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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 A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
Accordingly
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From this reading Accordingly, the Man of Righteousness was making his devotions in the seclusion of the adjoining parlour.
adjoining
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From this reading Accordingly, the Man of Righteousness was making his devotions in the seclusion of the adjoining parlour.
all
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From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
asylum
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From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
common
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From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
congregation
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From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
crowd
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From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
crowded
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From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
devotions
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From this reading Accordingly, the Man of Righteousness was making his devotions in the seclusion of the adjoining parlour.
exempt
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From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
FATHER
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From this reading MAKAR'S FATHER.
fervour
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From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
gathered
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From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
Good
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From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
here
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From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
inmates
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From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
insane
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From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
intrude
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From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
Jew
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From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
like
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From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
looked
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From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
MAKAR'S
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From this reading MAKAR'S FATHER.
making
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From this reading Accordingly, the Man of Righteousness was making his devotions in the seclusion of the adjoining parlour.
Man
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From this reading Accordingly, the Man of Righteousness was making his devotions in the seclusion of the adjoining parlour.
married
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From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
meetings
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From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
men
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From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
morning
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From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
mortals
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From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
parlour
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From this reading Accordingly, the Man of Righteousness was making his devotions in the seclusion of the adjoining parlour.
Pietist
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From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
prayer
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From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
praying
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From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
proceeding
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From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
religious
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From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
Righteousness
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From this reading Accordingly, the Man of Righteousness was making his devotions in the seclusion of the adjoining parlour.
sacred
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From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
salon
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From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
Saturday
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From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
seclusion
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From this reading Accordingly, the Man of Righteousness was making his devotions in the seclusion of the adjoining parlour.
shawls
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From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
skull-caps
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From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
stranger
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From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
too
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From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
transports
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From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
unfamiliar
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From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A Good Jew is exempt from praying with the congregation, his transports of religious fervour being too sacred a proceeding for common mortals to intrude upon.
violent
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From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
ward
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From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
Weinstein's
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From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
world
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From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
worshippers
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From this reading On Saturday morning Weinstein's salon was crowded with worshippers, all married men in their praying shawls and skull-caps.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading To a stranger unfamiliar with Pietist prayer meetings the crowd here gathered would have looked for all the world like the inmates of the violent ward in an insane asylum.
