Chapter 7 of Lukundoo, and other stories is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Lukundoo, and other stories is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
II The Alders changed like everything else. Susie married and lived in Baltimore, Anna married and lived in Washington. Pake went to Pittsburgh. Rex married a widow with two children and settled in Chicago. Buck was away from home a good deal.
Chapter 7 of Lukundoo, and other stories is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading “Susie married and lived in Baltimore, Anna married and lived in Washington.”
the largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center
From this reading “Susie married and lived in Baltimore, Anna married and lived in Washington.”
to strive with determination
From this reading “Buck was away from home a good deal.”
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading “Rex married a widow with two children and settled in Chicago.”
a city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh
From this reading “Pake went to Pittsburgh.”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “Rex married a widow with two children and settled in Chicago.”
the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
From this reading “Susie married and lived in Baltimore, Anna married and lived in Washington.”
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading “Rex married a widow with two children and settled in Chicago.”
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.
live in the house where one works
In this reading “Susie married and lived in Baltimore, Anna married and lived in Washington.”
In this reading “Rex married a widow with two children and settled in Chicago.”
In this reading “Buck was away from home a good deal.”
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 Rex married a widow with two children and settled in Chicago.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading II The Alders changed like everything else.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Susie married and lived in Baltimore, Anna married and lived in Washington.
a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
From this reading Susie married and lived in Baltimore, Anna married and lived in Washington.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Buck was away from home a good deal.
the largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center
From this reading Susie married and lived in Baltimore, Anna married and lived in Washington.
to strive with determination
From this reading Buck was away from home a good deal.
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading II The Alders changed like everything else.
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading Rex married a widow with two children and settled in Chicago.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading Rex married a widow with two children and settled in Chicago.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading Buck was away from home a good deal.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading II The Alders changed like everything else.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading II The Alders changed like everything else.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Buck was away from home a good deal.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Buck was away from home a good deal.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Buck was away from home a good deal.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading II The Alders changed like everything else.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Susie married and lived in Baltimore, Anna married and lived in Washington.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading II The Alders changed like everything else.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Susie married and lived in Baltimore, Anna married and lived in Washington.
joined in matrimony
From this reading Susie married and lived in Baltimore, Anna married and lived in Washington.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pake went to Pittsburgh.
a city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh
From this reading Pake went to Pittsburgh.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Rex married a widow with two children and settled in Chicago.
established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
From this reading Rex married a widow with two children and settled in Chicago.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Susie married and lived in Baltimore, Anna married and lived in Washington.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading II The Alders changed like everything else.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Pake went to Pittsburgh.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Rex married a widow with two children and settled in Chicago.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Buck was away from home a good deal.
the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
From this reading Susie married and lived in Baltimore, Anna married and lived in Washington.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Pake went to Pittsburgh.
a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
From this reading Rex married a widow with two children and settled in Chicago.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Rex married a widow with two children and settled in Chicago.
Chapter 7 of Lukundoo, and other stories by Edward Lucas White holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 397 sentences of Lukundoo, and other stories, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Lukundoo, and other stories by Edward Lucas White exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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