Chapter 16 of The Breaking Point is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Breaking Point is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“He will have all I have, my dear, and it is a great responsibility. Used properly, money can be an agent of great good. Wallie's wife can be a power, if she so chooses. She can look after the poor. I have a long list of pensioners, but I am too old to add personal service.”
Chapter 16 of The Breaking Point is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading “I have a long list of pensioners, but I am too old to add personal service.””
an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
From this reading “Used properly, money can be an agent of great good.”
third-person singular of “choose” — pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading “Wallie's wife can be a power, if she so chooses.”
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
From this reading “I have a long list of pensioners, but I am too old to add personal service.””
plural of “pensioner” — the beneficiary of a pension fund
From this reading “I have a long list of pensioners, but I am too old to add personal service.””
concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
From this reading “I have a long list of pensioners, but I am too old to add personal service.””
in the right manner; correctly; suitably
From this reading “Used properly, money can be an agent of great good.”
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading ““He will have all I have, my dear, and it is a great responsibility.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “He will have all I have, my dear, and it is a great responsibility.
make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading I have a long list of pensioners, but I am too old to add personal service.”
later than; following
From this reading She can look after the poor.
an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
From this reading Used properly, money can be an agent of great good.
(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 “He will have all I have, my dear, and it is a great responsibility.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I have a long list of pensioners, but I am too old to add personal service.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Used properly, money can be an agent of great good.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “He will have all I have, my dear, and it is a great responsibility.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Used properly, money can be an agent of great good.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I have a long list of pensioners, but I am too old to add personal service.”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Used properly, money can be an agent of great good.
third-person singular of “choose” — pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading Wallie's wife can be a power, if she so chooses.
dearly loved
From this reading “He will have all I have, my dear, and it is a great responsibility.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Used properly, money can be an agent of great good.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “He will have all I have, my dear, and it is a great responsibility.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “He will have all I have, my dear, and it is a great responsibility.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He will have all I have, my dear, and it is a great responsibility.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “He will have all I have, my dear, and it is a great responsibility.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Wallie's wife can be a power, if she so chooses.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “He will have all I have, my dear, and it is a great responsibility.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “He will have all I have, my dear, and it is a great responsibility.
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
From this reading I have a long list of pensioners, but I am too old to add personal service.”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading I have a long list of pensioners, but I am too old to add personal service.”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She can look after the poor.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading Used properly, money can be an agent of great good.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “He will have all I have, my dear, and it is a great responsibility.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Used properly, money can be an agent of great good.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading I have a long list of pensioners, but I am too old to add personal service.”
plural of “pensioner” — the beneficiary of a pension fund
From this reading I have a long list of pensioners, but I am too old to add personal service.”
concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
From this reading I have a long list of pensioners, but I am too old to add personal service.”
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading She can look after the poor.
possession of controlling influence
From this reading Wallie's wife can be a power, if she so chooses.
in the right manner; correctly; suitably
From this reading Used properly, money can be an agent of great good.
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading “He will have all I have, my dear, and it is a great responsibility.
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading I have a long list of pensioners, but I am too old to add personal service.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Wallie's wife can be a power, if she so chooses.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Wallie's wife can be a power, if she so chooses.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She can look after the poor.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have a long list of pensioners, but I am too old to add personal service.”
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading I have a long list of pensioners, but I am too old to add personal service.”
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading Used properly, money can be an agent of great good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wallie's wife can be a power, if she so chooses.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Wallie's wife can be a power, if she so chooses.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “He will have all I have, my dear, and it is a great responsibility.
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