Chapter 7 of John Marvel, Assistant is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of John Marvel, Assistant is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yes; I told them you would." "You did?" Mr. Leigh's eyes once more lit up with amusement. "Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left." "Oh! no, they were not robbed.
Chapter 7 of John Marvel, Assistant is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a feeling of delight at being entertained
From this reading “Mr. Leigh's eyes once more lit up with amusement.”
a fractional monetary unit of several countries
From this reading “"Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."”
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading “"Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."”
provided with artificial light
From this reading “Mr. Leigh's eyes once more lit up with amusement.”
inflected form of “rob” — take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading “"Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “"Yes; I told them you would."”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “"Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Yes; I told them you would."”
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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anew
In this reading “Mr. Leigh's eyes once more lit up with amusement.”
In this reading “"Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."”
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 "Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."
a feeling of delight at being entertained
From this reading Mr. Leigh's eyes once more lit up with amusement.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."
a fractional monetary unit of several countries
From this reading "Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "You did?"
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."
opinion or judgment
From this reading Mr. Leigh's eyes once more lit up with amusement.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Yes; I told them you would."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading "Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Leigh's eyes once more lit up with amusement.
provided with artificial light
From this reading Mr. Leigh's eyes once more lit up with amusement.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Mr. Leigh's eyes once more lit up with amusement.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Leigh's eyes once more lit up with amusement.
not any; not one
From this reading "Oh! no, they were not robbed.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh! no, they were not robbed.
on one occasion
From this reading Mr. Leigh's eyes once more lit up with amusement.
inflected form of “rob” — take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading "Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Yes; I told them you would."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "Yes; I told them you would."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Mr. Leigh's eyes once more lit up with amusement.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mr. Leigh's eyes once more lit up with amusement.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading "Yes: you see they were robbed of every cent they had in the world, and they have not a cent left."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Yes; I told them you would."
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes; I told them you would."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Yes; I told them you would."
Chapter 7 of John Marvel, Assistant by Thomas Nelson Page holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
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