Chapter 15 of Amusement Only is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Amusement Only is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BEFORE TAKING. "There's a fortune in it!" "For the bottlemakers." "If for them, then what for us? We shan't want more bottles than we can sell.
Chapter 15 of Amusement Only is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “BEFORE TAKING.”
plural of “bottle” — a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading “We shan't want more bottles than we can sell.”
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “"There's a fortune in it!"”
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading “We shan't want more bottles than we can sell.”
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading “BEFORE TAKING.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “We shan't want more bottles than we can sell.”
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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 "There's a fortune in it!"
earlier than; in front of
From this reading BEFORE TAKING.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "For the bottlemakers."
plural of “bottle” — a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading We shan't want more bottles than we can sell.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading We shan't want more bottles than we can sell.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "For the bottlemakers."
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading "There's a fortune in it!"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If for them, then what for us?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "There's a fortune in it!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "There's a fortune in it!"
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading We shan't want more bottles than we can sell.
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading We shan't want more bottles than we can sell.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We shan't want more bottles than we can sell.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading BEFORE TAKING.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading We shan't want more bottles than we can sell.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "For the bottlemakers."
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "If for them, then what for us?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "If for them, then what for us?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's a fortune in it!"
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "If for them, then what for us?
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading We shan't want more bottles than we can sell.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We shan't want more bottles than we can sell.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "If for them, then what for us?
Chapter 15 of Amusement Only by Richard Marsh holds 205 sentences, grouped into 41 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 15 holds 205 sentences of Amusement Only, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Amusement Only by Richard Marsh exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 205 sentences, grouped into 41 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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