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Chapter 13 of A Fool and His Money is here in full — 557 sentences across 112 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment. It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad. I reflected. Here was I racing along like a schoolboy, and wherefor? What occasion was there for such unseemly haste?
Chapter 13 of A Fool and His Money is here in full — 557 sentences across 112 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of overcoming or outdoing
From this reading “It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.”
equally distant from the extremes
From this reading “I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.”
the sport of engaging in contests of speed
From this reading “Here was I racing along like a schoolboy, and wherefor?”
a boy attending school
From this reading “Here was I racing along like a schoolboy, and wherefor?”
plural of “stairway” — a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps
From this reading “I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.”
not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
From this reading “What occasion was there for such unseemly haste?”
past form of “visit” — go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading “I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.”
marked by repeated turns and bends
From this reading “I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.”
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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 It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Here was I racing along like a schoolboy, and wherefor?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.
the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
the act of overcoming or outdoing
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What occasion was there for such unseemly haste?
the act of departing
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
equally distant from the extremes
From this reading I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading What occasion was there for such unseemly haste?
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here was I racing along like a schoolboy, and wherefor?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
and nothing more
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
roused to anger
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
an event that occurs at a critical time
From this reading What occasion was there for such unseemly haste?
inflected form of “occur” — come to pass
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
past form of “pause” — interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
From this reading I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.
the sport of engaging in contests of speed
From this reading Here was I racing along like a schoolboy, and wherefor?
(especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back
From this reading I reflected.
a boy attending school
From this reading Here was I racing along like a schoolboy, and wherefor?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.
plural of “stairway” — a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps
From this reading I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading What occasion was there for such unseemly haste?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.
in or at that place or location
From this reading What occasion was there for such unseemly haste?
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
From this reading What occasion was there for such unseemly haste?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.
past form of “visit” — go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It had just occurred to me that I was going up the steps two at a time and that my heart was beating like mad.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What occasion was there for such unseemly haste?
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From this reading Here was I racing along like a schoolboy, and wherefor?
marked by repeated turns and bends
From this reading I VISIT AND AM VISITED Halfway up the winding stairways, I paused in some astonishment.
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