Chapter 7 of Blackbeard is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Blackbeard is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Singular Interview between Blackbeard and his Father. The Sloop-of-war. Meeting of Rowland and Henry Huntington. Life or Death. The Surprise.
Chapter 7 of Blackbeard is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “_Singular Interview between Blackbeard and his Father.”
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading “Life or Death.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “Meeting of Rowland and Henry Huntington.”
United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea
From this reading “Meeting of Rowland and Henry Huntington.”
conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
From this reading “_Singular Interview between Blackbeard and his Father.”
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading “Meeting of Rowland and Henry Huntington.”
unusual or striking
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading “The Surprise.”
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.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Singular Interview between Blackbeard and his Father.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading _Singular Interview between Blackbeard and his Father.
an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
From this reading _Singular Interview between Blackbeard and his Father.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Life or Death.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading _Singular Interview between Blackbeard and his Father.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading Meeting of Rowland and Henry Huntington.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Singular Interview between Blackbeard and his Father.
United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea
From this reading Meeting of Rowland and Henry Huntington.
conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
From this reading _Singular Interview between Blackbeard and his Father.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Life or Death.
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading Meeting of Rowland and Henry Huntington.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Meeting of Rowland and Henry Huntington.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Life or Death.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Meeting of Rowland and Henry Huntington.
unusual or striking
From this reading _Singular Interview between Blackbeard and his Father.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Sloop-of-war.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading The Surprise.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Sloop-of-war.
Chapter 7 of Blackbeard by B. (Benjamin) Barker holds 123 sentences, grouped into 25 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 123 sentences of Blackbeard, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Blackbeard by B. (Benjamin) Barker exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 123 sentences, grouped into 25 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 25 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 54 minutes of reading across 132 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Blackbeard section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Blackbeard, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
