Chapter 10 of Fortune's My Foe: A Romance is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Fortune's My Foe: A Romance is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE END OF THE FIRST ACT. "The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done? How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist? I have had no money for a long time, and in a short time you also will have none. What do you intend to do?"
Chapter 10 of Fortune's My Foe: A Romance is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a man who is the lover of a man or woman
From this reading “"The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done?”
large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?”
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
From this reading “How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?”
have an existence, be extant
From this reading “How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?”
a person who operates a farm
From this reading “"The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done?”
the quality of being important and worthy of note
From this reading “How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?”
have in mind as a purpose
From this reading “What do you intend to do?"”
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
From this reading “"The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done?”
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.
In this reading “How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?”
In this reading “I have had no money for a long time, and in a short time you also will have none.”
a prolonged period of time
In this reading “I have had no money for a long time, and in a short time you also will have none.”
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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 I have had no money for a long time, and in a short time you also will have none.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading THE END OF THE FIRST ACT.
in addition
From this reading I have had no money for a long time, and in a short time you also will have none.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done?
a man who is the lover of a man or woman
From this reading "The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done?
large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
From this reading How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
From this reading How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do you intend to do?"
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done?
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading THE END OF THE FIRST ACT.
have an existence, be extant
From this reading How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading THE END OF THE FIRST ACT.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I have had no money for a long time, and in a short time you also will have none.
a person who operates a farm
From this reading "The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I have had no money for a long time, and in a short time you also will have none.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have had no money for a long time, and in a short time you also will have none.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?
the quality of being important and worthy of note
From this reading How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I have had no money for a long time, and in a short time you also will have none.
have in mind as a purpose
From this reading What do you intend to do?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done?
referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)
From this reading How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
From this reading "The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done?
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading I have had no money for a long time, and in a short time you also will have none.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading I have had no money for a long time, and in a short time you also will have none.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading "The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done?
not any; not one
From this reading I have had no money for a long time, and in a short time you also will have none.
not one, and not any
From this reading I have had no money for a long time, and in a short time you also will have none.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE END OF THE FIRST ACT.
by chance
From this reading How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading "The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done?
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done?
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading I have had no money for a long time, and in a short time you also will have none.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE END OF THE FIRST ACT.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I have had no money for a long time, and in a short time you also will have none.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "The question now is," said Lewis Granger to Beau Bufton that night, "what is to be done?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I have had no money for a long time, and in a short time you also will have none.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading How are you, and I, which latter is perhaps of more considerable importance, to continue to exist?
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