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Chapter XXXV
The market-place was filled to over-brimming. Everybody discussed the near events in the Court of Justice. It promised to be a bad day for Signor Malipizzo. And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians. It was the best thing he could have done under the circumstances.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was the best thing he could have done under the circumstances.”
every person
From this reading “Everybody discussed the near events in the Court of Justice.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “It was the best thing he could have done under the circumstances.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was the best thing he could have done under the circumstances.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “It was the best thing he could have done under the circumstances.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It promised to be a bad day for Signor Malipizzo.
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From this reading And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.
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From this reading It promised to be a bad day for Signor Malipizzo.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It promised to be a bad day for Signor Malipizzo.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.
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From this reading It was the best thing he could have done under the circumstances.
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From this reading It was the best thing he could have done under the circumstances.
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From this reading And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.
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From this reading Everybody discussed the near events in the Court of Justice.
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From this reading It promised to be a bad day for Signor Malipizzo.
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From this reading Everybody discussed the near events in the Court of Justice.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the best thing he could have done under the circumstances.
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From this reading Everybody discussed the near events in the Court of Justice.
every person
From this reading Everybody discussed the near events in the Court of Justice.
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From this reading The market-place was filled to over-brimming.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It promised to be a bad day for Signor Malipizzo.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was the best thing he could have done under the circumstances.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.
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From this reading And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Everybody discussed the near events in the Court of Justice.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It promised to be a bad day for Signor Malipizzo.
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From this reading Everybody discussed the near events in the Court of Justice.
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From this reading And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.
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From this reading It promised to be a bad day for Signor Malipizzo.
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From this reading The market-place was filled to over-brimming.
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From this reading Everybody discussed the near events in the Court of Justice.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Everybody discussed the near events in the Court of Justice.
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From this reading The market-place was filled to over-brimming.
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From this reading And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.
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From this reading It promised to be a bad day for Signor Malipizzo.
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From this reading And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.
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From this reading It promised to be a bad day for Signor Malipizzo.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The market-place was filled to over-brimming.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the best thing he could have done under the circumstances.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The market-place was filled to over-brimming.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading It was the best thing he could have done under the circumstances.
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From this reading And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The market-place was filled to over-brimming.
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet people could not help admitting how clever he had been to lock up those Russians.
