Chapter 7 of Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
My pale friend looks at me with disbelief and curling tongue. "Do you mean to sit there and tell me that this is what happens to you each day?" Certainly not, I answer low. "Then you only fear it will happen?" I fear!
Chapter 7 of Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
From this reading “My pale friend looks at me with disbelief and curling tongue.”
doubt about the truth of something
From this reading “My pale friend looks at me with disbelief and curling tongue.”
come to pass
From this reading “"Then you only fear it will happen?"”
third-person singular of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “"Do you mean to sit there and tell me that this is what happens to you each day?"”
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “My pale friend looks at me with disbelief and curling tongue.”
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading “My pale friend looks at me with disbelief and curling tongue.”
be seated
From this reading “"Do you mean to sit there and tell me that this is what happens to you each day?"”
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading “My pale friend looks at me with disbelief and curling tongue.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My pale friend looks at me with disbelief and curling tongue.
react verbally
From this reading Certainly not, I answer low.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading My pale friend looks at me with disbelief and curling tongue.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading Certainly not, I answer low.
a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
From this reading My pale friend looks at me with disbelief and curling tongue.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "Do you mean to sit there and tell me that this is what happens to you each day?"
doubt about the truth of something
From this reading My pale friend looks at me with disbelief and curling tongue.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you mean to sit there and tell me that this is what happens to you each day?"
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading "Do you mean to sit there and tell me that this is what happens to you each day?"
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading "Then you only fear it will happen?"
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading My pale friend looks at me with disbelief and curling tongue.
come to pass
From this reading "Then you only fear it will happen?"
third-person singular of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading "Do you mean to sit there and tell me that this is what happens to you each day?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Certainly not, I answer low.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Do you mean to sit there and tell me that this is what happens to you each day?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Then you only fear it will happen?"
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading My pale friend looks at me with disbelief and curling tongue.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Certainly not, I answer low.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My pale friend looks at me with disbelief and curling tongue.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "Do you mean to sit there and tell me that this is what happens to you each day?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My pale friend looks at me with disbelief and curling tongue.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Certainly not, I answer low.
and nothing more
From this reading "Then you only fear it will happen?"
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading My pale friend looks at me with disbelief and curling tongue.
be seated
From this reading "Do you mean to sit there and tell me that this is what happens to you each day?"
express in words
From this reading "Do you mean to sit there and tell me that this is what happens to you each day?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Do you mean to sit there and tell me that this is what happens to you each day?"
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then you only fear it will happen?"
in or at that place or location
From this reading "Do you mean to sit there and tell me that this is what happens to you each day?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Do you mean to sit there and tell me that this is what happens to you each day?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Do you mean to sit there and tell me that this is what happens to you each day?"
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading My pale friend looks at me with disbelief and curling tongue.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Do you mean to sit there and tell me that this is what happens to you each day?"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Then you only fear it will happen?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading My pale friend looks at me with disbelief and curling tongue.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you mean to sit there and tell me that this is what happens to you each day?"
Chapter 7 of Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 414 sentences of Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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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