Chapter 19 of Some Do Not...: A Novel is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Some Do Not...: A Novel is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"We've got to!" Tietjens said. "It's the condition of our existence. We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population. Towards 1930 we shall have to do what Prussia did in 1914.
Chapter 19 of Some Do Not...: A Novel is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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reduce to bankruptcy
From this reading “We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.”
the state or fact of existing
From this reading “"It's the condition of our existence.”
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading “We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.”
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.”
the people who inhabit a territory or state
From this reading “We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.”
almost; nearly
From this reading “We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.”
a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland
From this reading “Towards 1930 we shall have to do what Prussia did in 1914.”
plural of “southerner” — an American who lives in the South
From this reading “We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.”
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In this reading “We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.”
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From this reading Towards 1930 we shall have to do what Prussia did in 1914.
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From this reading Towards 1930 we shall have to do what Prussia did in 1914.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.
reduce to bankruptcy
From this reading We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.
a state at a particular time
From this reading "It's the condition of our existence.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Towards 1930 we shall have to do what Prussia did in 1914.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Towards 1930 we shall have to do what Prussia did in 1914.
the state or fact of existing
From this reading "It's the condition of our existence.
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "We've got to!"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Towards 1930 we shall have to do what Prussia did in 1914.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Towards 1930 we shall have to do what Prussia did in 1914.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's the condition of our existence.
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "It's the condition of our existence.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "It's the condition of our existence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.
the people who inhabit a territory or state
From this reading We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.
almost; nearly
From this reading We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.
a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland
From this reading Towards 1930 we shall have to do what Prussia did in 1914.
possessing material wealth
From this reading We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Tietjens said.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Towards 1930 we shall have to do what Prussia did in 1914.
plural of “southerner” — an American who lives in the South
From this reading We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "It's the condition of our existence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tietjens said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "We've got to!"
in the direction of
From this reading Towards 1930 we shall have to do what Prussia did in 1914.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Towards 1930 we shall have to do what Prussia did in 1914.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We've got to!"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Towards 1930 we shall have to do what Prussia did in 1914.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We're a practically bankrupt, over-populated, northern country: they're rich southerners, with a falling population.
Chapter 19 of Some Do Not...: A Novel by Ford Madox Ford holds 408 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.
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