Chapter 7 of A Reaping is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of A Reaping is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘When did I use rouge?’ I asked Helen. ‘I don’t know. Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’ No, I couldn’t throw that away.
Chapter 7 of A Reaping is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 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.
past form of “act” — perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading “Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’”
(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
From this reading “I asked Helen.”
staying power
From this reading “Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’”
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading “Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’”
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading “Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’”
makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
From this reading “‘When did I use rouge?’”
propel through the air
From this reading “No, I couldn’t throw that away.”
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading “Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’”
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 “Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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past form of “act” — perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I asked Helen.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading No, I couldn’t throw that away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, I couldn’t throw that away.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading ‘When did I use rouge?’
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I don’t know.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’
(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
From this reading I asked Helen.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘When did I use rouge?’
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading ‘I don’t know.
immediately past
From this reading Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’
staying power
From this reading Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’
not any; not one
From this reading No, I couldn’t throw that away.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’
makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
From this reading ‘When did I use rouge?’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading No, I couldn’t throw that away.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’
propel through the air
From this reading No, I couldn’t throw that away.
the act of using
From this reading ‘When did I use rouge?’
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’
at the time that
From this reading ‘When did I use rouge?’
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Was it Legs’, do you think, when he acted the Red Queen last year?’
Chapter 7 of A Reaping by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 7 holds 437 sentences of A Reaping, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of A Reaping by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 88 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 7 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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