Chapter 7 of Lady Huntworth's Experiment is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Lady Huntworth's Experiment is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CAR. At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers. He had lent you more than he could afford and he was sick of it. You tried to get me to ask him again. I wouldn't.
Chapter 7 of Lady Huntworth's Experiment is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be able to spare or give up
From this reading “He had lent you more than he could afford and he was sick of it.”
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.”
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “CAR.”
talk socially without exchanging too much information
From this reading “At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.”
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading “At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.”
a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
From this reading “He had lent you more than he could afford and he was sick of it.”
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading “At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “He had lent you more than he could afford and he was sick of it.”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
be able to spare or give up
From this reading He had lent you more than he could afford and he was sick of it.
anew
From this reading You tried to get me to ask him again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had lent you more than he could afford and he was sick of it.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading You tried to get me to ask him again.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading CAR.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
talk socially without exchanging too much information
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He had lent you more than he could afford and he was sick of it.
one or the other of two
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
apart from; not including
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading You tried to get me to ask him again.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had lent you more than he could afford and he was sick of it.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You tried to get me to ask him again.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wouldn't.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He had lent you more than he could afford and he was sick of it.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
From this reading He had lent you more than he could afford and he was sick of it.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You tried to get me to ask him again.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading He had lent you more than he could afford and he was sick of it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had lent you more than he could afford and he was sick of it.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading He had lent you more than he could afford and he was sick of it.
a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He had lent you more than he could afford and he was sick of it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You tried to get me to ask him again.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading You tried to get me to ask him again.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He had lent you more than he could afford and he was sick of it.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I wouldn't.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading At the finish we had a pleasant little chat; you hadn't a sixpence left--or a friend either--except Bob Carruthers.
Chapter 7 of Lady Huntworth's Experiment by R. C. (Richard Claude) Carton holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
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