Chapter 10 of Mrs. Thompson: A Novel is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Mrs. Thompson: A Novel is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"What a horrid thing to say! I'd forgotten all about the money. Why can't _you_ forget it?... No, hang the money. Money isn't everything....
Chapter 10 of Mrs. Thompson: A Novel is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “Money isn't everything....”
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “Why can't _you_ forget it?...”
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading “I'd forgotten all about the money.”
be suspended or hanging
From this reading “No, hang the money.”
exceedingly bad
From this reading “"What a horrid thing to say!”
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “I'd forgotten all about the money.”
express in words
From this reading “"What a horrid thing to say!”
a special situation
From this reading “"What a horrid thing to say!”
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 “"What a horrid thing to say!”
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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 "What a horrid thing to say!
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I'd forgotten all about the money.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading I'd forgotten all about the money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why can't _you_ forget it?...
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Money isn't everything....
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Why can't _you_ forget it?...
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading I'd forgotten all about the money.
be suspended or hanging
From this reading No, hang the money.
exceedingly bad
From this reading "What a horrid thing to say!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'd forgotten all about the money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Money isn't everything....
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Why can't _you_ forget it?...
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading I'd forgotten all about the money.
not any; not one
From this reading No, hang the money.
express in words
From this reading "What a horrid thing to say!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I'd forgotten all about the money.
a special situation
From this reading "What a horrid thing to say!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "What a horrid thing to say!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What a horrid thing to say!
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why can't _you_ forget it?...
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why can't _you_ forget it?...
Chapter 10 of Mrs. Thompson: A Novel by W. B. (William Babington) Maxwell holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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 10 holds 399 sentences of Mrs. Thompson: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Mrs. Thompson: A Novel by W. B. (William Babington) Maxwell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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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