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Dawson Black: Retail Merchant
Dawson Black: Retail Merchant

Chapter XXXV

Chapter 35 of Dawson Black: Retail Merchant is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Harold Whitehead • Curated US English Learning Edition
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A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.
Think of it!
By the end of May I would have finished my first year in business.
When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.
I had learned more each month than I had learned in all the time I was a clerk.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Dawson Black: Retail Merchant

Chapter XXXV

Chapter 35 of Dawson Black: Retail Merchant is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.
Line 2
Think of it!
/θɪŋk ʌv ɪt/
Line 3
By the end of May I would have finished my first year in business.
/baɪ ðə end ʌv meɪ aɪ wʊd hæv ˈfɪnɪʃt maɪ fɜːrst jɪr ɪn ˈbɪznəs/
Line 4
When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.
/wen aɪ lʊkt bæk æt ðə jɪrz ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz aɪ ˈriːəlaɪzd ðæt aɪ ˈʃʊrli hæd lɜːrnd ə lɑːt ɪn ðæt ʃɔːrt taɪm/
Line 5
I had learned more each month than I had learned in all the time I was a clerk.
/aɪ hæd lɜːrnd mɔːr iːtʃ mʌnθ ðæn aɪ hæd lɜːrnd ɪn ɔːl ðə taɪm aɪ wɑːz ə klɜːrk/

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clerk noun US /klɜːrk/

an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)

From this reading “I had learned more each month than I had learned in all the time I was a clerk.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
experiences noun US /ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz/

plural of “experience” — the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities

From this reading “When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fiscal adjective US /ˈfɪskəl/

involving financial matters

From this reading “A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
June noun US /dʒuːn/

the month following May and preceding July

From this reading “A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
logical adjective US /ˈlɑːdʒɪkəl/

capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning

From this reading “A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
pledged adjective US /pledʒd/

bound by or as if by an oath

From this reading “A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
staff noun US /stæf/

personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task

From this reading “A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
year's noun US /jɪrz/

possessive form of “year” — a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading “When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Word partnerships in these lines

English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.

Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.

short time adjective + noun

In this reading “When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.”

26,831 times in 426,211 chapters
first year adjective + noun

In this reading “By the end of May I would have finished my first year in business.”

3,234 times in 426,211 chapters
looked back verb + particle counted as “look back”

look towards one's back

In this reading “When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.”

19,275 times in 426,211 chapters
last day adjective + noun

(New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives

In this reading “A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.”

5,890 times in 426,211 chapters
Think of verb + particle

keep in mind for attention or consideration

In this reading “Think of it!”

152,298 times in 426,211 chapters

All words in this reading · 55

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From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

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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 A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 I had learned more each month than I had learned in all the time I was a clerk.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
backadverbUS /bæk/

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
beginningnounUS /bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ/

the event consisting of the start of something

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
businessnounUS /ˈbɪznəs/

a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

From this reading By the end of May I would have finished my first year in business.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading By the end of May I would have finished my first year in business.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
clerknounUS /klɜːrk/

an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)

From this reading I had learned more each month than I had learned in all the time I was a clerk.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading I had learned more each month than I had learned in all the time I was a clerk.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
endnounUS /end/

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
experiencesnounUS /ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz/

plural of “experience” — the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities

From this reading When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
finishedadjectiveUS /ˈfɪnɪʃt/

(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state

From this reading By the end of May I would have finished my first year in business.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading By the end of May I would have finished my first year in business.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fiscaladjectiveUS /ˈfɪskəl/

involving financial matters

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading By the end of May I would have finished my first year in business.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading By the end of May I would have finished my first year in business.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Think of it!

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
JunenounUS /dʒuːn/

the month following May and preceding July

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
lastadjectiveUS /læst/

immediately past

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
learnedadjectiveUS /lɜːrnd/

having or showing profound knowledge

From this reading When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
LOGICALadjectiveUS /ˈlɑːdʒɪkəl/

capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
lookedverbUS /lʊkt/

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
lotnounUS /lɑːt/

(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent

From this reading When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
monthnounUS /mʌnθ/

one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

From this reading I had learned more each month than I had learned in all the time I was a clerk.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
moreadjectiveUS /mɔːr/

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading I had learned more each month than I had learned in all the time I was a clerk.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
PLANverbUS /plæn/

have the will and intention to carry out some action

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
pledgedadjectiveUS /pledʒd/

bound by or as if by an oath

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
PROFIT-SHARING

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

Pending verification
realizedadjectiveUS /ˈriːəlaɪzd/

successfully completed or brought to an end

From this reading When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔːrt/

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/

from a time in the past until now

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
smalladjectiveUS /smɔːl/

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
staffnounUS /stæf/

personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
surelyadverbUS /ˈʃʊrli/

definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)

From this reading When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading I had learned more each month than I had learned in all the time I was a clerk.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ThinkverbUS /θɪŋk/

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading Think of it!

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
timenounUS /taɪm/

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading I had learned more each month than I had learned in all the time I was a clerk.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
yearnounUS /jɪr/

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading A LOGICAL PROFIT-SHARING PLAN I had pledged myself to a profit-sharing plan with my small staff for the year beginning June 1, since my fiscal year would end with the last day of May.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
year'snounUS /jɪrz/

possessive form of “year” — a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading When I looked back at the year's experiences, I realized that I surely had learned a lot in that short time.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

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