Chapter 4 of Young People's Pride: A Novel is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of Young People's Pride: A Novel is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“That's the way it got worse. Right up to six years ago. “I'd done my job--I was President of the Commercial. And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it. I'd won my game.
Chapter 4 of Young People's Pride: A Novel is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises
From this reading ““I'd done my job--I was President of the Commercial.”
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading “And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it.”
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “I'd won my game.”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading ““I'd done my job--I was President of the Commercial.”
an executive officer of a firm or corporation
From this reading ““I'd done my job--I was President of the Commercial.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading “Right up to six years ago.”
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading “I'd won my game.”
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading ““That's the way it got worse.”
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in the past
From this reading Right up to six years ago.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it.
connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises
From this reading “I'd done my job--I was President of the Commercial.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it.
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From this reading And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it.
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “I'd done my job--I was President of the Commercial.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading I'd won my game.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “That's the way it got worse.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I'd done my job--I was President of the Commercial.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'd done my job--I was President of the Commercial.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “That's the way it got worse.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “I'd done my job--I was President of the Commercial.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it.
engage in
From this reading And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I'd done my job--I was President of the Commercial.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I'd done my job--I was President of the Commercial.
an executive officer of a firm or corporation
From this reading “I'd done my job--I was President of the Commercial.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Right up to six years ago.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading Right up to six years ago.
not in physical motion
From this reading And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That's the way it got worse.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “That's the way it got worse.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Right up to six years ago.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Right up to six years ago.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I'd done my job--I was President of the Commercial.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “That's the way it got worse.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And I'd made my money, and the money still kept coming in as if it didn't make any difference what I did with it.
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading I'd won my game.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading “That's the way it got worse.
a late time of life
From this reading Right up to six years ago.
Chapter 4 of Young People's Pride: A Novel by Stephen Vincent Benét holds 453 sentences, grouped into 91 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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