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Chapter XXIII
A sort of sinister jocularity had crept into the tones of the burly feminist. He seized Razumov’s arm above the elbow, and gave it a slight shake. “Do you understand, enigmatical young man? It has got to be just filled up.” Razumov kept an unmoved countenance.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “He seized Razumov’s arm above the elbow, and gave it a slight shake.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “It has got to be just filled up.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Do you understand, enigmatical young man?”
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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 A sort of sinister jocularity had crept into the tones of the burly feminist.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading He seized Razumov’s arm above the elbow, and gave it a slight shake.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Razumov kept an unmoved countenance.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He seized Razumov’s arm above the elbow, and gave it a slight shake.
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From this reading He seized Razumov’s arm above the elbow, and gave it a slight shake.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It has got to be just filled up.”
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From this reading A sort of sinister jocularity had crept into the tones of the burly feminist.
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From this reading Razumov kept an unmoved countenance.
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From this reading A sort of sinister jocularity had crept into the tones of the burly feminist.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do you understand, enigmatical young man?
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From this reading He seized Razumov’s arm above the elbow, and gave it a slight shake.
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From this reading “Do you understand, enigmatical young man?
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From this reading A sort of sinister jocularity had crept into the tones of the burly feminist.
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From this reading It has got to be just filled up.”
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From this reading He seized Razumov’s arm above the elbow, and gave it a slight shake.
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From this reading It has got to be just filled up.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A sort of sinister jocularity had crept into the tones of the burly feminist.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It has got to be just filled up.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He seized Razumov’s arm above the elbow, and gave it a slight shake.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A sort of sinister jocularity had crept into the tones of the burly feminist.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He seized Razumov’s arm above the elbow, and gave it a slight shake.
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From this reading A sort of sinister jocularity had crept into the tones of the burly feminist.
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From this reading It has got to be just filled up.”
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From this reading Razumov kept an unmoved countenance.
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From this reading “Do you understand, enigmatical young man?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A sort of sinister jocularity had crept into the tones of the burly feminist.
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From this reading Razumov kept an unmoved countenance.
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From this reading He seized Razumov’s arm above the elbow, and gave it a slight shake.
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From this reading He seized Razumov’s arm above the elbow, and gave it a slight shake.
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From this reading He seized Razumov’s arm above the elbow, and gave it a slight shake.
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From this reading A sort of sinister jocularity had crept into the tones of the burly feminist.
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From this reading He seized Razumov’s arm above the elbow, and gave it a slight shake.
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From this reading A sort of sinister jocularity had crept into the tones of the burly feminist.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A sort of sinister jocularity had crept into the tones of the burly feminist.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It has got to be just filled up.”
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From this reading A sort of sinister jocularity had crept into the tones of the burly feminist.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Do you understand, enigmatical young man?
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From this reading Razumov kept an unmoved countenance.
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From this reading It has got to be just filled up.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Do you understand, enigmatical young man?
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From this reading “Do you understand, enigmatical young man?
