Chapter 4 of It pays to advertise is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of It pays to advertise is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PEALE. Sure, if we can get credit. RODNEY. I suppose we might as well owe forty thousand as twenty. PEALE.
Chapter 4 of It pays to advertise is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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approval
From this reading “Sure, if we can get credit.”
being ten more than thirty
From this reading “I suppose we might as well owe forty thousand as twenty.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Sure, if we can get credit.”
be obliged to pay or repay
From this reading “I suppose we might as well owe forty thousand as twenty.”
express a supposition
From this reading “I suppose we might as well owe forty thousand as twenty.”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “Sure, if we can get credit.”
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading “I suppose we might as well owe forty thousand as twenty.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading “I suppose we might as well owe forty thousand as twenty.”
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.
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In this reading “I suppose we might as well owe forty thousand as twenty.”
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I suppose we might as well owe forty thousand as twenty.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Sure, if we can get credit.
approval
From this reading Sure, if we can get credit.
being ten more than thirty
From this reading I suppose we might as well owe forty thousand as twenty.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Sure, if we can get credit.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I suppose we might as well owe forty thousand as twenty.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Sure, if we can get credit.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I suppose we might as well owe forty thousand as twenty.
be obliged to pay or repay
From this reading I suppose we might as well owe forty thousand as twenty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PEALE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RODNEY.
express a supposition
From this reading I suppose we might as well owe forty thousand as twenty.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading Sure, if we can get credit.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading I suppose we might as well owe forty thousand as twenty.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading I suppose we might as well owe forty thousand as twenty.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Sure, if we can get credit.
(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 I suppose we might as well owe forty thousand as twenty.
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