Chapter 6 of Friends and Neighbors is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Friends and Neighbors is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What do you ask for them?” I inquired. “I refused a hundred dollars for the pair. But I am compelled to part with them now, and you shall have them for eighty.” I had many other uses for eighty dollars, and therefore shook my head.
Chapter 6 of Friends and Neighbors is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “compel” — force somebody to do something
From this reading “But I am compelled to part with them now, and you shall have them for eighty.””
plural of “dollar” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
From this reading ““I refused a hundred dollars for the pair.”
being ten more than seventy
From this reading “But I am compelled to part with them now, and you shall have them for eighty.””
past form of “inquire” — address a question to and expect an answer from
From this reading “I inquired.”
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading ““I refused a hundred dollars for the pair.”
past form of “refuse” — show unwillingness towards
From this reading ““I refused a hundred dollars for the pair.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “I had many other uses for eighty dollars, and therefore shook my head.”
plural of “use” — the act of using
From this reading “I had many other uses for eighty dollars, and therefore shook my head.”
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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 refused a hundred dollars for the pair.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading But I am compelled to part with them now, and you shall have them for eighty.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But I am compelled to part with them now, and you shall have them for eighty.”
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “What do you ask for them?”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I am compelled to part with them now, and you shall have them for eighty.”
inflected form of “compel” — force somebody to do something
From this reading But I am compelled to part with them now, and you shall have them for eighty.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What do you ask for them?”
plural of “dollar” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
From this reading “I refused a hundred dollars for the pair.
being ten more than seventy
From this reading But I am compelled to part with them now, and you shall have them for eighty.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “What do you ask for them?”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had many other uses for eighty dollars, and therefore shook my head.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But I am compelled to part with them now, and you shall have them for eighty.”
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading I had many other uses for eighty dollars, and therefore shook my head.
ten 10s
From this reading “I refused a hundred dollars for the pair.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I inquired.
past form of “inquire” — address a question to and expect an answer from
From this reading I inquired.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading I had many other uses for eighty dollars, and therefore shook my head.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I had many other uses for eighty dollars, and therefore shook my head.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading But I am compelled to part with them now, and you shall have them for eighty.”
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading I had many other uses for eighty dollars, and therefore shook my head.
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading “I refused a hundred dollars for the pair.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading But I am compelled to part with them now, and you shall have them for eighty.”
past form of “refuse” — show unwillingness towards
From this reading “I refused a hundred dollars for the pair.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading But I am compelled to part with them now, and you shall have them for eighty.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading I had many other uses for eighty dollars, and therefore shook my head.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I refused a hundred dollars for the pair.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “What do you ask for them?”
for that reason; as a result
From this reading I had many other uses for eighty dollars, and therefore shook my head.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But I am compelled to part with them now, and you shall have them for eighty.”
plural of “use” — the act of using
From this reading I had many other uses for eighty dollars, and therefore shook my head.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What do you ask for them?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading But I am compelled to part with them now, and you shall have them for eighty.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What do you ask for them?”
Chapter 6 of Friends and Neighbors by T. S. (Timothy Shay) [Editor] Arthur holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 6 holds 399 sentences of Friends and Neighbors, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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