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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 Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
ago
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He was not bragging when he spoke of himself as having been the boldest dare-devil in the village when he was young.
away
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He was not bragging when he spoke of himself as having been the boldest dare-devil in the village when he was young.
boldest
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From this reading He was not bragging when he spoke of himself as having been the boldest dare-devil in the village when he was young.
bragging
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From this reading He was not bragging when he spoke of himself as having been the boldest dare-devil in the village when he was young.
children
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
Church
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
Chéchen
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From this reading The death of more than one Russian, as well as Chéchen, lay on his conscience.
consciencenounUS /ˈkɑːnʃəns/
the inner sense of right and wrong
From this reading The death of more than one Russian, as well as Chéchen, lay on his conscience.
Cossack
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
Daddy
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
dare-devil
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From this reading He was not bragging when he spoke of himself as having been the boldest dare-devil in the village when he was young.
death
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From this reading The death of more than one Russian, as well as Chéchen, lay on his conscience.
Eróshka
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
EverybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading Everybody in the regiment knew of his old-time prowess.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
go
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From this reading He used to go plundering in the mountains, and robbed the Russians too; and he had twice been in prison.
gone
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading He was not bragging when he spoke of himself as having been the boldest dare-devil in the village when he was young.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He was not bragging when he spoke of himself as having been the boldest dare-devil in the village when he was young.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was not bragging when he spoke of himself as having been the boldest dare-devil in the village when he was young.
knew
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From this reading Everybody in the regiment knew of his old-time prowess.
lay
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From this reading The death of more than one Russian, as well as Chéchen, lay on his conscience.
married
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
more
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From this reading The death of more than one Russian, as well as Chéchen, lay on his conscience.
mountains
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From this reading He used to go plundering in the mountains, and robbed the Russians too; and he had twice been in prison.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He was not bragging when he spoke of himself as having been the boldest dare-devil in the village when he was young.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was not bragging when he spoke of himself as having been the boldest dare-devil in the village when he was young.
old-time
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From this reading Everybody in the regiment knew of his old-time prowess.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The death of more than one Russian, as well as Chéchen, lay on his conscience.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The death of more than one Russian, as well as Chéchen, lay on his conscience.
Orthodox
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
plundering
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From this reading He used to go plundering in the mountains, and robbed the Russians too; and he had twice been in prison.
prison
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From this reading He used to go plundering in the mountains, and robbed the Russians too; and he had twice been in prison.
prowess
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From this reading Everybody in the regiment knew of his old-time prowess.
regiment
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From this reading Everybody in the regiment knew of his old-time prowess.
robbed
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From this reading He used to go plundering in the mountains, and robbed the Russians too; and he had twice been in prison.
run
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
Russian
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
Russians
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From this reading He used to go plundering in the mountains, and robbed the Russians too; and he had twice been in prison.
sergeant-major
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
solitary
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
spoke
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From this reading He was not bragging when he spoke of himself as having been the boldest dare-devil in the village when he was young.
superannuated
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The death of more than one Russian, as well as Chéchen, lay on his conscience.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
too
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From this reading He used to go plundering in the mountains, and robbed the Russians too; and he had twice been in prison.
twenty
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
twice
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From this reading He used to go plundering in the mountains, and robbed the Russians too; and he had twice been in prison.
used
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From this reading He used to go plundering in the mountains, and robbed the Russians too; and he had twice been in prison.
village
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From this reading He was not bragging when he spoke of himself as having been the boldest dare-devil in the village when he was young.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
well
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From this reading The death of more than one Russian, as well as Chéchen, lay on his conscience.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He was not bragging when he spoke of himself as having been the boldest dare-devil in the village when he was young.
wife
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
years
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From this reading Daddy Eróshka was a superannuated and solitary Cossack: twenty years ago his wife had gone over to the Orthodox Church and run away from him and married a Russian sergeant-major, and he had no children.
young
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From this reading He was not bragging when he spoke of himself as having been the boldest dare-devil in the village when he was young.
