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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.
She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor. “Well,” he answered, “am I not the master? I am operating at the bourse, that’s all!” He could hardly have owned to any thing that would have frightened the poor woman as much. “Are you not afraid,” she objected, “to lose all we have so painfully accumulated?
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 136/1109 · 5 reading units · Lines 676–680
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periodically accumulated over time
From this reading ““Are you not afraid,” she objected, “to lose all we have so painfully accumulated?”
the stock exchange in Paris
From this reading “I am operating at the bourse, that’s all!””
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading “She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.”
past form of “object” — express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent
From this reading ““Are you not afraid,” she objected, “to lose all we have so painfully accumulated?”
involved in a kind of operation
From this reading “I am operating at the bourse, that’s all!””
having an owner; often used in combination
From this reading “He could hardly have owned to any thing that would have frightened the poor woman as much.”
unpleasantly
From this reading ““Are you not afraid,” she objected, “to lose all we have so painfully accumulated?”
past form of “venture” — proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
From this reading “She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.”
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periodically accumulated over time
From this reading “Are you not afraid,” she objected, “to lose all we have so painfully accumulated?
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “Are you not afraid,” she objected, “to lose all we have so painfully accumulated?
(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 am operating at the bourse, that’s all!”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Well,” he answered, “am I not the master?
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “Well,” he answered, “am I not the master?
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading He could hardly have owned to any thing that would have frightened the poor woman as much.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Are you not afraid,” she objected, “to lose all we have so painfully accumulated?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He could hardly have owned to any thing that would have frightened the poor woman as much.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I am operating at the bourse, that’s all!”
the stock exchange in Paris
From this reading I am operating at the bourse, that’s all!”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He could hardly have owned to any thing that would have frightened the poor woman as much.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.
made afraid
From this reading He could hardly have owned to any thing that would have frightened the poor woman as much.
only a very short time before
From this reading He could hardly have owned to any thing that would have frightened the poor woman as much.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He could hardly have owned to any thing that would have frightened the poor woman as much.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Well,” he answered, “am I not the master?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “Are you not afraid,” she objected, “to lose all we have so painfully accumulated?
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading “Well,” he answered, “am I not the master?
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading He could hardly have owned to any thing that would have frightened the poor woman as much.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Well,” he answered, “am I not the master?
past form of “object” — express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent
From this reading “Are you not afraid,” she objected, “to lose all we have so painfully accumulated?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.
involved in a kind of operation
From this reading I am operating at the bourse, that’s all!”
having an owner; often used in combination
From this reading He could hardly have owned to any thing that would have frightened the poor woman as much.
unpleasantly
From this reading “Are you not afraid,” she objected, “to lose all we have so painfully accumulated?
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading He could hardly have owned to any thing that would have frightened the poor woman as much.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Are you not afraid,” she objected, “to lose all we have so painfully accumulated?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He could hardly have owned to any thing that would have frightened the poor woman as much.
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From this reading I am operating at the bourse, that’s all!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.
a special situation
From this reading He could hardly have owned to any thing that would have frightened the poor woman as much.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.
past form of “venture” — proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
From this reading She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Are you not afraid,” she objected, “to lose all we have so painfully accumulated?
(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 “Well,” he answered, “am I not the master?
at the time that
From this reading She ventured to ask him the question one morning, when he was in fine humor.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading He could hardly have owned to any thing that would have frightened the poor woman as much.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He could hardly have owned to any thing that would have frightened the poor woman as much.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Are you not afraid,” she objected, “to lose all we have so painfully accumulated?
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