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Chapter 1 of Other People's Money is here in full — 5546 sentences across 1110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
We will sell everything we have.” “Have you not friends? Are we not here,” insisted the others,--M. Desclavettes, M. Desormeaux, and M. Chapelain. Gently he pushed his wife aside, and coldly. “All we had,” he said, “would be as a grain of sand in an ocean.
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 35/1109 · 5 reading units · Lines 171–175
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lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner
From this reading “Gently he pushed his wife aside, and coldly.”
in a gradual manner
From this reading “Gently he pushed his wife aside, and coldly.”
a relatively small granular particle of a substance
From this reading ““All we had,” he said, “would be as a grain of sand in an ocean.”
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading “Are we not here,” insisted the others,--M. Desclavettes, M. Desormeaux, and M. Chapelain.”
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading ““All we had,” he said, “would be as a grain of sand in an ocean.”
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading “Gently he pushed his wife aside, and coldly.”
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading ““All we had,” he said, “would be as a grain of sand in an ocean.”
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading “We will sell everything we have.””
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 “All we had,” he said, “would be as a grain of sand in an ocean.
(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 “All we had,” he said, “would be as a grain of sand in an ocean.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “All we had,” he said, “would be as a grain of sand in an ocean.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Are we not here,” insisted the others,--M. Desclavettes, M. Desormeaux, and M. Chapelain.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are we not here,” insisted the others,--M. Desclavettes, M. Desormeaux, and M. Chapelain.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “All we had,” he said, “would be as a grain of sand in an ocean.
on or to one side
From this reading Gently he pushed his wife aside, and coldly.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “All we had,” he said, “would be as a grain of sand in an ocean.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Are we not here,” insisted the others,--M. Desclavettes, M. Desormeaux, and M. Chapelain.
lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner
From this reading Gently he pushed his wife aside, and coldly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Are we not here,” insisted the others,--M. Desclavettes, M. Desormeaux, and M. Chapelain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Are we not here,” insisted the others,--M. Desclavettes, M. Desormeaux, and M. Chapelain.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading We will sell everything we have.”
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “Have you not friends?
in a gradual manner
From this reading Gently he pushed his wife aside, and coldly.
a relatively small granular particle of a substance
From this reading “All we had,” he said, “would be as a grain of sand in an ocean.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “All we had,” he said, “would be as a grain of sand in an ocean.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We will sell everything we have.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Gently he pushed his wife aside, and coldly.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Are we not here,” insisted the others,--M. Desclavettes, M. Desormeaux, and M. Chapelain.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Gently he pushed his wife aside, and coldly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “All we had,” he said, “would be as a grain of sand in an ocean.
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading Are we not here,” insisted the others,--M. Desclavettes, M. Desormeaux, and M. Chapelain.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading Are we not here,” insisted the others,--M. Desclavettes, M. Desormeaux, and M. Chapelain.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Have you not friends?
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading “All we had,” he said, “would be as a grain of sand in an ocean.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “All we had,” he said, “would be as a grain of sand in an ocean.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Are we not here,” insisted the others,--M. Desclavettes, M. Desormeaux, and M. Chapelain.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading Gently he pushed his wife aside, and coldly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “All we had,” he said, “would be as a grain of sand in an ocean.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading “All we had,” he said, “would be as a grain of sand in an ocean.
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading We will sell everything we have.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Are we not here,” insisted the others,--M. Desclavettes, M. Desormeaux, and M. Chapelain.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We will sell everything we have.”
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Gently he pushed his wife aside, and coldly.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading We will sell everything we have.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “All we had,” he said, “would be as a grain of sand in an ocean.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Have you not friends?
Chapter 1 of Other People's Money by Emile Gaboriau holds 5546 sentences, grouped into 1110 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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