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.
I hardly recognized him, he has grown so pale and so thin.” But the girl was listening to him no more. A flood of life filled her heart. This moment made her forget all her troubles and all her anguish. “And I too,” thought she, “shall see him again to-day.”
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 495/1109 · 5 reading units · Lines 2471–2475
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extreme mental distress
From this reading “This moment made her forget all her troubles and all her anguish.”
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading “A flood of life filled her heart.”
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “This moment made her forget all her troubles and all her anguish.”
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading “I hardly recognized him, he has grown so pale and so thin.””
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading “But the girl was listening to him no more.”
generally approved or compelling recognition
From this reading “I hardly recognized him, he has grown so pale and so thin.””
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “I hardly recognized him, he has grown so pale and so thin.””
plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty
From this reading “This moment made her forget all her troubles and all her anguish.”
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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 A flood of life filled her heart.
anew
From this reading “And I too,” thought she, “shall see him again to-day.”
(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 This moment made her forget all her troubles and all her anguish.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I hardly recognized him, he has grown so pale and so thin.”
extreme mental distress
From this reading This moment made her forget all her troubles and all her anguish.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the girl was listening to him no more.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading A flood of life filled her heart.
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading A flood of life filled her heart.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading This moment made her forget all her troubles and all her anguish.
a young female
From this reading But the girl was listening to him no more.
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading I hardly recognized him, he has grown so pale and so thin.”
only a very short time before
From this reading I hardly recognized him, he has grown so pale and so thin.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I hardly recognized him, he has grown so pale and so thin.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I hardly recognized him, he has grown so pale and so thin.”
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading A flood of life filled her heart.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A flood of life filled her heart.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I hardly recognized him, he has grown so pale and so thin.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I hardly recognized him, he has grown so pale and so thin.”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading A flood of life filled her heart.
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading But the girl was listening to him no more.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading This moment made her forget all her troubles and all her anguish.
a particular point in time
From this reading This moment made her forget all her troubles and all her anguish.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading But the girl was listening to him no more.
not any; not one
From this reading But the girl was listening to him no more.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A flood of life filled her heart.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading I hardly recognized him, he has grown so pale and so thin.”
generally approved or compelling recognition
From this reading I hardly recognized him, he has grown so pale and so thin.”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “And I too,” thought she, “shall see him again to-day.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “And I too,” thought she, “shall see him again to-day.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “And I too,” thought she, “shall see him again to-day.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I hardly recognized him, he has grown so pale and so thin.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the girl was listening to him no more.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading I hardly recognized him, he has grown so pale and so thin.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This moment made her forget all her troubles and all her anguish.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “And I too,” thought she, “shall see him again to-day.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But the girl was listening to him no more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And I too,” thought she, “shall see him again to-day.”
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “And I too,” thought she, “shall see him again to-day.”
plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty
From this reading This moment made her forget all her troubles and all her anguish.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the girl was listening to him no more.
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