Chapter 7 of Lola is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Lola is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone. "I have been waiting quite five minutes. Hello! Hello! Madam Zelya, please!
Chapter 7 of Lola is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/44 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading “DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.”
the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
From this reading “DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.”
an expression of greeting
From this reading “Hello!”
with impatience; in an impatient manner
From this reading “DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “Madam Zelya, please!”
British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)
From this reading “DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.”
recurring again and again
From this reading “DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.”
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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 “"I have been waiting quite five minutes.”
large room used mainly for dancing
In this reading “DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.”
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From this reading DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "I have been waiting quite five minutes.
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading "I have been waiting quite five minutes.
the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
From this reading DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have been waiting quite five minutes.
an expression of greeting
From this reading Hello!
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have been waiting quite five minutes.
with impatience; in an impatient manner
From this reading DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.
a woman of refinement
From this reading Madam Zelya, please!
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading "I have been waiting quite five minutes.
British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)
From this reading DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Madam Zelya, please!
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading "I have been waiting quite five minutes.
recurring again and again
From this reading DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DANCE HALL GLITTER "218 Murray Hill," Lola repeated impatiently into the telephone.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading "I have been waiting quite five minutes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Madam Zelya, please!
Chapter 7 of Lola by Owen Davis holds 223 sentences, grouped into 45 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 223 sentences of Lola, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Lola by Owen Davis exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 223 sentences, grouped into 45 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 45 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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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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Words and structures a reader meets early in Lola, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
