Chapter 6 of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“The price is forty thousand dollars; not a penny less.” “All right, I’ll give it. I will come to the hotel at ten in the morning. I don’t want it known; will see you privately.” “Very good.”
Chapter 6 of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “dollar” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
From this reading ““The price is forty thousand dollars; not a penny less.””
being ten more than thirty
From this reading ““The price is forty thousand dollars; not a penny less.””
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading “I will come to the hotel at ten in the morning.”
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading ““The price is forty thousand dollars; not a penny less.””
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading ““The price is forty thousand dollars; not a penny less.””
kept private or confined to those intimately concerned
From this reading “I don’t want it known; will see you privately.””
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading “I will come to the hotel at ten in the morning.”
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading ““The price is forty thousand dollars; not a penny less.””
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 “The price is forty thousand dollars; not a penny less.”
(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 “All right, I’ll give it.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I will come to the hotel at ten in the morning.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I will come to the hotel at ten in the morning.
plural of “dollar” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
From this reading “The price is forty thousand dollars; not a penny less.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don’t want it known; will see you privately.”
being ten more than thirty
From this reading “The price is forty thousand dollars; not a penny less.”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “All right, I’ll give it.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Very good.”
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading I will come to the hotel at ten in the morning.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I will come to the hotel at ten in the morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “All right, I’ll give it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I will come to the hotel at ten in the morning.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The price is forty thousand dollars; not a penny less.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “All right, I’ll give it.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading I don’t want it known; will see you privately.”
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading “The price is forty thousand dollars; not a penny less.”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading I will come to the hotel at ten in the morning.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “The price is forty thousand dollars; not a penny less.”
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading “The price is forty thousand dollars; not a penny less.”
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading “The price is forty thousand dollars; not a penny less.”
kept private or confined to those intimately concerned
From this reading I don’t want it known; will see you privately.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right, I’ll give it.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I don’t want it known; will see you privately.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading I will come to the hotel at ten in the morning.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The price is forty thousand dollars; not a penny less.”
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading “The price is forty thousand dollars; not a penny less.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I will come to the hotel at ten in the morning.
precisely as stated
From this reading “Very good.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I don’t want it known; will see you privately.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will come to the hotel at ten in the morning.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I don’t want it known; will see you privately.”
Chapter 6 of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain holds 191 sentences, grouped into 39 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 6 holds 191 sentences of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
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