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Chapter 23 of The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of is here in full — 1156 sentences across 232 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"And do you think it would be any better if all were poor alike?" "I think it would be better if there were no idle people. I'm half ashamed that I have leisure to go every time I go to that mission. And I'm almost sorry, Mr. Lyon, that I took you there. The boys knew you were English.
Chapter 23 of The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of is here in full — 1156 sentences across 232 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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equally
From this reading “"And do you think it would be any better if all were poor alike?"”
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading “I'm half ashamed that I have leisure to go every time I go to that mission.”
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “The boys knew you were English.”
not in action or at work
From this reading “"I think it would be better if there were no idle people.”
time available for ease and relaxation
From this reading “I'm half ashamed that I have leisure to go every time I go to that mission.”
a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
From this reading “And I'm almost sorry, Mr. Lyon, that I took you there.”
an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
From this reading “I'm half ashamed that I have leisure to go every time I go to that mission.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “And I'm almost sorry, Mr. Lyon, that I took you there.”
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equally
From this reading "And do you think it would be any better if all were poor alike?"
(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 do you think it would be any better if all were poor alike?"
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading And I'm almost sorry, Mr. Lyon, that I took you there.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And do you think it would be any better if all were poor alike?"
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "And do you think it would be any better if all were poor alike?"
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading I'm half ashamed that I have leisure to go every time I go to that mission.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "And do you think it would be any better if all were poor alike?"
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading "And do you think it would be any better if all were poor alike?"
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading The boys knew you were English.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "And do you think it would be any better if all were poor alike?"
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading The boys knew you were English.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading I'm half ashamed that I have leisure to go every time I go to that mission.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I'm half ashamed that I have leisure to go every time I go to that mission.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading I'm half ashamed that I have leisure to go every time I go to that mission.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I'm half ashamed that I have leisure to go every time I go to that mission.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I think it would be better if there were no idle people.
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From this reading I'm half ashamed that I have leisure to go every time I go to that mission.
not in action or at work
From this reading "I think it would be better if there were no idle people.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "And do you think it would be any better if all were poor alike?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "And do you think it would be any better if all were poor alike?"
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The boys knew you were English.
time available for ease and relaxation
From this reading I'm half ashamed that I have leisure to go every time I go to that mission.
a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
From this reading And I'm almost sorry, Mr. Lyon, that I took you there.
an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
From this reading I'm half ashamed that I have leisure to go every time I go to that mission.
a form of address for a man
From this reading And I'm almost sorry, Mr. Lyon, that I took you there.
not any; not one
From this reading "I think it would be better if there were no idle people.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading "I think it would be better if there were no idle people.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "And do you think it would be any better if all were poor alike?"
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading And I'm almost sorry, Mr. Lyon, that I took you there.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I'm half ashamed that I have leisure to go every time I go to that mission.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The boys knew you were English.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "I think it would be better if there were no idle people.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "And do you think it would be any better if all were poor alike?"
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I'm half ashamed that I have leisure to go every time I go to that mission.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I'm half ashamed that I have leisure to go every time I go to that mission.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading And I'm almost sorry, Mr. Lyon, that I took you there.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "And do you think it would be any better if all were poor alike?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "And do you think it would be any better if all were poor alike?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And do you think it would be any better if all were poor alike?"
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