Chapter 12 of Light-Fingered Gentry is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Light-Fingered Gentry is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yes." "If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary." "You know something you are not telling me?" "I do. Something I can’t tell you."
Chapter 12 of Light-Fingered Gentry is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “"If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."”
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
From this reading “"If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “"You know something you are not telling me?"”
used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers
From this reading “"If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “"You know something you are not telling me?"”
express in words
From this reading “Something I can’t tell you."”
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading “"You know something you are not telling me?"”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Yes."”
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 “"If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You know something you are not telling me?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Something I can’t tell you."
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading "If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
From this reading "If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "I do.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I do.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "You know something you are not telling me?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You know something you are not telling me?"
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."
not any; not one
From this reading "If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "You know something you are not telling me?"
used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers
From this reading "If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "You know something you are not telling me?"
express in words
From this reading Something I can’t tell you."
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading "You know something you are not telling me?"
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If you go, you’ll have no more chance for her than—than a convict in a penitentiary."
Chapter 12 of Light-Fingered Gentry by David Graham Phillips holds 407 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 12 holds 407 sentences of Light-Fingered Gentry, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Light-Fingered Gentry by David Graham Phillips exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 407 sentences, grouped into 82 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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