Chapter 9 of Lot & Company is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Lot & Company is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Money easily got, goes the same,” she answered. Then Bellair realised how stupid he had been. She had seen the newspapers. She had been afraid to trust him alone in that bare hall. The smell of carpets stifled him.
Chapter 9 of Lot & Company is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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completely unclothed
From this reading “She had been afraid to trust him alone in that bare hall.”
plural of “carpet” — floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
From this reading “The smell of carpets stifled him.”
plural of “newspaper” — a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
From this reading “She had seen the newspapers.”
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading “Then Bellair realised how stupid he had been.”
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading “The smell of carpets stifled him.”
held in check with difficulty
From this reading “The smell of carpets stifled him.”
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading “Then Bellair realised how stupid he had been.”
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading “She had been afraid to trust him alone in that bare hall.”
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.
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading She had been afraid to trust him alone in that bare hall.
Having no one else present.
From this reading She had been afraid to trust him alone in that bare hall.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “Money easily got, goes the same,” she answered.
completely unclothed
From this reading She had been afraid to trust him alone in that bare hall.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Then Bellair realised how stupid he had been.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then Bellair realised how stupid he had been.
plural of “carpet” — floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
From this reading The smell of carpets stifled him.
with ease (“easy” is sometimes used informally for “easily”)
From this reading “Money easily got, goes the same,” she answered.
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading “Money easily got, goes the same,” she answered.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Money easily got, goes the same,” she answered.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Then Bellair realised how stupid he had been.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading She had been afraid to trust him alone in that bare hall.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then Bellair realised how stupid he had been.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She had been afraid to trust him alone in that bare hall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then Bellair realised how stupid he had been.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had been afraid to trust him alone in that bare hall.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “Money easily got, goes the same,” she answered.
plural of “newspaper” — a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
From this reading She had seen the newspapers.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The smell of carpets stifled him.
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading Then Bellair realised how stupid he had been.
Identical; not different.
From this reading “Money easily got, goes the same,” she answered.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading She had seen the newspapers.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Money easily got, goes the same,” she answered.
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading The smell of carpets stifled him.
held in check with difficulty
From this reading The smell of carpets stifled him.
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading Then Bellair realised how stupid he had been.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had been afraid to trust him alone in that bare hall.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Money easily got, goes the same,” she answered.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then Bellair realised how stupid he had been.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had been afraid to trust him alone in that bare hall.
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading She had been afraid to trust him alone in that bare hall.
Chapter 9 of Lot & Company by Will Levington Comfort holds 410 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 9 holds 410 sentences of Lot & Company, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Lot & Company by Will Levington Comfort exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 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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