Chapter 1 of Other People's Money is here in full — 5546 sentences across 1110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
Whatever may happen to you, apply to him with all confidence, as you would to myself.” Mlle. Gilberte, staggering, leaned against the wall. “When do you expect to leave?” she inquired. “This very night. Communications may be cut off at any moment.”
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 460/1109 · 5 reading units · Lines 2296–2300
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put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
From this reading “Whatever may happen to you, apply to him with all confidence, as you would to myself.””
the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)
From this reading “Communications may be cut off at any moment.””
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
From this reading “Whatever may happen to you, apply to him with all confidence, as you would to myself.””
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading ““When do you expect to leave?” she inquired.”
come to pass
From this reading “Whatever may happen to you, apply to him with all confidence, as you would to myself.””
past form of “inquire” — address a question to and expect an answer from
From this reading ““When do you expect to leave?” she inquired.”
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading “Mlle. Gilberte, staggering, leaned against the wall.”
so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
From this reading “Mlle. Gilberte, staggering, leaned against the wall.”
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Mlle. Gilberte, staggering, leaned against the wall.
(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 Whatever may happen to you, apply to him with all confidence, as you would to myself.”
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Communications may be cut off at any moment.”
put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
From this reading Whatever may happen to you, apply to him with all confidence, as you would to myself.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Whatever may happen to you, apply to him with all confidence, as you would to myself.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Communications may be cut off at any moment.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Communications may be cut off at any moment.”
the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)
From this reading Communications may be cut off at any moment.”
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
From this reading Whatever may happen to you, apply to him with all confidence, as you would to myself.”
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading Communications may be cut off at any moment.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “When do you expect to leave?” she inquired.
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “When do you expect to leave?” she inquired.
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From this reading Mlle. Gilberte, staggering, leaned against the wall.
come to pass
From this reading Whatever may happen to you, apply to him with all confidence, as you would to myself.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Whatever may happen to you, apply to him with all confidence, as you would to myself.”
past form of “inquire” — address a question to and expect an answer from
From this reading “When do you expect to leave?” she inquired.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading Mlle. Gilberte, staggering, leaned against the wall.
go away from a place
From this reading “When do you expect to leave?” she inquired.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Whatever may happen to you, apply to him with all confidence, as you would to myself.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mlle. Gilberte, staggering, leaned against the wall.
a particular point in time
From this reading Communications may be cut off at any moment.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Whatever may happen to you, apply to him with all confidence, as you would to myself.”
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “This very night.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Communications may be cut off at any moment.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “When do you expect to leave?” she inquired.
so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
From this reading Mlle. Gilberte, staggering, leaned against the wall.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mlle. Gilberte, staggering, leaned against the wall.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This very night.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Whatever may happen to you, apply to him with all confidence, as you would to myself.”
precisely as stated
From this reading “This very night.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Mlle. Gilberte, staggering, leaned against the wall.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading Whatever may happen to you, apply to him with all confidence, as you would to myself.”
at the time that
From this reading “When do you expect to leave?” she inquired.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Whatever may happen to you, apply to him with all confidence, as you would to myself.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Whatever may happen to you, apply to him with all confidence, as you would to myself.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Whatever may happen to you, apply to him with all confidence, as you would to myself.”
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