Chapter 1 of Other People's Money is here in full — 5546 sentences across 1110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Other People's Money is here in full — 5546 sentences across 1110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you. You hesitate? Perhaps at this moment he already knows more than we do ourselves.” Maxence took a sudden resolution. “Very well,” he said: “let us go.”
Chapter 1 of Other People's Money is here in full — 5546 sentences across 1110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1041/1109 · 5 reading units · Lines 5201–5205
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a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel)
From this reading “If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.”
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading “You hesitate?”
cause injuries or bodily harm to
From this reading “If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.”
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “Perhaps at this moment he already knows more than we do ourselves.””
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading “If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.”
third-person singular of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading “If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.”
a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
From this reading “Maxence took a sudden resolution.”
serve a purpose, role, or function
From this reading “If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.”
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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 Maxence took a sudden resolution.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Perhaps at this moment he already knows more than we do ourselves.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Perhaps at this moment he already knows more than we do ourselves.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.
a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel)
From this reading If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Perhaps at this moment he already knows more than we do ourselves.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Very well,” he said: “let us go.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading You hesitate?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.
cause injuries or bodily harm to
From this reading If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading Perhaps at this moment he already knows more than we do ourselves.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Very well,” he said: “let us go.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Maxence took a sudden resolution.
a particular point in time
From this reading Perhaps at this moment he already knows more than we do ourselves.”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Perhaps at this moment he already knows more than we do ourselves.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading Perhaps at this moment he already knows more than we do ourselves.”
by chance
From this reading Perhaps at this moment he already knows more than we do ourselves.”
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.
third-person singular of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.
a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
From this reading Maxence took a sudden resolution.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Very well,” he said: “let us go.”
serve a purpose, role, or function
From this reading If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading Maxence took a sudden resolution.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Perhaps at this moment he already knows more than we do ourselves.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Perhaps at this moment he already knows more than we do ourselves.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Maxence took a sudden resolution.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.
precisely as stated
From this reading “Very well,” he said: “let us go.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Perhaps at this moment he already knows more than we do ourselves.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Very well,” he said: “let us go.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If he remembers that he is commissary of police, it will be to serve us, not to injure you.
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