Chapter 2 of The Old Die Rich is here in full — 515 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Old Die Rich is here in full — 515 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The rumble of traffic in the street caught me next. Cars with square bodies, tubular radiators.... For a moment, I let terror soak through me. Then I remembered the mesh cage and the motors. May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
Chapter 2 of The Old Die Rich is here in full — 515 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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keep engaged
From this reading “Then I remembered the mesh cage and the motors.”
plural of “motor” — machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading “Then I remembered the mesh cage and the motors.”
plural of “radiator” — any object that radiates energy
From this reading “Cars with square bodies, tubular radiators....”
United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
From this reading “May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.”
make a low noise
From this reading “The rumble of traffic in the street caught me next.”
submerge in a liquid
From this reading “For a moment, I let terror soak through me.”
the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
From this reading “The rumble of traffic in the street caught me next.”
constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
From this reading “Cars with square bodies, tubular radiators....”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.”
temporarily
In this reading “For a moment, I let terror soak through me.”
In this reading “The rumble of traffic in the street caught me next.”
In this reading “The rumble of traffic in the street caught me next.”
In this reading “May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.”
In this reading “May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.”
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 For a moment, I let terror soak through me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then I remembered the mesh cage and the motors.
plural of “body” — the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading Cars with square bodies, tubular radiators....
an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
From this reading Then I remembered the mesh cage and the motors.
plural of “car” — a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading Cars with square bodies, tubular radiators....
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading The rumble of traffic in the street caught me next.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a moment, I let terror soak through me.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For a moment, I let terror soak through me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The rumble of traffic in the street caught me next.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading For a moment, I let terror soak through me.
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 May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The rumble of traffic in the street caught me next.
keep engaged
From this reading Then I remembered the mesh cage and the motors.
a particular point in time
From this reading For a moment, I let terror soak through me.
plural of “motor” — machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading Then I remembered the mesh cage and the motors.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The rumble of traffic in the street caught me next.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The rumble of traffic in the street caught me next.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
plural of “radiator” — any object that radiates energy
From this reading Cars with square bodies, tubular radiators....
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading Then I remembered the mesh cage and the motors.
United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
make a low noise
From this reading The rumble of traffic in the street caught me next.
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
submerge in a liquid
From this reading For a moment, I let terror soak through me.
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
make square
From this reading Cars with square bodies, tubular radiators....
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading The rumble of traffic in the street caught me next.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading For a moment, I let terror soak through me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The rumble of traffic in the street caught me next.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then I remembered the mesh cage and the motors.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading For a moment, I let terror soak through me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
From this reading The rumble of traffic in the street caught me next.
constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
From this reading Cars with square bodies, tubular radiators....
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading May Roberts could have given me electro-shock, kept me under long enough for the season to change, or taken me South and left me on a street in daylight.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Cars with square bodies, tubular radiators....
Chapter 2 of The Old Die Rich by H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold holds 515 sentences, grouped into 103 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 2 holds 515 sentences of The Old Die Rich, unabridged, divided into 103 reading sections.
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