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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 In all his experience he had never been compelled to face a crisis such as this.
accustomed
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From this reading Herr Freudenberg deliberately, and of his own free choice, was accustomed to take huge risks.
all
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From this reading In all his experience he had never been compelled to face a crisis such as this.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
apartments
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From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In all his experience he had never been compelled to face a crisis such as this.
awaited
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From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
bachelor
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From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In all his experience he had never been compelled to face a crisis such as this.
biting
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From this reading There had been small failures, punished, perhaps, by a sarcastic word or biting sentence.
Boulevard
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From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There had been small failures, punished, perhaps, by a sarcastic word or biting sentence.
choice
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From this reading Herr Freudenberg deliberately, and of his own free choice, was accustomed to take huge risks.
coming
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From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
compare
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From this reading There had been no failure to compare with this one!
compelled
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From this reading In all his experience he had never been compelled to face a crisis such as this.
crisis
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From this reading In all his experience he had never been compelled to face a crisis such as this.
DEATH-WARRANT
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From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
deliberately
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Estermen
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From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
ESTERMEN'S
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From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
experience
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From this reading In all his experience he had never been compelled to face a crisis such as this.
face
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From this reading In all his experience he had never been compelled to face a crisis such as this.
failure
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From this reading There had been no failure to compare with this one!
failures
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From this reading There had been small failures, punished, perhaps, by a sarcastic word or biting sentence.
fear
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From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Herr Freudenberg deliberately, and of his own free choice, was accustomed to take huge risks.
Freudenberg
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From this reading Herr Freudenberg deliberately, and of his own free choice, was accustomed to take huge risks.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In all his experience he had never been compelled to face a crisis such as this.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In all his experience he had never been compelled to face a crisis such as this.
Herr
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From this reading Herr Freudenberg deliberately, and of his own free choice, was accustomed to take huge risks.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
huge
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From this reading Herr Freudenberg deliberately, and of his own free choice, was accustomed to take huge risks.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
master
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From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
Maupassant
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From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In all his experience he had never been compelled to face a crisis such as this.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There had been no failure to compare with this one!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There had been no failure to compare with this one!
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There had been small failures, punished, perhaps, by a sarcastic word or biting sentence.
own
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From this reading Herr Freudenberg deliberately, and of his own free choice, was accustomed to take huge risks.
perhaps
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From this reading There had been small failures, punished, perhaps, by a sarcastic word or biting sentence.
punished
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From this reading There had been small failures, punished, perhaps, by a sarcastic word or biting sentence.
risks
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From this reading Herr Freudenberg deliberately, and of his own free choice, was accustomed to take huge risks.
salon
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From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
sarcastic
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From this reading There had been small failures, punished, perhaps, by a sarcastic word or biting sentence.
sentence
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From this reading There had been small failures, punished, perhaps, by a sarcastic word or biting sentence.
small
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From this reading There had been small failures, punished, perhaps, by a sarcastic word or biting sentence.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In all his experience he had never been compelled to face a crisis such as this.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Herr Freudenberg deliberately, and of his own free choice, was accustomed to take huge risks.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
There
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From this reading There had been small failures, punished, perhaps, by a sarcastic word or biting sentence.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In all his experience he had never been compelled to face a crisis such as this.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In all his experience he had never been compelled to face a crisis such as this.
trembling
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From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
untidy
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From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
veritable
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From this reading ESTERMEN'S DEATH-WARRANT In the untidy salon of his bachelor apartments in the Boulevard Maupassant Estermen awaited the coming of his master in veritable fear and trembling.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Herr Freudenberg deliberately, and of his own free choice, was accustomed to take huge risks.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There had been no failure to compare with this one!
word
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From this reading There had been small failures, punished, perhaps, by a sarcastic word or biting sentence.
