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Chapter I · Chapter 1

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To answer was painful,” she uttered; and yet I--dared to answer him.
I said to him, I believe you, and I have faith in you.
Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.
To resort to ruse, deceit, and falsehood would be unworthy of us.
You surely would not expose to a suspicion her who is to be your wife.’”
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Other People's Money

Chapter I · Chapter 1

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 316/1109 · 5 reading units · Lines 1576–1580

Line 1
To answer was painful,” she uttered; “and yet I--dared to answer him.
Line 2
I said to him, ‘I believe you, and I have faith in you.
/aɪ sed tuː hɪm aɪ bɪˈliːv juː ənd aɪ hæv feɪθ ɪn juː/
Line 3
Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.
/ˈlɔɪəli ənd ˈfeɪθfəli aɪ ʃæl əˈweɪt jɔːr səkˈses bʌt ənˈtɪl ðen wiː mʌst biː ˈstreɪndʒərz tuː wʌn əˈnʌðər/
Line 4
To resort to ruse, deceit, and falsehood would be unworthy of us.
/tuː rɪˈzɔːrt tuː ruːz dɪˈsiːt ənd ˈfælshʊd wʊd biː ənˈwɜːrði ʌv ʌs/
Line 5
You surely would not expose to a suspicion her who is to be your wife.’”
/juː ˈʃʊrli wʊd nɑːt ɪkˈspoʊz tuː ə səˈspɪʃən hɜːr huː ɪz tuː biː jɔːr waɪf/

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await verb US /əˈweɪt/

look forward to the probable occurrence of

From this reading “Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.”

deceit noun US /dɪˈsiːt/

The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.

From this reading “To resort to ruse, deceit, and falsehood would be unworthy of us.”

expose verb US /ɪkˈspoʊz/

expose or make accessible to some action or influence

From this reading “You surely would not expose to a suspicion her who is to be your wife.’””

faithfully adverb US /ˈfeɪθfəli/

in a faithful manner

From this reading “Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.”

falsehood noun US /ˈfælshʊd/

a false statement

From this reading “To resort to ruse, deceit, and falsehood would be unworthy of us.”

Loyally adverb US /ˈlɔɪəli/

with loyalty; in a loyal manner

From this reading “Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.”

resort noun US /rɪˈzɔːrt/

a hotel located in a resort area

From this reading “To resort to ruse, deceit, and falsehood would be unworthy of us.”

ruse noun US /ruːz/

a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

From this reading “To resort to ruse, deceit, and falsehood would be unworthy of us.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading You surely would not expose to a suspicion her who is to be your wife.’”

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading “To answer was painful,” she uttered; “and yet I--dared to answer him.

anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.

answerverbUS /ˈænsər/

react verbally

From this reading “To answer was painful,” she uttered; “and yet I--dared to answer him.

awaitverbUS /əˈweɪt/

look forward to the probable occurrence of

From this reading Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.

believeverbUS /bɪˈliːv/

accept as true; take to be true

From this reading I said to him, ‘I believe you, and I have faith in you.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.

daredverbUS /derd/

past form of “dare” — take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission

From this reading “To answer was painful,” she uttered; “and yet I--dared to answer him.

deceitnounUS /dɪˈsiːt/

The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.

From this reading To resort to ruse, deceit, and falsehood would be unworthy of us.

exposeverbUS /ɪkˈspoʊz/

expose or make accessible to some action or influence

From this reading You surely would not expose to a suspicion her who is to be your wife.’”

faithnounUS /feɪθ/

a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny

From this reading I said to him, ‘I believe you, and I have faith in you.

faithfullyadverbUS /ˈfeɪθfəli/

in a faithful manner

From this reading Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.

falsehoodnounUS /ˈfælshʊd/

a false statement

From this reading To resort to ruse, deceit, and falsehood would be unworthy of us.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I said to him, ‘I believe you, and I have faith in you.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading You surely would not expose to a suspicion her who is to be your wife.’”

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “To answer was painful,” she uttered; “and yet I--dared to answer him.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading “To answer was painful,” she uttered; “and yet I--dared to answer him.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading I said to him, ‘I believe you, and I have faith in you.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading You surely would not expose to a suspicion her who is to be your wife.’”

LoyallyadverbUS /ˈlɔɪəli/

with loyalty; in a loyal manner

From this reading Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading You surely would not expose to a suspicion her who is to be your wife.’”

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading To resort to ruse, deceit, and falsehood would be unworthy of us.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.

painfuladjectiveUS /ˈpeɪnfəl/

causing physical or psychological pain

From this reading “To answer was painful,” she uttered; “and yet I--dared to answer him.

resortnounUS /rɪˈzɔːrt/

a hotel located in a resort area

From this reading To resort to ruse, deceit, and falsehood would be unworthy of us.

rusenounUS /ruːz/

a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

From this reading To resort to ruse, deceit, and falsehood would be unworthy of us.

saidadjectiveUS /sed/

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading I said to him, ‘I believe you, and I have faith in you.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “To answer was painful,” she uttered; “and yet I--dared to answer him.

strangersnounUS /ˈstreɪndʒərz/

plural of “stranger” — anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

From this reading Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.

successnounUS /səkˈses/

an event that accomplishes its intended purpose

From this reading Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.

surelyadverbUS /ˈʃʊrli/

definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)

From this reading You surely would not expose to a suspicion her who is to be your wife.’”

suspicionnounUS /səˈspɪʃən/

an impression that something might be the case

From this reading You surely would not expose to a suspicion her who is to be your wife.’”

thenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading “To answer was painful,” she uttered; “and yet I--dared to answer him.

untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.

unworthyadjectiveUS /ənˈwɜːrði/

lacking in value or merit

From this reading To resort to ruse, deceit, and falsehood would be unworthy of us.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading To resort to ruse, deceit, and falsehood would be unworthy of us.

utteredadjectiveUS /ˈʌtərd/

communicated in words

From this reading “To answer was painful,” she uttered; “and yet I--dared to answer him.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “To answer was painful,” she uttered; “and yet I--dared to answer him.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading You surely would not expose to a suspicion her who is to be your wife.’”

wifenounUS /waɪf/

a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

From this reading You surely would not expose to a suspicion her who is to be your wife.’”

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading To resort to ruse, deceit, and falsehood would be unworthy of us.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “To answer was painful,” she uttered; “and yet I--dared to answer him.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I said to him, ‘I believe you, and I have faith in you.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Loyally and faithfully I shall await your success; but until then we must be strangers to one another.

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