Chapter 7 of Frenzied Fiction is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Frenzied Fiction is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Elevator over this way? All right, I’ll come along. Thanks, I can carry it. But I don’t see any elevator? Oh, this door in the wall?
Chapter 7 of Frenzied Fiction is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 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.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “All right, I’ll come along.”
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading “Thanks, I can carry it.”
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading “Oh, this door in the wall?”
lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
From this reading “Elevator over this way?”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right, I’ll come along.”
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading “Thanks, I can carry it.”
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading “Oh, this door in the wall?”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “Elevator over this way?”
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.
(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 right, I’ll come along.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading All right, I’ll come along.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading But I don’t see any elevator?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I don’t see any elevator?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Thanks, I can carry it.
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Thanks, I can carry it.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading All right, I’ll come along.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I don’t see any elevator?
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Oh, this door in the wall?
lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
From this reading Elevator over this way?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Thanks, I can carry it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All right, I’ll come along.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Oh, this door in the wall?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Thanks, I can carry it.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, this door in the wall?
above and across; more than
From this reading Elevator over this way?
precisely, exactly
From this reading All right, I’ll come along.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading But I don’t see any elevator?
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading Thanks, I can carry it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Oh, this door in the wall?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Elevator over this way?
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Oh, this door in the wall?
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Elevator over this way?
Chapter 7 of Frenzied Fiction by Stephen Leacock holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 437 sentences of Frenzied Fiction, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Frenzied Fiction by Stephen Leacock exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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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