Chapter 7 of Henry Is Twenty is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Henry Is Twenty is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.' 'There is something in that,' mused Humphrey. 'Ssh!' From Mildred. They heard a slow step on the stairs.
Chapter 7 of Henry Is Twenty is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 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.
plural of “fraud” — intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
From this reading “'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'”
past form of “muse” — reflect deeply on a subject
From this reading “'There is something in that,' mused Humphrey.”
a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
From this reading “'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'”
pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
From this reading “'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'”
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading “They heard a slow step on the stairs.”
marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction
From this reading “'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “They heard a slow step on the stairs.”
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
From this reading “'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'”
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.
In this reading “They heard a slow step on the stairs.”
In this reading “They heard a slow step on the stairs.”
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 They heard a slow step on the stairs.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
showing who or what does the action
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
plural of “fraud” — intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From Mildred.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading They heard a slow step on the stairs.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'There is something in that,' mused Humphrey.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'There is something in that,' mused Humphrey.
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading From Mildred.
past form of “muse” — reflect deeply on a subject
From this reading 'There is something in that,' mused Humphrey.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They heard a slow step on the stairs.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading They heard a slow step on the stairs.
marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
a thing, without saying which
From this reading 'There is something in that,' mused Humphrey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Ssh!'
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading They heard a slow step on the stairs.
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading They heard a slow step on the stairs.
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'There is something in that,' mused Humphrey.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
in or at that place or location
From this reading 'There is something in that,' mused Humphrey.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They heard a slow step on the stairs.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading 'But how lovely if Henry, by one stroke of his pencil, should really puncture the frauds in this smug town.'
Chapter 7 of Henry Is Twenty by Samuel Merwin holds 397 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 397 sentences of Henry Is Twenty, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Henry Is Twenty by Samuel Merwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 397 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.
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