Chapter 7 of A House to Let is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of A House to Let is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I can’t. We’re in Society together, and what would Society say?” “Come out of Society!” says I. “I can’t. You don’t know what you’re talking about.
Chapter 7 of A House to Let is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading ““Come out of Society!” says I.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
express in words
From this reading “We’re in Society together, and what would Society say?””
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading ““Come out of Society!” says I.”
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading “We’re in Society together, and what would Society say?””
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading “We’re in Society together, and what would Society say?””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading You don’t know what you’re talking about.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We’re in Society together, and what would Society say?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I can’t.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come out of Society!” says I.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You don’t know what you’re talking about.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I can’t.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We’re in Society together, and what would Society say?”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You don’t know what you’re talking about.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Come out of Society!” says I.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “Come out of Society!” says I.
express in words
From this reading We’re in Society together, and what would Society say?”
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “Come out of Society!” says I.
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading We’re in Society together, and what would Society say?”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading You don’t know what you’re talking about.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading We’re in Society together, and what would Society say?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’re in Society together, and what would Society say?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading We’re in Society together, and what would Society say?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading We’re in Society together, and what would Society say?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You don’t know what you’re talking about.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You don’t know what you’re talking about.
Chapter 7 of A House to Let by Charles Dickens holds 172 sentences, grouped into 35 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 7 holds 172 sentences of A House to Let, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of A House to Let by Charles Dickens exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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.
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