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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of My Adventures with Your Money is here in full — 55 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GORHAM PRESS, BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A. To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_! This book is for you! Read as you run, and may you run as you read. G. G. R.
Chapter 1 of My Adventures with Your Money is here in full — 55 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “THE GORHAM PRESS, BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A.”
represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
From this reading “To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!”
plural of “greeting” — (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
in this place or thing or document
From this reading “To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “THE GORHAM PRESS, BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A.”
someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
From this reading “To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!”
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
From this reading “To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!”
an important intellectual
From this reading “To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!”
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.
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 THE GORHAM PRESS, BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A.
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Read as you run, and may you run as you read.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading This book is for you!
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading THE GORHAM PRESS, BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading This book is for you!
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading G. G. R.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE GORHAM PRESS, BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A.
plural of “greeting” — (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
in this place or thing or document
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This book is for you!
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading THE GORHAM PRESS, BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Read as you run, and may you run as you read.
in other respects or ways
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading THE GORHAM PRESS, BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading G. G. R.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading Read as you run, and may you run as you read.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Read as you run, and may you run as you read.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading THE GORHAM PRESS, BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A.
someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GORHAM PRESS, BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A.
an important intellectual
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
plural of “think” — an instance of deliberate thinking
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This book is for you!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading THE GORHAM PRESS, BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A.
which person or people
From this reading To The American Damphool Speculator, surnamed the American Sucker, otherwise described herein as The Thinker Who Thinks He Knows But Doesn't--_greetings_!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading This book is for you!
Chapter 1 of My Adventures with Your Money by George Graham Rice holds 55 sentences, grouped into 11 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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