Chapter 7 of David Vallory is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of David Vallory is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I haven’t said I was after him, have I?” “Not to me, you haven’t. And I don’t ask you either to say it or deny it. All I want to say is this: if you go gunning for Vallory, you’ve got to include me. You understand?”
Chapter 7 of David Vallory is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 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.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “And I don’t ask you either to say it or deny it.”
declare untrue; contradict
From this reading “And I don’t ask you either to say it or deny it.”
one or the other of two
From this reading “And I don’t ask you either to say it or deny it.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “All I want to say is this: if you go gunning for Vallory, you’ve got to include me.”
inflected form of “gun” — shoot with a gun
From this reading “All I want to say is this: if you go gunning for Vallory, you’ve got to include me.”
have as a part, be made up out of
From this reading “All I want to say is this: if you go gunning for Vallory, you’ve got to include me.”
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading “You understand?””
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “All I want to say is this: if you go gunning for Vallory, you’ve got to include me.”
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.
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later than; following
From this reading “I haven’t said I was after him, have I?”
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All I want to say is this: if you go gunning for Vallory, you’ve got to include me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I don’t ask you either to say it or deny it.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading And I don’t ask you either to say it or deny it.
declare untrue; contradict
From this reading And I don’t ask you either to say it or deny it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And I don’t ask you either to say it or deny it.
one or the other of two
From this reading And I don’t ask you either to say it or deny it.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading All I want to say is this: if you go gunning for Vallory, you’ve got to include me.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading All I want to say is this: if you go gunning for Vallory, you’ve got to include me.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading All I want to say is this: if you go gunning for Vallory, you’ve got to include me.
inflected form of “gun” — shoot with a gun
From this reading All I want to say is this: if you go gunning for Vallory, you’ve got to include me.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I haven’t said I was after him, have I?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I haven’t said I was after him, have I?”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I haven’t said I was after him, have I?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I haven’t said I was after him, have I?”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading All I want to say is this: if you go gunning for Vallory, you’ve got to include me.
have as a part, be made up out of
From this reading All I want to say is this: if you go gunning for Vallory, you’ve got to include me.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All I want to say is this: if you go gunning for Vallory, you’ve got to include me.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And I don’t ask you either to say it or deny it.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Not to me, you haven’t.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Not to me, you haven’t.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And I don’t ask you either to say it or deny it.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I haven’t said I was after him, have I?”
express in words
From this reading And I don’t ask you either to say it or deny it.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All I want to say is this: if you go gunning for Vallory, you’ve got to include me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Not to me, you haven’t.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading You understand?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All I want to say is this: if you go gunning for Vallory, you’ve got to include me.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading All I want to say is this: if you go gunning for Vallory, you’ve got to include me.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I haven’t said I was after him, have I?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Not to me, you haven’t.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All I want to say is this: if you go gunning for Vallory, you’ve got to include me.
Chapter 7 of David Vallory by Francis Lynde holds 412 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 412 sentences of David Vallory, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of David Vallory by Francis Lynde exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 412 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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