Chapter 7 of John Brent is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of John Brent is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ENTER, THE BRUTES! The sun had just gone down. There was a red wrangle of angry vapors over the mounds of mountain westward. A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours. More society in that lonely world.
Chapter 7 of John Brent is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
From this reading “A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.”
plural of “mound” — (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
From this reading “There was a red wrangle of angry vapors over the mounds of mountain westward.”
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading “A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.”
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading “A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.”
plural of “traveller” — a person who changes location
From this reading “A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.”
a state of depression
From this reading “There was a red wrangle of angry vapors over the mounds of mountain westward.”
toward the west
From this reading “There was a red wrangle of angry vapors over the mounds of mountain westward.”
an angry dispute
From this reading “There was a red wrangle of angry vapors over the mounds of mountain westward.”
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 “A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.”
In this reading “A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.”
In this reading “The sun had just gone down.”
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 There was a red wrangle of angry vapors over the mounds of mountain westward.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading There was a red wrangle of angry vapors over the mounds of mountain westward.
prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
From this reading A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ENTER, THE BRUTES!
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The sun had just gone down.
to come or go into
From this reading ENTER, THE BRUTES!
start firing a weapon
From this reading A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.
destroyed or killed
From this reading The sun had just gone down.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The sun had just gone down.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading More society in that lonely world.
and nothing more
From this reading The sun had just gone down.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.
set afire or burning
From this reading A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading More society in that lonely world.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading More society in that lonely world.
plural of “mound” — (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
From this reading There was a red wrangle of angry vapors over the mounds of mountain westward.
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading There was a red wrangle of angry vapors over the mounds of mountain westward.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a red wrangle of angry vapors over the mounds of mountain westward.
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.
above and across; more than
From this reading There was a red wrangle of angry vapors over the mounds of mountain westward.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading There was a red wrangle of angry vapors over the mounds of mountain westward.
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading More society in that lonely world.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The sun had just gone down.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading More society in that lonely world.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ENTER, THE BRUTES!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a red wrangle of angry vapors over the mounds of mountain westward.
plural of “traveller” — a person who changes location
From this reading A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.
a state of depression
From this reading There was a red wrangle of angry vapors over the mounds of mountain westward.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a red wrangle of angry vapors over the mounds of mountain westward.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading A brace of travellers from Salt Lake way rode up and lighted their camp fire near ours.
toward the west
From this reading There was a red wrangle of angry vapors over the mounds of mountain westward.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading More society in that lonely world.
an angry dispute
From this reading There was a red wrangle of angry vapors over the mounds of mountain westward.
Chapter 7 of John Brent by Theodore Winthrop holds 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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 185 sentences of John Brent, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of John Brent by Theodore Winthrop exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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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