Chapter 8 of Other People's Money is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Other People's Money is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“My father is not at home,” replied Maxence. “It’s true, then, what I have just been told?” “What?” “That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.” “It’s true,” replied Maxence gently.
Chapter 8 of Other People's Money is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take into custody
From this reading ““That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.””
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading ““That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.””
in a gradual manner
From this reading ““It’s true,” replied Maxence gently.”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading ““My father is not at home,” replied Maxence.”
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading ““That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.””
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading ““My father is not at home,” replied Maxence.”
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading ““It’s true, then, what I have just been told?””
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading ““That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.””
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In this reading ““That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.””
a reception held in your own home
In this reading ““My father is not at home,” replied Maxence.”
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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 “That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.”
take into custody
From this reading “That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “My father is not at home,” replied Maxence.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “It’s true, then, what I have just been told?”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.”
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading “That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “My father is not at home,” replied Maxence.
in a gradual manner
From this reading “It’s true,” replied Maxence gently.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “It’s true, then, what I have just been told?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “My father is not at home,” replied Maxence.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “It’s true, then, what I have just been told?”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “My father is not at home,” replied Maxence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s true, then, what I have just been told?”
and nothing more
From this reading “It’s true, then, what I have just been told?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My father is not at home,” replied Maxence.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My father is not at home,” replied Maxence.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “My father is not at home,” replied Maxence.
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading “That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.”
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “My father is not at home,” replied Maxence.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “It’s true, then, what I have just been told?”
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading “That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “It’s true, then, what I have just been told?”
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading “It’s true, then, what I have just been told?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “It’s true, then, what I have just been told?”
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading “That the police came to arrest him, and he escaped through a window.”
Chapter 8 of Other People's Money by Emile Gaboriau holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 8 holds 407 sentences of Other People's Money, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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