Chapter 7 of Five Minute Stories is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Five Minute Stories is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Three—hundred—and sixty-_six_! One _more day_ for frolicsome tricks. One day more for work and for play. Look at me! look at me! _One_ MORE DAY!!!”
Chapter 7 of Five Minute Stories is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
ten 10s
From this reading ““Three—hundred—and sixty-_six_!”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “Look at me! look at me!”
participate in games or sport
From this reading “One day more for work and for play.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
being ten more than fifty
From this reading ““Three—hundred—and sixty-_six_!”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading ““Three—hundred—and sixty-_six_!”
plural of “trick” — a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “One _more day_ for frolicsome tricks.”
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “One day more for work and for play.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “Look at me! look at me!”
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 “Three—hundred—and sixty-_six_!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Look at me! look at me!
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading One _more day_ for frolicsome tricks.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading One _more day_ for frolicsome tricks.
given to merry frolicking
From this reading One _more day_ for frolicsome tricks.
ten 10s
From this reading “Three—hundred—and sixty-_six_!
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Look at me! look at me!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Look at me! look at me!
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading One _more day_ for frolicsome tricks.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One _more day_ for frolicsome tricks.
participate in games or sport
From this reading One day more for work and for play.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading “Three—hundred—and sixty-_six_!
being ten more than fifty
From this reading “Three—hundred—and sixty-_six_!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “Three—hundred—and sixty-_six_!
plural of “trick” — a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading One _more day_ for frolicsome tricks.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading One day more for work and for play.
Chapter 7 of Five Minute Stories by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 400 sentences of Five Minute Stories, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Five Minute Stories by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 80 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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