Chapter 2 of My Adventures with Your Money is here in full — 527 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of My Adventures with Your Money is here in full — 527 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE RISE AND FALL OF MAXIM & GAY The place was New York. The time, March, 1901. My age was thirty. My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources. I was a rover and out of a job.
Chapter 2 of My Adventures with Your Money is here in full — 527 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading “My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.”
money in the form of bills or coins
From this reading “My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.”
happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface
From this reading “My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.”
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading “THE RISE AND FALL OF MAXIM & GAY The place was New York.”
a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
From this reading “THE RISE AND FALL OF MAXIM & GAY The place was New York.”
plural of “resource” — available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed
From this reading “My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.”
someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
From this reading “I was a rover and out of a job.”
in a tight or constricted manner
From this reading “My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.”
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From this reading The time, March, 1901.
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From this reading My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I was a rover and out of a job.
how long something has existed
From this reading My age was thirty.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE RISE AND FALL OF MAXIM & GAY The place was New York.
assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.
money in the form of bills or coins
From this reading My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.
happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface
From this reading My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading THE RISE AND FALL OF MAXIM & GAY The place was New York.
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading THE RISE AND FALL OF MAXIM & GAY The place was New York.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading I was a rover and out of a job.
march in a procession
From this reading The time, March, 1901.
a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
From this reading THE RISE AND FALL OF MAXIM & GAY The place was New York.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My age was thirty.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading THE RISE AND FALL OF MAXIM & GAY The place was New York.
not any; not one
From this reading My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE RISE AND FALL OF MAXIM & GAY The place was New York.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I was a rover and out of a job.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading THE RISE AND FALL OF MAXIM & GAY The place was New York.
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.
plural of “resource” — available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed
From this reading My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.
move upward
From this reading THE RISE AND FALL OF MAXIM & GAY The place was New York.
someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
From this reading I was a rover and out of a job.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RISE AND FALL OF MAXIM & GAY The place was New York.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading My age was thirty.
in a tight or constricted manner
From this reading My cash capital, tightly placed in my pocket, was $7.30, and I had no other external resources.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The time, March, 1901.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE RISE AND FALL OF MAXIM & GAY The place was New York.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading THE RISE AND FALL OF MAXIM & GAY The place was New York.
Chapter 2 of My Adventures with Your Money by George Graham Rice holds 527 sentences, grouped into 106 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 2 holds 527 sentences of My Adventures with Your Money, unabridged, divided into 106 reading sections.
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