Chapter 3 of Friends and Neighbors is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Friends and Neighbors is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I can get my own price,” said he to himself. “The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.” “For what price will you sell?” The question was repeated. “I must have a good price.”
Chapter 3 of Friends and Neighbors is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading ““The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.””
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading ““The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.””
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading ““The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.””
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading ““I can get my own price,” said he to himself.”
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “The question was repeated.”
recurring again and again
From this reading “The question was repeated.”
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading ““For what price will you sell?””
a quantity of money
From this reading ““The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.””
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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 “The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “I can get my own price,” said he to himself.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading “The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “For what price will you sell?”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “I can get my own price,” said he to himself.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “I must have a good price.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I must have a good price.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I can get my own price,” said he to himself.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “I can get my own price,” said he to himself.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I can get my own price,” said he to himself.
and nothing more
From this reading “The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.”
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I must have a good price.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I can get my own price,” said he to himself.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.”
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “I can get my own price,” said he to himself.
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading “The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.”
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading “I can get my own price,” said he to himself.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading The question was repeated.
recurring again and again
From this reading The question was repeated.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I can get my own price,” said he to himself.
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading “For what price will you sell?”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.”
a quantity of money
From this reading “The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I can get my own price,” said he to himself.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The question was repeated.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “The city has to pay, and I might just as well get a large sum as a small one.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “For what price will you sell?”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “For what price will you sell?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “For what price will you sell?”
Chapter 3 of Friends and Neighbors by T. S. (Timothy Shay) [Editor] Arthur holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 3 holds 410 sentences of Friends and Neighbors, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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