Chapter 7 of Loyalties is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Loyalties is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RICARDOS. Sare, I trust you.--It was Captain Dancy. A long pause. GRAVITER [Suddenly] Were you blackmailing him? TWISDEN.
Chapter 7 of Loyalties is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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-ing form of “blackmail” — exert pressure on someone through threats
From this reading “GRAVITER [Suddenly] Were you blackmailing him?”
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “Sare, I trust you.--It was Captain Dancy.”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “A long pause.”
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading “A long pause.”
happening unexpectedly
From this reading “GRAVITER [Suddenly] Were you blackmailing him?”
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading “Sare, I trust you.--It was Captain Dancy.”
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 long pause.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A long pause.
-ing form of “blackmail” — exert pressure on someone through threats
From this reading GRAVITER [Suddenly] Were you blackmailing him?
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading Sare, I trust you.--It was Captain Dancy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sare, I trust you.--It was Captain Dancy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GRAVITER [Suddenly] Were you blackmailing him?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading GRAVITER [Suddenly] Were you blackmailing him?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Sare, I trust you.--It was Captain Dancy.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sare, I trust you.--It was Captain Dancy.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading A long pause.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading A long pause.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RICARDOS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sare, I trust you.--It was Captain Dancy.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading GRAVITER [Suddenly] Were you blackmailing him?
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading Sare, I trust you.--It was Captain Dancy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TWISDEN.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sare, I trust you.--It was Captain Dancy.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading GRAVITER [Suddenly] Were you blackmailing him?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Sare, I trust you.--It was Captain Dancy.
Chapter 7 of Loyalties by John Galsworthy holds 425 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.
Chapter 7 holds 425 sentences of Loyalties, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Loyalties by John Galsworthy exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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