Chapter 7 of Holiday stories is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Holiday stories is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHICH SHALL IT BE? BLUE OR WHITE? ONE thought above all others was in Margaretta's mind. She would leave Northbrook Hall at once and for ever. But where should she go?
Chapter 7 of Holiday stories is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/22 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading “ONE thought above all others was in Margaretta's mind.”
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading “BLUE OR WHITE?”
at any time
From this reading “She would leave Northbrook Hall at once and for ever.”
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading “She would leave Northbrook Hall at once and for ever.”
go away from a place
From this reading “She would leave Northbrook Hall at once and for ever.”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “ONE thought above all others was in Margaretta's mind.”
on one occasion
From this reading “She would leave Northbrook Hall at once and for ever.”
a Caucasian
From this reading “BLUE OR WHITE?”
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.
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without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
In this reading “She would leave Northbrook Hall at once and for ever.”
In this reading “She would leave Northbrook Hall at once and for ever.”
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.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading ONE thought above all others was in Margaretta's mind.
(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 ONE thought above all others was in Margaretta's mind.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She would leave Northbrook Hall at once and for ever.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She would leave Northbrook Hall at once and for ever.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading WHICH SHALL IT BE?
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading BLUE OR WHITE?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But where should she go?
at any time
From this reading She would leave Northbrook Hall at once and for ever.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She would leave Northbrook Hall at once and for ever.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading But where should she go?
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading She would leave Northbrook Hall at once and for ever.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ONE thought above all others was in Margaretta's mind.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading WHICH SHALL IT BE?
go away from a place
From this reading She would leave Northbrook Hall at once and for ever.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ONE thought above all others was in Margaretta's mind.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading ONE thought above all others was in Margaretta's mind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She would leave Northbrook Hall at once and for ever.
on one occasion
From this reading She would leave Northbrook Hall at once and for ever.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ONE thought above all others was in Margaretta's mind.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading BLUE OR WHITE?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ONE thought above all others was in Margaretta's mind.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading WHICH SHALL IT BE?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She would leave Northbrook Hall at once and for ever.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading But where should she go?
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading ONE thought above all others was in Margaretta's mind.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ONE thought above all others was in Margaretta's mind.
in or at the place that
From this reading But where should she go?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading WHICH SHALL IT BE?
a Caucasian
From this reading BLUE OR WHITE?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She would leave Northbrook Hall at once and for ever.
Chapter 7 of Holiday stories by Ruth Lamb holds 110 sentences, grouped into 22 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 110 sentences of Holiday stories, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Holiday stories by Ruth Lamb exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 110 sentences, grouped into 22 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 22 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 22 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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