purchase
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From this reading He was now in a hurry to start, lest buyers from the town might forestall him in making a profitable purchase.
relatives
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From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
rubles
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From this reading The youthful landowner was asking ten thousand rubles for the grove simply because Vasili Andreevich was offering seven thousand.
Second
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From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
see
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From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
seven
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From this reading The youthful landowner was asking ten thousand rubles for the grove simply because Vasili Andreevich was offering seven thousand.
seventies
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From this reading Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude It happened in the ‘seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas’s Day.
simply
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From this reading The youthful landowner was asking ten thousand rubles for the grove simply because Vasili Andreevich was offering seven thousand.
St
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From this reading Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude It happened in the ‘seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas’s Day.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was now in a hurry to start, lest buyers from the town might forestall him in making a profitable purchase.
ten
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From this reading The youthful landowner was asking ten thousand rubles for the grove simply because Vasili Andreevich was offering seven thousand.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude It happened in the ‘seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas’s Day.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
There
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From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
thousand
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From this reading The youthful landowner was asking ten thousand rubles for the grove simply because Vasili Andreevich was offering seven thousand.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
town
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From this reading He was now in a hurry to start, lest buyers from the town might forestall him in making a profitable purchase.
Translated
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From this reading Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude It happened in the ‘seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas’s Day.
Vasili
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From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time.
winter
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From this reading Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude It happened in the ‘seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas’s Day.
youthful
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From this reading The youthful landowner was asking ten thousand rubles for the grove simply because Vasili Andreevich was offering seven thousand.
