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Chapter V
Razumov held his breath before the bronze as if expecting a crash. Behind his back a voice he had never heard before insisted politely-- “_Asseyez-vous donc_.” The Prince almost shrieked, “_Mais comprenez-vous, mon cher! L’assassin_! the murderer--we have got him....” Razumov spun round.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Razumov held his breath before the bronze as if expecting a crash.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “Behind his back a voice he had never heard before insisted politely-- “_Asseyez-vous donc_.””
thinking that somebody or something will arrive
From this reading “Razumov held his breath before the bronze as if expecting a crash.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “L’assassin_! the murderer--we have got him....””
demanded something firmly
From this reading “Behind his back a voice he had never heard before insisted politely-- “_Asseyez-vous donc_.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Behind his back a voice he had never heard before insisted politely-- “_Asseyez-vous donc_.””
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Razumov held his breath before the bronze as if expecting a crash.
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From this reading The Prince almost shrieked, “_Mais comprenez-vous, mon cher!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Razumov held his breath before the bronze as if expecting a crash.
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From this reading Behind his back a voice he had never heard before insisted politely-- “_Asseyez-vous donc_.”
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From this reading Behind his back a voice he had never heard before insisted politely-- “_Asseyez-vous donc_.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Razumov held his breath before the bronze as if expecting a crash.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Behind his back a voice he had never heard before insisted politely-- “_Asseyez-vous donc_.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Razumov held his breath before the bronze as if expecting a crash.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Razumov held his breath before the bronze as if expecting a crash.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Prince almost shrieked, “_Mais comprenez-vous, mon cher!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Prince almost shrieked, “_Mais comprenez-vous, mon cher!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Razumov held his breath before the bronze as if expecting a crash.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Behind his back a voice he had never heard before insisted politely-- “_Asseyez-vous donc_.”
thinking that somebody or something will arrive
From this reading Razumov held his breath before the bronze as if expecting a crash.
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From this reading L’assassin_! the murderer--we have got him....”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Behind his back a voice he had never heard before insisted politely-- “_Asseyez-vous donc_.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading L’assassin_! the murderer--we have got him....”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Behind his back a voice he had never heard before insisted politely-- “_Asseyez-vous donc_.”
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From this reading Behind his back a voice he had never heard before insisted politely-- “_Asseyez-vous donc_.”
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From this reading Razumov held his breath before the bronze as if expecting a crash.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading L’assassin_! the murderer--we have got him....”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Razumov held his breath before the bronze as if expecting a crash.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Razumov held his breath before the bronze as if expecting a crash.
demanded something firmly
From this reading Behind his back a voice he had never heard before insisted politely-- “_Asseyez-vous donc_.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading L’assassin_! the murderer--we have got him....”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Prince almost shrieked, “_Mais comprenez-vous, mon cher!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Prince almost shrieked, “_Mais comprenez-vous, mon cher!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading L’assassin_! the murderer--we have got him....”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Behind his back a voice he had never heard before insisted politely-- “_Asseyez-vous donc_.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Behind his back a voice he had never heard before insisted politely-- “_Asseyez-vous donc_.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Prince almost shrieked, “_Mais comprenez-vous, mon cher!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Razumov held his breath before the bronze as if expecting a crash.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Razumov spun round.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Prince almost shrieked, “_Mais comprenez-vous, mon cher!
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From this reading Razumov spun round.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Razumov held his breath before the bronze as if expecting a crash.
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From this reading Behind his back a voice he had never heard before insisted politely-- “_Asseyez-vous donc_.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading L’assassin_! the murderer--we have got him....”
