Chapter 3 of Poirot Investigates is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Poirot Investigates is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I thank you for all your courtesy, madame. I do not think you need be troubled any further with this matter. By the way, do you know anything of your husband’s financial position?” She shook her head. “Nothing whatever.
Chapter 3 of Poirot Investigates is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a courteous or respectful or considerate act
From this reading ““I thank you for all your courtesy, madame.”
involving financial matters
From this reading “By the way, do you know anything of your husband’s financial position?””
possessive form of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading ““I thank you for all your courtesy, madame.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “She shook her head.”
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading ““I thank you for all your courtesy, madame.”
characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
From this reading “I do not think you need be troubled any further with this matter.”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading ““Nothing whatever.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
introducing a different topic
In this reading “By the way, do you know anything of your husband’s financial position?””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(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 “I thank you for all your courtesy, madame.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I do not think you need be troubled any further with this matter.
any thing at all
From this reading By the way, do you know anything of your husband’s financial position?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I do not think you need be troubled any further with this matter.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By the way, do you know anything of your husband’s financial position?”
a courteous or respectful or considerate act
From this reading “I thank you for all your courtesy, madame.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do not think you need be troubled any further with this matter.
involving financial matters
From this reading By the way, do you know anything of your husband’s financial position?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I thank you for all your courtesy, madame.
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading I do not think you need be troubled any further with this matter.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading She shook her head.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She shook her head.
possessive form of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading By the way, do you know anything of your husband’s financial position?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I thank you for all your courtesy, madame.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading By the way, do you know anything of your husband’s financial position?”
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading “I thank you for all your courtesy, madame.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading I do not think you need be troubled any further with this matter.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading I do not think you need be troubled any further with this matter.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I do not think you need be troubled any further with this matter.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Nothing whatever.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading By the way, do you know anything of your husband’s financial position?”
the particular portion of space occupied by something
From this reading By the way, do you know anything of your husband’s financial position?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She shook her head.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading She shook her head.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading “I thank you for all your courtesy, madame.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading By the way, do you know anything of your husband’s financial position?”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I do not think you need be troubled any further with this matter.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I do not think you need be troubled any further with this matter.
characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
From this reading I do not think you need be troubled any further with this matter.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading By the way, do you know anything of your husband’s financial position?”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “Nothing whatever.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I do not think you need be troubled any further with this matter.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I thank you for all your courtesy, madame.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I thank you for all your courtesy, madame.
Chapter 3 of Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 3 holds 425 sentences of Poirot Investigates, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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