Chapter 11 of The Awkward Age is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Awkward Age is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I might have sent YOU to the house? Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures. I run them less and less together. I get all I can out of each.” “So now you’re getting all you can out of ME?”
Chapter 11 of The Awkward Age is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
From this reading “Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.”
the act of acquiring something
From this reading ““So now you’re getting all you can out of ME?””
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading “I run them less and less together.”
plural of “pleasure” — a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.”
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “I run them less and less together.”
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading ““I might have sent YOU to the house?”
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading “I run them less and less together.”
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading “Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.”
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(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 get all I can out of each.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I get all I can out of each.”
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading I get all I can out of each.”
using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I get all I can out of each.”
the act of acquiring something
From this reading “So now you’re getting all you can out of ME?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I might have sent YOU to the house?
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading “I might have sent YOU to the house?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I might have sent YOU to the house?
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading I run them less and less together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “So now you’re getting all you can out of ME?”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “I might have sent YOU to the house?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “So now you’re getting all you can out of ME?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I get all I can out of each.”
plural of “pleasure” — a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading I run them less and less together.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading “I might have sent YOU to the house?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So now you’re getting all you can out of ME?”
carry out
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I might have sent YOU to the house?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I run them less and less together.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I might have sent YOU to the house?
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading I run them less and less together.
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well,” Mr. Longdon replied, “I find I take more and more the economical view of my pleasures.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I might have sent YOU to the house?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “So now you’re getting all you can out of ME?”
Chapter 11 of The Awkward Age by Henry James holds 409 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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