Chapter 22 of People Like That: A Novel is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXII
Chapter 22 of People Like That: A Novel is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The one day in the year I heartily hate is the first day of January. Yesterday was January first. Its usual effect is to make me feel as the grate in my sitting-room looks when the fire is dead. Knowing the day would get ahead of me if I did not get ahead of it, I decided to give a party. Last night I gave it.
Chapter 22 of People Like That: A Novel is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or in the front
From this reading “Knowing the day would get ahead of me if I did not get ahead of it, I decided to give a party.”
recognizable; marked
From this reading “Knowing the day would get ahead of me if I did not get ahead of it, I decided to give a party.”
a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
From this reading “Its usual effect is to make me feel as the grate in my sitting-room looks when the fire is dead.”
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading “The one day in the year I heartily hate is the first day of January.”
with gusto and without reservation
From this reading “The one day in the year I heartily hate is the first day of January.”
the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
From this reading “The one day in the year I heartily hate is the first day of January.”
evidencing the possession of inside information
From this reading “Knowing the day would get ahead of me if I did not get ahead of it, I decided to give a party.”
the day immediately before today
From this reading “Yesterday was January first.”
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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 Knowing the day would get ahead of me if I did not get ahead of it, I decided to give a party.
at or in the front
From this reading Knowing the day would get ahead of me if I did not get ahead of it, I decided to give a party.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Its usual effect is to make me feel as the grate in my sitting-room looks when the fire is dead.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The one day in the year I heartily hate is the first day of January.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Its usual effect is to make me feel as the grate in my sitting-room looks when the fire is dead.
recognizable; marked
From this reading Knowing the day would get ahead of me if I did not get ahead of it, I decided to give a party.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Knowing the day would get ahead of me if I did not get ahead of it, I decided to give a party.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading Its usual effect is to make me feel as the grate in my sitting-room looks when the fire is dead.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading Its usual effect is to make me feel as the grate in my sitting-room looks when the fire is dead.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Its usual effect is to make me feel as the grate in my sitting-room looks when the fire is dead.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The one day in the year I heartily hate is the first day of January.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Last night I gave it.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Knowing the day would get ahead of me if I did not get ahead of it, I decided to give a party.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Knowing the day would get ahead of me if I did not get ahead of it, I decided to give a party.
a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
From this reading Its usual effect is to make me feel as the grate in my sitting-room looks when the fire is dead.
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading The one day in the year I heartily hate is the first day of January.
with gusto and without reservation
From this reading The one day in the year I heartily hate is the first day of January.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The one day in the year I heartily hate is the first day of January.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Knowing the day would get ahead of me if I did not get ahead of it, I decided to give a party.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The one day in the year I heartily hate is the first day of January.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The one day in the year I heartily hate is the first day of January.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Knowing the day would get ahead of me if I did not get ahead of it, I decided to give a party.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its usual effect is to make me feel as the grate in my sitting-room looks when the fire is dead.
the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
From this reading The one day in the year I heartily hate is the first day of January.
evidencing the possession of inside information
From this reading Knowing the day would get ahead of me if I did not get ahead of it, I decided to give a party.
immediately past
From this reading Last night I gave it.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading Its usual effect is to make me feel as the grate in my sitting-room looks when the fire is dead.
engage in
From this reading Its usual effect is to make me feel as the grate in my sitting-room looks when the fire is dead.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Its usual effect is to make me feel as the grate in my sitting-room looks when the fire is dead.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Its usual effect is to make me feel as the grate in my sitting-room looks when the fire is dead.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Last night I gave it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Knowing the day would get ahead of me if I did not get ahead of it, I decided to give a party.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The one day in the year I heartily hate is the first day of January.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The one day in the year I heartily hate is the first day of January.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading Knowing the day would get ahead of me if I did not get ahead of it, I decided to give a party.
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From this reading Its usual effect is to make me feel as the grate in my sitting-room looks when the fire is dead.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The one day in the year I heartily hate is the first day of January.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Its usual effect is to make me feel as the grate in my sitting-room looks when the fire is dead.
occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
From this reading Its usual effect is to make me feel as the grate in my sitting-room looks when the fire is dead.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yesterday was January first.
at the time that
From this reading Its usual effect is to make me feel as the grate in my sitting-room looks when the fire is dead.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Knowing the day would get ahead of me if I did not get ahead of it, I decided to give a party.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading The one day in the year I heartily hate is the first day of January.
the day immediately before today
From this reading Yesterday was January first.
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