Chapter 31 of The Price She Paid is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 31 of The Price She Paid is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Why not go to see Mr. Ransdell." "He wouldn't make it up," said Mildred. "And I--I couldn't. I tried to marry Stanley Baird for money--and I couldn't. It would be the same way now--only more so."
Chapter 31 of The Price She Paid is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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engage in
From this reading “"He wouldn't make it up," said Mildred.”
take in marriage
From this reading “I tried to marry Stanley Baird for money--and I couldn't.”
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “I tried to marry Stanley Baird for money--and I couldn't.”
and nothing more
From this reading “It would be the same way now--only more so."”
Identical; not different.
From this reading “It would be the same way now--only more so."”
United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)
From this reading “I tried to marry Stanley Baird for money--and I couldn't.”
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading “I tried to marry Stanley Baird for money--and I couldn't.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “It would be the same way now--only more so."”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And I--I couldn't.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I tried to marry Stanley Baird for money--and I couldn't.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It would be the same way now--only more so."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And I--I couldn't.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I tried to marry Stanley Baird for money--and I couldn't.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Why not go to see Mr. Ransdell."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He wouldn't make it up," said Mildred.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And I--I couldn't.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "He wouldn't make it up," said Mildred.
engage in
From this reading "He wouldn't make it up," said Mildred.
take in marriage
From this reading I tried to marry Stanley Baird for money--and I couldn't.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He wouldn't make it up," said Mildred.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading I tried to marry Stanley Baird for money--and I couldn't.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading It would be the same way now--only more so."
a form of address for a man
From this reading "Why not go to see Mr. Ransdell."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Why not go to see Mr. Ransdell."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It would be the same way now--only more so."
and nothing more
From this reading It would be the same way now--only more so."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why not go to see Mr. Ransdell."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "He wouldn't make it up," said Mildred.
Identical; not different.
From this reading It would be the same way now--only more so."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Why not go to see Mr. Ransdell."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It would be the same way now--only more so."
United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)
From this reading I tried to marry Stanley Baird for money--and I couldn't.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It would be the same way now--only more so."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Why not go to see Mr. Ransdell."
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading I tried to marry Stanley Baird for money--and I couldn't.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "He wouldn't make it up," said Mildred.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading It would be the same way now--only more so."
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why not go to see Mr. Ransdell."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would be the same way now--only more so."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He wouldn't make it up," said Mildred.
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