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“Take care, Razumov, my good friend. If you carry on like this you will go mad. You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.” “It’s intolerable!” Razumov could only speak in gasps.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Razumov could only speak in gasps.”
every person
From this reading “You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Take care, Razumov, my good friend.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.””
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Razumov could only speak in gasps.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Take care, Razumov, my good friend.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.”
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From this reading You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.”
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From this reading You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Take care, Razumov, my good friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you carry on like this you will go mad.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Razumov could only speak in gasps.
every person
From this reading You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.”
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From this reading “Take care, Razumov, my good friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Razumov could only speak in gasps.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you carry on like this you will go mad.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Take care, Razumov, my good friend.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you carry on like this you will go mad.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Razumov could only speak in gasps.
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From this reading “It’s intolerable!”
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From this reading “It’s intolerable!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you carry on like this you will go mad.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.”
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From this reading If you carry on like this you will go mad.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Take care, Razumov, my good friend.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading If you carry on like this you will go mad.
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From this reading Razumov could only speak in gasps.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Take care, Razumov, my good friend.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Razumov could only speak in gasps.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Take care, Razumov, my good friend.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading If you carry on like this you will go mad.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.”
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From this reading You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading If you carry on like this you will go mad.
in the company of; together with
From this reading You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you carry on like this you will go mad.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading You are angry with everybody and bitter with yourself, and on the look out for something to torment yourself with.”
