Chapter 1 of The Purchase Price is here in full — 326 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Purchase Price is here in full — 326 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Then not even this country is free! Even here there are secret tribunals. Even here there are hired bravos." "Ah, Madam, please, not that! I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!
Chapter 1 of The Purchase Price is here in full — 326 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 22/65 · 5 reading units · Lines 106–110
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!”
extremely well
From this reading “I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!”
having services engaged for a fee
From this reading “Even here there are hired bravos."”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “"Ah, Madam, please, not that!”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “Even here there are secret tribunals.”
with tenderness; in a tender manner
From this reading “I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!”
plural of “tribunal” — an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading “Even here there are secret tribunals.”
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading “I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!”
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From this reading "Ah, Madam, please, not that!
(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 I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Even here there are secret tribunals.
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even here there are hired bravos."
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading "Then not even this country is free!
divisible by two
From this reading "Then not even this country is free!
extremely well
From this reading I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading "Then not even this country is free!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Even here there are secret tribunals.
having services engaged for a fee
From this reading Even here there are hired bravos."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Then not even this country is free!
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!
a woman of refinement
From this reading "Ah, Madam, please, not that!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Then not even this country is free!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "Ah, Madam, please, not that!
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Even here there are secret tribunals.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!
with tenderness; in a tender manner
From this reading I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Ah, Madam, please, not that!
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then not even this country is free!
in or at that place or location
From this reading Even here there are secret tribunals.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Then not even this country is free!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!
plural of “tribunal” — an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading Even here there are secret tribunals.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading I beg of you--" "Excellently kind of you all, to care so tenderly for me--and yourselves!
Chapter 1 of The Purchase Price by Emerson Hough holds 326 sentences, grouped into 66 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.
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