Chapter 29 of Gold is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 29 of Gold is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over. "To tell you the truth," the narrator confided to me, "I don't know where we're going. We have no money. We've got to get work somehow. I don't know now why we came."
Chapter 29 of Gold is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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past form of “confide” — reveal in private; tell confidentially
From this reading “"To tell you the truth," the narrator confided to me, "I don't know where we're going.”
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading “THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.”
plural of “immigrant” — a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
From this reading “THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.”
someone who tells a story
From this reading “"To tell you the truth," the narrator confided to me, "I don't know where we're going.”
-ing form of “persuade” — win approval or support for
From this reading “THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.”
plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.”
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading “We've got to get work somehow.”
a fact that has been verified
From this reading “"To tell you the truth," the narrator confided to me, "I don't know where we're going.”
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 “THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.”
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inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I don't know now why we came."
past form of “confide” — reveal in private; tell confidentially
From this reading "To tell you the truth," the narrator confided to me, "I don't know where we're going.
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "To tell you the truth," the narrator confided to me, "I don't know where we're going.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We've got to get work somehow.
the act of departing
From this reading "To tell you the truth," the narrator confided to me, "I don't know where we're going.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We've got to get work somehow.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have no money.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.
plural of “immigrant” — a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
From this reading THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "To tell you the truth," the narrator confided to me, "I don't know where we're going.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "To tell you the truth," the narrator confided to me, "I don't know where we're going.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading We have no money.
someone who tells a story
From this reading "To tell you the truth," the narrator confided to me, "I don't know where we're going.
not any; not one
From this reading THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I don't know now why we came."
above and across; more than
From this reading THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.
-ing form of “persuade” — win approval or support for
From this reading THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.
plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading We've got to get work somehow.
express in words
From this reading "To tell you the truth," the narrator confided to me, "I don't know where we're going.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE PRISONERS I had no great difficulty in persuading the immigrants to rest over.
a fact that has been verified
From this reading "To tell you the truth," the narrator confided to me, "I don't know where we're going.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have no money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "To tell you the truth," the narrator confided to me, "I don't know where we're going.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We've got to get work somehow.
in or at the place that
From this reading "To tell you the truth," the narrator confided to me, "I don't know where we're going.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading I don't know now why we came."
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading We've got to get work somehow.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "To tell you the truth," the narrator confided to me, "I don't know where we're going.
Chapter 29 of Gold by Stewart Edward White holds 119 sentences, grouped into 24 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 29 holds 119 sentences of Gold, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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