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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 The author of the first _Lazarillo_ gives us a series of vignettes in which the psychological interplay of the characters is stressed.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Later the squire runs away from Lazaro, and we never see him again either.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Yet another important difference between the two novels lies in Luna's emphasis on tying up loose ends.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The characters fade out of Lazaro's life just as people fade in and out of our own lives.
author
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From this reading The author of the first _Lazarillo_ gives us a series of vignettes in which the psychological interplay of the characters is stressed.
away
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From this reading Later the squire runs away from Lazaro, and we never see him again either.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Yet another important difference between the two novels lies in Luna's emphasis on tying up loose ends.
blind
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From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
blow
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From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
characters
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From this reading The author of the first _Lazarillo_ gives us a series of vignettes in which the psychological interplay of the characters is stressed.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
difference
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From this reading Yet another important difference between the two novels lies in Luna's emphasis on tying up loose ends.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading Later the squire runs away from Lazaro, and we never see him again either.
emphasis
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From this reading Yet another important difference between the two novels lies in Luna's emphasis on tying up loose ends.
ends
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From this reading Yet another important difference between the two novels lies in Luna's emphasis on tying up loose ends.
fade
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From this reading The characters fade out of Lazaro's life just as people fade in and out of our own lives.
find
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From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Later the squire runs away from Lazaro, and we never see him again either.
gives
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From this reading The author of the first _Lazarillo_ gives us a series of vignettes in which the psychological interplay of the characters is stressed.
happened
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From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
important
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From this reading Yet another important difference between the two novels lies in Luna's emphasis on tying up loose ends.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Yet another important difference between the two novels lies in Luna's emphasis on tying up loose ends.
interplay
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From this reading The author of the first _Lazarillo_ gives us a series of vignettes in which the psychological interplay of the characters is stressed.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The author of the first _Lazarillo_ gives us a series of vignettes in which the psychological interplay of the characters is stressed.
just
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From this reading The characters fade out of Lazaro's life just as people fade in and out of our own lives.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
knowing
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From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
Later
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From this reading Later the squire runs away from Lazaro, and we never see him again either.
Lazarillo
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From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
Lazaro
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From this reading Later the squire runs away from Lazaro, and we never see him again either.
Lazaro's
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From this reading The characters fade out of Lazaro's life just as people fade in and out of our own lives.
leaves
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From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
lies
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From this reading Yet another important difference between the two novels lies in Luna's emphasis on tying up loose ends.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The characters fade out of Lazaro's life just as people fade in and out of our own lives.
lives
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From this reading The characters fade out of Lazaro's life just as people fade in and out of our own lives.
loose
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From this reading Yet another important difference between the two novels lies in Luna's emphasis on tying up loose ends.
Luna's
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From this reading Yet another important difference between the two novels lies in Luna's emphasis on tying up loose ends.
man
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From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
novels
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From this reading Yet another important difference between the two novels lies in Luna's emphasis on tying up loose ends.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The author of the first _Lazarillo_ gives us a series of vignettes in which the psychological interplay of the characters is stressed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Yet another important difference between the two novels lies in Luna's emphasis on tying up loose ends.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The characters fade out of Lazaro's life just as people fade in and out of our own lives.
out
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From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
own
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From this reading The characters fade out of Lazaro's life just as people fade in and out of our own lives.
people
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From this reading The characters fade out of Lazaro's life just as people fade in and out of our own lives.
protagonist
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From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
psychological
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From this reading The author of the first _Lazarillo_ gives us a series of vignettes in which the psychological interplay of the characters is stressed.
runs
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From this reading Later the squire runs away from Lazaro, and we never see him again either.
see
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From this reading Later the squire runs away from Lazaro, and we never see him again either.
series
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From this reading The author of the first _Lazarillo_ gives us a series of vignettes in which the psychological interplay of the characters is stressed.
squire
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From this reading Later the squire runs away from Lazaro, and we never see him again either.
stressed
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From this reading The author of the first _Lazarillo_ gives us a series of vignettes in which the psychological interplay of the characters is stressed.
survived
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From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yet another important difference between the two novels lies in Luna's emphasis on tying up loose ends.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
two
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From this reading Yet another important difference between the two novels lies in Luna's emphasis on tying up loose ends.
tying
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From this reading Yet another important difference between the two novels lies in Luna's emphasis on tying up loose ends.
up
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From this reading Yet another important difference between the two novels lies in Luna's emphasis on tying up loose ends.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The author of the first _Lazarillo_ gives us a series of vignettes in which the psychological interplay of the characters is stressed.
vignettes
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From this reading The author of the first _Lazarillo_ gives us a series of vignettes in which the psychological interplay of the characters is stressed.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading We know that in the first _Lazarillo_ the protagonist leaves the blind man for dead, not knowing what happened to him, and we never do find out whether he survived the blow or not.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The author of the first _Lazarillo_ gives us a series of vignettes in which the psychological interplay of the characters is stressed.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet another important difference between the two novels lies in Luna's emphasis on tying up loose ends.
