Chapter 9 of A Poor Wise Man is here in full — 482 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of A Poor Wise Man is here in full — 482 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two. At his corner he stopped. “How's your mother, Edith?” It was Mr. Hendricks' business to know his ward thoroughly. “About the same.
Chapter 9 of A Poor Wise Man is here in full — 482 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having companions or an escort
From this reading “Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.”
a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
From this reading “Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.”
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “It was Mr. Hendricks' business to know his ward thoroughly.”
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading “At his corner he stopped.”
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading “Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.”
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “At his corner he stopped.”
in an exhaustive manner
From this reading “It was Mr. Hendricks' business to know his ward thoroughly.”
a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
From this reading “It was Mr. Hendricks' business to know his ward thoroughly.”
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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 Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “About the same.
having companions or an escort
From this reading Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At his corner he stopped.
a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
From this reading Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading It was Mr. Hendricks' business to know his ward thoroughly.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading At his corner he stopped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.
the act of departing
From this reading Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At his corner he stopped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At his corner he stopped.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How's your mother, Edith?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Mr. Hendricks' business to know his ward thoroughly.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading It was Mr. Hendricks' business to know his ward thoroughly.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “How's your mother, Edith?”
a form of address for a man
From this reading Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.
Identical; not different.
From this reading “About the same.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading At his corner he stopped.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “About the same.
in an exhaustive manner
From this reading It was Mr. Hendricks' business to know his ward thoroughly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was Mr. Hendricks' business to know his ward thoroughly.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Going home that night Mr. Hendricks met Edith Boyd, and accompanied her for a block or two.
a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
From this reading It was Mr. Hendricks' business to know his ward thoroughly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Mr. Hendricks' business to know his ward thoroughly.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “How's your mother, Edith?”
Chapter 9 of A Poor Wise Man by Mary Roberts Rinehart holds 482 sentences, grouped into 97 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 9 holds 482 sentences of A Poor Wise Man, unabridged, divided into 97 reading sections.
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