Chapter 1 of Other People's Money is here in full — 5546 sentences across 1110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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.
“Never,” replied Mlle. Lucienne. “All my efforts to reach her have proved fruitless. She does not live in Paris now. I have written to her: my letters have remained without answer. Did she ever get them?
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 863/1109 · 5 reading units · Lines 4311–4315
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plural of “effort” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading ““All my efforts to reach her have proved fruitless.”
unproductive of success
From this reading ““All my efforts to reach her have proved fruitless.”
the literary culture
From this reading “I have written to her: my letters have remained without answer.”
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading “She does not live in Paris now.”
established beyond doubt
From this reading ““All my efforts to reach her have proved fruitless.”
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading ““All my efforts to reach her have proved fruitless.”
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “I have written to her: my letters have remained without answer.”
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading “I have written to her: my letters have remained without answer.”
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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 my efforts to reach her have proved fruitless.
react verbally
From this reading I have written to her: my letters have remained without answer.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did she ever get them?
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She does not live in Paris now.
plural of “effort” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading “All my efforts to reach her have proved fruitless.
at any time
From this reading Did she ever get them?
unproductive of success
From this reading “All my efforts to reach her have proved fruitless.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Did she ever get them?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “All my efforts to reach her have proved fruitless.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “All my efforts to reach her have proved fruitless.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have written to her: my letters have remained without answer.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She does not live in Paris now.
the literary culture
From this reading I have written to her: my letters have remained without answer.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading She does not live in Paris now.
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From this reading “Never,” replied Mlle. Lucienne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Never,” replied Mlle. Lucienne.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “All my efforts to reach her have proved fruitless.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Never,” replied Mlle. Lucienne.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She does not live in Paris now.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading She does not live in Paris now.
the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
From this reading She does not live in Paris now.
established beyond doubt
From this reading “All my efforts to reach her have proved fruitless.
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading “All my efforts to reach her have proved fruitless.
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading I have written to her: my letters have remained without answer.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “Never,” replied Mlle. Lucienne.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She does not live in Paris now.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Did she ever get them?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “All my efforts to reach her have proved fruitless.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading I have written to her: my letters have remained without answer.
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading I have written to her: my letters have remained without answer.
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