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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 It was a sort of superstitious dread.
advantage
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From this reading Was this advantage his already?
all
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From this reading For all the envenomed recklessness of his temper, fed on hate and disdain, Razumov shuddered inwardly.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Was this advantage his already?
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For all the envenomed recklessness of his temper, fed on hate and disdain, Razumov shuddered inwardly.
any
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From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
common
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From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
cost
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
crimes
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
dealt
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From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
defend
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From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
direct
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
disdain
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From this reading For all the envenomed recklessness of his temper, fed on hate and disdain, Razumov shuddered inwardly.
disgustnounUS /dɪsˈɡʌst/
a strong feeling of dislike or sickness caused by something unpleasant
From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
dread
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From this reading It was a sort of superstitious dread.
envenomed
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From this reading For all the envenomed recklessness of his temper, fed on hate and disdain, Razumov shuddered inwardly.
fate
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
fear
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From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
fed
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From this reading For all the envenomed recklessness of his temper, fed on hate and disdain, Razumov shuddered inwardly.
felt
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
follynounUS /ˈfɑːli/
an action or decision that shows a lack of good judgment
From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For all the envenomed recklessness of his temper, fed on hate and disdain, Razumov shuddered inwardly.
freedom
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
guarded
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From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
hate
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From this reading For all the envenomed recklessness of his temper, fed on hate and disdain, Razumov shuddered inwardly.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For all the envenomed recklessness of his temper, fed on hate and disdain, Razumov shuddered inwardly.
impenetrable
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
inwardly
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From this reading For all the envenomed recklessness of his temper, fed on hate and disdain, Razumov shuddered inwardly.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
like
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
listening
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
lying
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
made
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
more
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
moving
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
Now
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For all the envenomed recklessness of his temper, fed on hate and disdain, Razumov shuddered inwardly.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For all the envenomed recklessness of his temper, fed on hate and disdain, Razumov shuddered inwardly.
own
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
people
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From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
perfect
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
position
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
power
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
Razumov
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From this reading For all the envenomed recklessness of his temper, fed on hate and disdain, Razumov shuddered inwardly.
recklessness
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From this reading For all the envenomed recklessness of his temper, fed on hate and disdain, Razumov shuddered inwardly.
safety
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
secure
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
shuddered
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From this reading For all the envenomed recklessness of his temper, fed on hate and disdain, Razumov shuddered inwardly.
silent
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
sort
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From this reading It was a sort of superstitious dread.
superstitious
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From this reading It was a sort of superstitious dread.
temper
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From this reading For all the envenomed recklessness of his temper, fed on hate and disdain, Razumov shuddered inwardly.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For all the envenomed recklessness of his temper, fed on hate and disdain, Razumov shuddered inwardly.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Was this advantage his already?
unquestioning
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
very
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a sort of superstitious dread.
way
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From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It guarded him from common fear, but it could not defend him from disgust at being dealt with in any way by these people.
Ziemianitch
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From this reading Now, since his position had been made more secure by their own folly at the cost of Ziemianitch, he felt the need of perfect safety, with its freedom from direct lying, with its power of moving amongst them silent, unquestioning, listening, impenetrable, like the very fate of their crimes and their folly.
