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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.
“I beseech you, Vincent,” repeated Mme. Favoral, “write to us. We shall be in mortal anxiety until we hear of your safety.” Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below. “All right,” he said. The young man drew the sheets back rapidly, and threw them under the bed.
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 66/1109 · 5 reading units · Lines 326–330
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ask for or request earnestly
From this reading ““I beseech you, Vincent,” repeated Mme. Favoral, “write to us.”
subject to death
From this reading “We shall be in mortal anxiety until we hear of your safety.””
the paved surface of a thoroughfare
From this reading “Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.”
with speed
From this reading “The young man drew the sheets back rapidly, and threw them under the bed.”
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
From this reading “We shall be in mortal anxiety until we hear of your safety.””
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.”
plural of “sheet” — any broad thin expanse or surface
From this reading “Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.”
move stealthily
From this reading “Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 right,” he said.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The young man drew the sheets back rapidly, and threw them under the bed.
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
From this reading We shall be in mortal anxiety until we hear of your safety.”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The young man drew the sheets back rapidly, and threw them under the bed.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We shall be in mortal anxiety until we hear of your safety.”
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading The young man drew the sheets back rapidly, and threw them under the bed.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.
ask for or request earnestly
From this reading “I beseech you, Vincent,” repeated Mme. Favoral, “write to us.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading The young man drew the sheets back rapidly, and threw them under the bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I beseech you, Vincent,” repeated Mme. Favoral, “write to us.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “All right,” he said.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading We shall be in mortal anxiety until we hear of your safety.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I beseech you, Vincent,” repeated Mme. Favoral, “write to us.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We shall be in mortal anxiety until we hear of your safety.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The young man drew the sheets back rapidly, and threw them under the bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I beseech you, Vincent,” repeated Mme. Favoral, “write to us.
subject to death
From this reading We shall be in mortal anxiety until we hear of your safety.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We shall be in mortal anxiety until we hear of your safety.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.
the paved surface of a thoroughfare
From this reading Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.
with speed
From this reading The young man drew the sheets back rapidly, and threw them under the bed.
recurring again and again
From this reading “I beseech you, Vincent,” repeated Mme. Favoral, “write to us.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right,” he said.
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
From this reading We shall be in mortal anxiety until we hear of your safety.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “All right,” he said.
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We shall be in mortal anxiety until we hear of your safety.”
plural of “sheet” — any broad thin expanse or surface
From this reading Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.
move stealthily
From this reading Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The young man drew the sheets back rapidly, and threw them under the bed.
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading The young man drew the sheets back rapidly, and threw them under the bed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I beseech you, Vincent,” repeated Mme. Favoral, “write to us.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Maxence let the sheets slip slowly: in two seconds M. Favoral stood on the pavement below.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The young man drew the sheets back rapidly, and threw them under the bed.
up to a particular time
From this reading We shall be in mortal anxiety until we hear of your safety.”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I beseech you, Vincent,” repeated Mme. Favoral, “write to us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I beseech you, Vincent,” repeated Mme. Favoral, “write to us.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We shall be in mortal anxiety until we hear of your safety.”
produce a literary work
From this reading “I beseech you, Vincent,” repeated Mme. Favoral, “write to us.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I beseech you, Vincent,” repeated Mme. Favoral, “write to us.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading The young man drew the sheets back rapidly, and threw them under the bed.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading We shall be in mortal anxiety until we hear of your safety.”
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