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Chapter 16 of Eugenie Grandet is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.” “You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him. “No, I have not got it.” “You are mistaken, Eugenie.” “No.”
Chapter 16 of Eugenie Grandet is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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quickly and without warning
From this reading “Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.””
a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
From this reading ““You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.”
construct, build, or erect
From this reading ““You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.”
having lost your job
From this reading ““You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.”
third-person singular of “hear” — perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading ““You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.”
wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment
From this reading ““You are mistaken, Eugenie.””
(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear
From this reading ““You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.””
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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 Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
quickly and without warning
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
later than; following
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You are mistaken, Eugenie.”
next to; at the side of
From this reading “You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
From this reading “You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
construct, build, or erect
From this reading “You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.
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From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
having lost your job
From this reading “You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.
coins made of gold
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
third-person singular of “hear” — perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “No, I have not got it.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment
From this reading “You are mistaken, Eugenie.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
not any; not one
From this reading “No, I have not got it.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear
From this reading “You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
in the direction of
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Eugenie rose; but after making a few steps towards the door she turned abruptly, looked her father in the face, and said,-- “I have not got _my_ gold.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You have not got your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him.
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