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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 When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
acts
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From this reading He considered the service of mankind, not only in words but in acts, to be the aim of his young life.
aim
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From this reading He considered the service of mankind, not only in words but in acts, to be the aim of his young life.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He considered the service of mankind, not only in words but in acts, to be the aim of his young life.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading He saw no other way of being useful to humanity than by serving the State.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He considered the service of mankind, not only in words but in acts, to be the aim of his young life.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He saw no other way of being useful to humanity than by serving the State.
considered
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From this reading He considered the service of mankind, not only in words but in acts, to be the aim of his young life.
educated
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From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
elegant
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From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
essays
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From this reading He learned well, without much exertion and with no pedantry, receiving gold medals for his essays.
exertion
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From this reading He learned well, without much exertion and with no pedantry, receiving gold medals for his essays.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
friend
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From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
gold
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From this reading He learned well, without much exertion and with no pedantry, receiving gold medals for his essays.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
honestadjectiveUS /ˈɑnɪst/
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
humanity
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From this reading He saw no other way of being useful to humanity than by serving the State.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He considered the service of mankind, not only in words but in acts, to be the aim of his young life.
knew
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From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
learned
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From this reading He learned well, without much exertion and with no pedantry, receiving gold medals for his essays.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He considered the service of mankind, not only in words but in acts, to be the aim of his young life.
man
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From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
mankind
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From this reading He considered the service of mankind, not only in words but in acts, to be the aim of his young life.
medals
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From this reading He learned well, without much exertion and with no pedantry, receiving gold medals for his essays.
much
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From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
Nekhludoff
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From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He learned well, without much exertion and with no pedantry, receiving gold medals for his essays.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He considered the service of mankind, not only in words but in acts, to be the aim of his young life.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
only
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From this reading He considered the service of mankind, not only in words but in acts, to be the aim of his young life.
other
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From this reading He saw no other way of being useful to humanity than by serving the State.
pedantry
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From this reading He learned well, without much exertion and with no pedantry, receiving gold medals for his essays.
PROSECUTOR
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From this reading THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR.
PUBLIC
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From this reading THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR.
receiving
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From this reading He learned well, without much exertion and with no pedantry, receiving gold medals for his essays.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
saw
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From this reading He saw no other way of being useful to humanity than by serving the State.
Selenin
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From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
service
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From this reading He considered the service of mankind, not only in words but in acts, to be the aim of his young life.
serving
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From this reading He saw no other way of being useful to humanity than by serving the State.
son
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From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
State
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From this reading He saw no other way of being useful to humanity than by serving the State.
student
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From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
tact
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From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He saw no other way of being useful to humanity than by serving the State.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He considered the service of mankind, not only in words but in acts, to be the aim of his young life.
true
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From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
truthful
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From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
useful
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From this reading He saw no other way of being useful to humanity than by serving the State.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
way
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From this reading He saw no other way of being useful to humanity than by serving the State.
well
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From this reading He learned well, without much exertion and with no pedantry, receiving gold medals for his essays.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He learned well, without much exertion and with no pedantry, receiving gold medals for his essays.
words
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From this reading He considered the service of mankind, not only in words but in acts, to be the aim of his young life.
world
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From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
years
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From this reading When Nekhludoff knew Selenin as a student, he was a good son, a true friend, and for his years an educated man of the world, with much tact; elegant, handsome, and at the same time truthful and honest.
young
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From this reading He considered the service of mankind, not only in words but in acts, to be the aim of his young life.
