Chapter 14 of A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Who denies that? Not even Lindau himself. It's all right. And the great thing is that the evening's enjoyment is over. I've got my society smile off, and I'm radiantly happy.
Chapter 14 of A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “deny” — declare untrue; contradict
From this reading “"Who denies that?”
the pleasure felt when having a good time
From this reading “And the great thing is that the evening's enjoyment is over.”
possessive form of “evening” — the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading “And the great thing is that the evening's enjoyment is over.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “I've got my society smile off, and I'm radiantly happy.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “I've got my society smile off, and I'm radiantly happy.”
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “I've got my society smile off, and I'm radiantly happy.”
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading “I've got my society smile off, and I'm radiantly happy.”
a special situation
From this reading “And the great thing is that the evening's enjoyment is over.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading It's all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the great thing is that the evening's enjoyment is over.
third-person singular of “deny” — declare untrue; contradict
From this reading "Who denies that?
the pleasure felt when having a good time
From this reading And the great thing is that the evening's enjoyment is over.
divisible by two
From this reading Not even Lindau himself.
possessive form of “evening” — the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading And the great thing is that the evening's enjoyment is over.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I've got my society smile off, and I'm radiantly happy.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading And the great thing is that the evening's enjoyment is over.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading I've got my society smile off, and I'm radiantly happy.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Not even Lindau himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I've got my society smile off, and I'm radiantly happy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I've got my society smile off, and I'm radiantly happy.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And the great thing is that the evening's enjoyment is over.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's all right.
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From this reading Not even Lindau himself.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I've got my society smile off, and I'm radiantly happy.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not even Lindau himself.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I've got my society smile off, and I'm radiantly happy.
above and across; more than
From this reading And the great thing is that the evening's enjoyment is over.
in a radiant manner
From this reading I've got my society smile off, and I'm radiantly happy.
precisely, exactly
From this reading It's all right.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading I've got my society smile off, and I'm radiantly happy.
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading I've got my society smile off, and I'm radiantly happy.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Who denies that?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And the great thing is that the evening's enjoyment is over.
a special situation
From this reading And the great thing is that the evening's enjoyment is over.
which person or people
From this reading "Who denies that?
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