Chapter 7 of Double Trouble is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Double Trouble is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Who is this, George?" asked he, tapping the note. "A woman?" "A young lady, suh," was the answer. "A mahty hahnsome young lady, suh." "Bright auburn hair?" asked Brassfield, "and short?"
Chapter 7 of Double Trouble is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 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.
react verbally
From this reading “"A young lady, suh," was the answer.”
(of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown
From this reading “"Bright auburn hair?" asked Brassfield, "and short?"”
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading “"Bright auburn hair?" asked Brassfield, "and short?"”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “"Who is this, George?" asked he, tapping the note.”
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading “"Bright auburn hair?" asked Brassfield, "and short?"”
a brief written record
From this reading “"Who is this, George?" asked he, tapping the note.”
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading “"Bright auburn hair?" asked Brassfield, "and short?"”
the sound of light blow or knock
From this reading “"Who is this, George?" asked he, tapping the note.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "A woman?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Bright auburn hair?" asked Brassfield, "and short?"
react verbally
From this reading "A young lady, suh," was the answer.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Who is this, George?" asked he, tapping the note.
(of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown
From this reading "Bright auburn hair?" asked Brassfield, "and short?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Bright auburn hair?" asked Brassfield, "and short?"
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading "Bright auburn hair?" asked Brassfield, "and short?"
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading "Who is this, George?" asked he, tapping the note.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "A mahty hahnsome young lady, suh."
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading "Bright auburn hair?" asked Brassfield, "and short?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Who is this, George?" asked he, tapping the note.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Who is this, George?" asked he, tapping the note.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading "A young lady, suh," was the answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "A mahty hahnsome young lady, suh."
a brief written record
From this reading "Who is this, George?" asked he, tapping the note.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading "Bright auburn hair?" asked Brassfield, "and short?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "A young lady, suh," was the answer.
the sound of light blow or knock
From this reading "Who is this, George?" asked he, tapping the note.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Who is this, George?" asked he, tapping the note.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Who is this, George?" asked he, tapping the note.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "A young lady, suh," was the answer.
which person or people
From this reading "Who is this, George?" asked he, tapping the note.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "A woman?"
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "A young lady, suh," was the answer.
Chapter 7 of Double Trouble by Herbert Quick holds 444 sentences, grouped into 89 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 444 sentences of Double Trouble, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Double Trouble by Herbert Quick exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 444 sentences, grouped into 89 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 89 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 89 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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About 325 minutes of reading across 780 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Double Trouble section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Double Trouble, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
