Chapter 9 of Rich Relatives is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Rich Relatives is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Next morning he announced that he should get up. "Oh no, I'm not dead yet," he said. "And, after all, why should I be? I'm only seventy-six. I've got a lot more years to live before I die."
Chapter 9 of Rich Relatives is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading “Next morning he announced that he should get up.”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “"Oh no, I'm not dead yet," he said.”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “I've got a lot more years to live before I die."”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “I've got a lot more years to live before I die."”
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading “I've got a lot more years to live before I die."”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “Next morning he announced that he should get up.”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “Next morning he announced that he should get up.”
a late time of life
From this reading “I've got a lot more years to live before I die."”
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.
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In this reading “Next morning he announced that he should get up.”
rise to one's feet
In this reading “Next morning he announced that he should get up.”
In this reading “I've got a lot more years to live before I die."”
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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 I've got a lot more years to live before I die."
later than; following
From this reading "And, after all, why should I be?
(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 "And, after all, why should I be?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And, after all, why should I be?
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading Next morning he announced that he should get up.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "And, after all, why should I be?
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I've got a lot more years to live before I die."
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading "Oh no, I'm not dead yet," he said.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading I've got a lot more years to live before I die."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Next morning he announced that he should get up.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I've got a lot more years to live before I die."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Next morning he announced that he should get up.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And, after all, why should I be?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh no, I'm not dead yet," he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I've got a lot more years to live before I die."
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading I've got a lot more years to live before I die."
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading I've got a lot more years to live before I die."
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I've got a lot more years to live before I die."
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Next morning he announced that he should get up.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Next morning he announced that he should get up.
not any; not one
From this reading "Oh no, I'm not dead yet," he said.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Oh no, I'm not dead yet," he said.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh no, I'm not dead yet," he said.
and nothing more
From this reading I'm only seventy-six.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Oh no, I'm not dead yet," he said.
being six more than seventy
From this reading I'm only seventy-six.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Next morning he announced that he should get up.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Next morning he announced that he should get up.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I've got a lot more years to live before I die."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Next morning he announced that he should get up.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "And, after all, why should I be?
a late time of life
From this reading I've got a lot more years to live before I die."
but in spite of that
From this reading "Oh no, I'm not dead yet," he said.
Chapter 9 of Rich Relatives by Compton MacKenzie holds 421 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 9 holds 421 sentences of Rich Relatives, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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