Chapter 7 of Dorian is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Dorian is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"The news? what news!" "Why, everything that's happened in Green street for the past week. I haven't had a visitor up on the farm for ten days." "Everything is growing splendidly down here. The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."
Chapter 7 of Dorian is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 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.
(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
From this reading “The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."”
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading “I haven't had a visitor up on the farm for ten days."”
a person who operates a farm
From this reading “The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."”
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading “"Everything is growing splendidly down here.”
the act of retaining something
From this reading “The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."”
the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
From this reading “The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."”
extremely well
From this reading “"Everything is growing splendidly down here.”
someone who visits
From this reading “I haven't had a visitor up on the farm for ten days."”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I haven't had a visitor up on the farm for ten days."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."
(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
From this reading The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading I haven't had a visitor up on the farm for ten days."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Everything is growing splendidly down here.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading "Why, everything that's happened in Green street for the past week.
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading I haven't had a visitor up on the farm for ten days."
a person who operates a farm
From this reading The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Why, everything that's happened in Green street for the past week.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading "Why, everything that's happened in Green street for the past week.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading "Everything is growing splendidly down here.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I haven't had a visitor up on the farm for ten days."
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading "Why, everything that's happened in Green street for the past week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I haven't had a visitor up on the farm for ten days."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Everything is growing splendidly down here.
the act of retaining something
From this reading The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I haven't had a visitor up on the farm for ten days."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Why, everything that's happened in Green street for the past week.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Everything is growing splendidly down here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."
the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
From this reading The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."
information about recent and important events
From this reading "The news? what news!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I haven't had a visitor up on the farm for ten days."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."
the time that has elapsed
From this reading "Why, everything that's happened in Green street for the past week.
extremely well
From this reading "Everything is growing splendidly down here.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading "Why, everything that's happened in Green street for the past week.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading I haven't had a visitor up on the farm for ten days."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why, everything that's happened in Green street for the past week.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The news? what news!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I haven't had a visitor up on the farm for ten days."
someone who visits
From this reading I haven't had a visitor up on the farm for ten days."
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading The water in the canal is holding out fine and Brother Larsen is fast learning to be a farmer."
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading "Why, everything that's happened in Green street for the past week.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "The news? what news!"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, everything that's happened in Green street for the past week.
Chapter 7 of Dorian by Nephi Anderson holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 417 sentences of Dorian, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Dorian by Nephi Anderson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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