Chapter 20 of The Foolish Lovers is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Foolish Lovers is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"On with your work! What do you mean?" "Why shouldn't I get a job again? We could manage, I think, and the money I'd earn would be useful. You could finish your new book!..."
Chapter 20 of The Foolish Lovers is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “You could finish your new book!..."”
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
From this reading “We could manage, I think, and the money I'd earn would be useful.”
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading “You could finish your new book!..."”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “"Why shouldn't I get a job again?”
be successful; achieve a goal
From this reading “We could manage, I think, and the money I'd earn would be useful.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “What do you mean?"”
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “We could manage, I think, and the money I'd earn would be useful.”
being of use or service
From this reading “We could manage, I think, and the money I'd earn would be useful.”
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 shouldn't I get a job again?
anew
From this reading "Why shouldn't I get a job again?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We could manage, I think, and the money I'd earn would be useful.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We could manage, I think, and the money I'd earn would be useful.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading You could finish your new book!..."
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We could manage, I think, and the money I'd earn would be useful.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do you mean?"
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
From this reading We could manage, I think, and the money I'd earn would be useful.
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading You could finish your new book!..."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Why shouldn't I get a job again?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Why shouldn't I get a job again?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We could manage, I think, and the money I'd earn would be useful.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading "Why shouldn't I get a job again?
be successful; achieve a goal
From this reading We could manage, I think, and the money I'd earn would be useful.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading What do you mean?"
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading We could manage, I think, and the money I'd earn would be useful.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading You could finish your new book!..."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "On with your work!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why shouldn't I get a job again?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We could manage, I think, and the money I'd earn would be useful.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading We could manage, I think, and the money I'd earn would be useful.
being of use or service
From this reading We could manage, I think, and the money I'd earn would be useful.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We could manage, I think, and the money I'd earn would be useful.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do you mean?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why shouldn't I get a job again?
in the company of; together with
From this reading "On with your work!
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading "On with your work!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading We could manage, I think, and the money I'd earn would be useful.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What do you mean?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "On with your work!
Chapter 20 of The Foolish Lovers by St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine holds 425 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 20 holds 425 sentences of The Foolish Lovers, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 20 of The Foolish Lovers by St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 425 sentences, grouped into 85 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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