Chapter 7 of The Face and the Mask is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Face and the Mask is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"What's the matter?" asked Mellish. "Matter? Why, this would have been a joke on Pony. It would do both of you some good to know a little about business as well as of gambling. The Hardfast Life Insurance Company went smash six months ago.
Chapter 7 of The Face and the Mask is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in the past
From this reading “The Hardfast Life Insurance Company went smash six months ago.”
the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
From this reading “It would do both of you some good to know a little about business as well as of gambling.”
promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company
From this reading “The Hardfast Life Insurance Company went smash six months ago.”
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading “Why, this would have been a joke on Pony.”
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading “The Hardfast Life Insurance Company went smash six months ago.”
a range horse of the western United States
From this reading “Why, this would have been a joke on Pony.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading “The Hardfast Life Insurance Company went smash six months ago.”
hit hard
From this reading “The Hardfast Life Insurance Company went smash six months ago.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Why, this would have been a joke on Pony.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It would do both of you some good to know a little about business as well as of gambling.
in the past
From this reading The Hardfast Life Insurance Company went smash six months ago.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It would do both of you some good to know a little about business as well as of gambling.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "What's the matter?" asked Mellish.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Why, this would have been a joke on Pony.
the two together, not just one
From this reading It would do both of you some good to know a little about business as well as of gambling.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading It would do both of you some good to know a little about business as well as of gambling.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading The Hardfast Life Insurance Company went smash six months ago.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading It would do both of you some good to know a little about business as well as of gambling.
the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
From this reading It would do both of you some good to know a little about business as well as of gambling.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading It would do both of you some good to know a little about business as well as of gambling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Hardfast Life Insurance Company went smash six months ago.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Why, this would have been a joke on Pony.
promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company
From this reading The Hardfast Life Insurance Company went smash six months ago.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would do both of you some good to know a little about business as well as of gambling.
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading Why, this would have been a joke on Pony.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading It would do both of you some good to know a little about business as well as of gambling.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The Hardfast Life Insurance Company went smash six months ago.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It would do both of you some good to know a little about business as well as of gambling.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading "What's the matter?" asked Mellish.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What's the matter?" asked Mellish.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading The Hardfast Life Insurance Company went smash six months ago.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It would do both of you some good to know a little about business as well as of gambling.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Why, this would have been a joke on Pony.
a range horse of the western United States
From this reading Why, this would have been a joke on Pony.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading The Hardfast Life Insurance Company went smash six months ago.
hit hard
From this reading The Hardfast Life Insurance Company went smash six months ago.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading It would do both of you some good to know a little about business as well as of gambling.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "What's the matter?" asked Mellish.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Why, this would have been a joke on Pony.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It would do both of you some good to know a little about business as well as of gambling.
(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 It would do both of you some good to know a little about business as well as of gambling.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The Hardfast Life Insurance Company went smash six months ago.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What's the matter?" asked Mellish.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, this would have been a joke on Pony.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Why, this would have been a joke on Pony.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It would do both of you some good to know a little about business as well as of gambling.
Chapter 7 of The Face and the Mask by Robert Barr holds 423 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
Chapter 7 holds 423 sentences of The Face and the Mask, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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