Chapter 1 of The Used People Lot is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Used People Lot is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Faint car never won fair lady!... Make_ your _car proud of you!... Grinning Gregory helps used people!_ It's had it. Finished. Done.
Chapter 1 of The Used People Lot is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “_Faint car never won fair lady!...”
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading “Finished.”
(Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391)
From this reading “Grinning Gregory helps used people!_ It's had it.”
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading “Grinning Gregory helps used people!_ It's had it.”
plural of “help” — the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading “Grinning Gregory helps used people!_ It's had it.”
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
From this reading “Make_ your _car proud of you!...”
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading “_Faint car never won fair lady!...”
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 “_Faint car never won fair lady!...”
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.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading _Faint car never won fair lady!...
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Done.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading _Faint car never won fair lady!...
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading _Faint car never won fair lady!...
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading Finished.
(Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391)
From this reading Grinning Gregory helps used people!_ It's had it.
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading Grinning Gregory helps used people!_ It's had it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Grinning Gregory helps used people!_ It's had it.
plural of “help” — the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading Grinning Gregory helps used people!_ It's had it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Grinning Gregory helps used people!_ It's had it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Grinning Gregory helps used people!_ It's had it.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading _Faint car never won fair lady!...
engage in
From this reading Make_ your _car proud of you!...
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading _Faint car never won fair lady!...
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Make_ your _car proud of you!...
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Grinning Gregory helps used people!_ It's had it.
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
From this reading Make_ your _car proud of you!...
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading Grinning Gregory helps used people!_ It's had it.
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading _Faint car never won fair lady!...
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Make_ your _car proud of you!...
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Make_ your _car proud of you!...
Chapter 1 of The Used People Lot by Irving E. Fang holds 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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 1 holds 184 sentences of The Used People Lot, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Used People Lot by Irving E. Fang exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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.
Work through the 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 37 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 15 minutes of reading across 37 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Used People Lot, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
