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Chapter 9 of Sam's Chance, and How He Improved It is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HENRY'S GOOD FORTUNE. Three months passed. To Henry Martin they passed very satisfactorily. At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort. At the end of this period, therefore, he had twenty-six dollars on deposit in a new savings-bank.
Chapter 9 of Sam's Chance, and How He Improved It is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.”
-ing form of “deny” — declare untrue; contradict
From this reading “At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.”
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading “At the end of this period, therefore, he had twenty-six dollars on deposit in a new savings-bank.”
possessive form of “henry” — a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “HENRY'S GOOD FORTUNE.”
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading “To Henry Martin they passed very satisfactorily.”
a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
From this reading “At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.”
an amount of time
From this reading “At the end of this period, therefore, he had twenty-six dollars on deposit in a new savings-bank.”
in a satisfactory manner
From this reading “To Henry Martin they passed very satisfactorily.”
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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 At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
any thing at all
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
-ing form of “deny” — declare untrue; contradict
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading At the end of this period, therefore, he had twenty-six dollars on deposit in a new savings-bank.
plural of “dollar” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading At the end of this period, therefore, he had twenty-six dollars on deposit in a new savings-bank.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading HENRY'S GOOD FORTUNE.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading HENRY'S GOOD FORTUNE.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At the end of this period, therefore, he had twenty-six dollars on deposit in a new savings-bank.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading To Henry Martin they passed very satisfactorily.
possessive form of “henry” — a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading HENRY'S GOOD FORTUNE.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At the end of this period, therefore, he had twenty-six dollars on deposit in a new savings-bank.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading To Henry Martin they passed very satisfactorily.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading Three months passed.
absolutely essential
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading At the end of this period, therefore, he had twenty-six dollars on deposit in a new savings-bank.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Three months passed.
a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
an amount of time
From this reading At the end of this period, therefore, he had twenty-six dollars on deposit in a new savings-bank.
a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
in a satisfactory manner
From this reading To Henry Martin they passed very satisfactorily.
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From this reading At the end of this period, therefore, he had twenty-six dollars on deposit in a new savings-bank.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the end of this period, therefore, he had twenty-six dollars on deposit in a new savings-bank.
for that reason; as a result
From this reading At the end of this period, therefore, he had twenty-six dollars on deposit in a new savings-bank.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To Henry Martin they passed very satisfactorily.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading At the end of this period, therefore, he had twenty-six dollars on deposit in a new savings-bank.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Three months passed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To Henry Martin they passed very satisfactorily.
being six more than twenty
From this reading At the end of this period, therefore, he had twenty-six dollars on deposit in a new savings-bank.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
precisely as stated
From this reading To Henry Martin they passed very satisfactorily.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading At his new rate of payment he was able to lay up two dollars a week without denying himself anything absolutely necessary to his comfort.
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