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All
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From this reading All arose.
always
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
Andrusevich
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From this reading "The hymn to the Tsar," shouted little fat Madame Andrusevich.
arose
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From this reading All arose.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
caps
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From this reading The officers raised their hands to the peaks of their caps.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
dinners
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
Discordant
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From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
distinguished
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
drinking
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
etc
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
excursions
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
expression
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From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
exultant
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From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
fat
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From this reading "The hymn to the Tsar," shouted little fat Madame Andrusevich.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
forgathered
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The officers raised their hands to the peaks of their caps.
hard
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
homes
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
hymn
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From this reading "The hymn to the Tsar," shouted little fat Madame Andrusevich.
individual
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
Lieschtschenko
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From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The hymn to the Tsar," shouted little fat Madame Andrusevich.
longer
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
Madame
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From this reading "The hymn to the Tsar," shouted little fat Madame Andrusevich.
matter
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
melancholy
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From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
mess
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
more
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From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
neighbourhood
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From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
now
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The officers raised their hands to the peaks of their caps.
officers
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From this reading The officers raised their hands to the peaks of their caps.
official
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
once
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
other's
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
out
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From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
peaks
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From this reading The officers raised their hands to the peaks of their caps.
picnics
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
raised
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From this reading The officers raised their hands to the peaks of their caps.
rang
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From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
screamed
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From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
sentimental
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From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The hymn to the Tsar," shouted little fat Madame Andrusevich.
Staff-Captain
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From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
talked
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From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The hymn to the Tsar," shouted little fat Madame Andrusevich.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The officers raised their hands to the peaks of their caps.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "The hymn to the Tsar," shouted little fat Madame Andrusevich.
Tsar
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From this reading "The hymn to the Tsar," shouted little fat Madame Andrusevich.
tune
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From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
untrained
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From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
usual
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From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
voices
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From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading They now began drinking hard, as, for the matter of that, the officers always did when they forgathered at mess, at each other's homes, at excursions and picnics, official dinners, etc. All talked at once, and individual voices could no longer be distinguished.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
worse
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From this reading Discordant, untrained, exultant voices rang over the neighbourhood, but worse and more out of tune than all the rest screamed the sentimental Staff-Captain Lieschtschenko, whose expression was even more melancholy than usual.
