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.
Good heavens! what have I ever done to deserve so many trials? Am I to be spared none of the troubles of this world? And it is through my own daughter that I am the most cruelly stricken!” This was more than Mlle. Gilberte could bear. Her heart was breaking at the sight of her mother’s tears, that angel of meekness and resignation.
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 533/1109 · 5 reading units · Lines 2661–2665
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excessively
From this reading “And it is through my own daughter that I am the most cruelly stricken!””
be worthy or deserving
From this reading “Good heavens! what have I ever done to deserve so many trials?”
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
From this reading “Good heavens! what have I ever done to deserve so many trials?”
acceptance of despair
From this reading “Her heart was breaking at the sight of her mother’s tears, that angel of meekness and resignation.”
past form of “spare” — refrain from harming
From this reading “Am I to be spared none of the troubles of this world?”
grievously affected especially by disease
From this reading “And it is through my own daughter that I am the most cruelly stricken!””
plural of “trial” — the act of testing something
From this reading “Good heavens! what have I ever done to deserve so many trials?”
plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty
From this reading “Am I to be spared none of the troubles of this world?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Am I to be spared none of the troubles of this world?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And it is through my own daughter that I am the most cruelly stricken!”
spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading Her heart was breaking at the sight of her mother’s tears, that angel of meekness and resignation.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Her heart was breaking at the sight of her mother’s tears, that angel of meekness and resignation.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Am I to be spared none of the troubles of this world?
have
From this reading This was more than Mlle. Gilberte could bear.
the act of breaking something
From this reading Her heart was breaking at the sight of her mother’s tears, that angel of meekness and resignation.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading This was more than Mlle. Gilberte could bear.
excessively
From this reading And it is through my own daughter that I am the most cruelly stricken!”
a female human offspring
From this reading And it is through my own daughter that I am the most cruelly stricken!”
be worthy or deserving
From this reading Good heavens! what have I ever done to deserve so many trials?
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Good heavens! what have I ever done to deserve so many trials?
at any time
From this reading Good heavens! what have I ever done to deserve so many trials?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was more than Mlle. Gilberte could bear.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Good heavens! what have I ever done to deserve so many trials?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Good heavens! what have I ever done to deserve so many trials?
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Her heart was breaking at the sight of her mother’s tears, that angel of meekness and resignation.
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
From this reading Good heavens! what have I ever done to deserve so many trials?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her heart was breaking at the sight of her mother’s tears, that angel of meekness and resignation.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Good heavens! what have I ever done to deserve so many trials?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And it is through my own daughter that I am the most cruelly stricken!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And it is through my own daughter that I am the most cruelly stricken!”
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Good heavens! what have I ever done to deserve so many trials?
the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness
From this reading Her heart was breaking at the sight of her mother’s tears, that angel of meekness and resignation.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was more than Mlle. Gilberte could bear.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading This was more than Mlle. Gilberte could bear.
used to form the superlative
From this reading And it is through my own daughter that I am the most cruelly stricken!”
possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Her heart was breaking at the sight of her mother’s tears, that angel of meekness and resignation.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And it is through my own daughter that I am the most cruelly stricken!”
not one, and not any
From this reading Am I to be spared none of the troubles of this world?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Am I to be spared none of the troubles of this world?
have ownership or possession of
From this reading And it is through my own daughter that I am the most cruelly stricken!”
acceptance of despair
From this reading Her heart was breaking at the sight of her mother’s tears, that angel of meekness and resignation.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading Her heart was breaking at the sight of her mother’s tears, that angel of meekness and resignation.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Good heavens! what have I ever done to deserve so many trials?
past form of “spare” — refrain from harming
From this reading Am I to be spared none of the troubles of this world?
grievously affected especially by disease
From this reading And it is through my own daughter that I am the most cruelly stricken!”
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading Her heart was breaking at the sight of her mother’s tears, that angel of meekness and resignation.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading This was more than Mlle. Gilberte could bear.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And it is through my own daughter that I am the most cruelly stricken!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Am I to be spared none of the troubles of this world?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Am I to be spared none of the troubles of this world?
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading And it is through my own daughter that I am the most cruelly stricken!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Good heavens! what have I ever done to deserve so many trials?
plural of “trial” — the act of testing something
From this reading Good heavens! what have I ever done to deserve so many trials?
plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty
From this reading Am I to be spared none of the troubles of this world?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was more than Mlle. Gilberte could bear.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Good heavens! what have I ever done to deserve so many trials?
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Am I to be spared none of the troubles of this world?
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