Chapter 7 of Mary is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Mary is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"We can marry, you mean?" "Yes!" and off she started. "No, dear. The shares are yielding almost nothing just now." "What does that matter?
Chapter 7 of Mary is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 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.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading “The shares are yielding almost nothing just now."”
dearly loved
From this reading “"No, dear.”
take in marriage
From this reading “"We can marry, you mean?"”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “"What does that matter?”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “"We can marry, you mean?"”
plural of “share” — assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
From this reading “The shares are yielding almost nothing just now."”
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “"Yes!" and off she started.”
inclined to yield to argument or influence or control
From this reading “The shares are yielding almost nothing just now."”
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.
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.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading The shares are yielding almost nothing just now."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Yes!" and off she started.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The shares are yielding almost nothing just now."
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "We can marry, you mean?"
dearly loved
From this reading "No, dear.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "What does that matter?
and nothing more
From this reading The shares are yielding almost nothing just now."
take in marriage
From this reading "We can marry, you mean?"
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading "What does that matter?
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "We can marry, you mean?"
not any; not one
From this reading "No, dear.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The shares are yielding almost nothing just now."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The shares are yielding almost nothing just now."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Yes!" and off she started.
plural of “share” — assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
From this reading The shares are yielding almost nothing just now."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Yes!" and off she started.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading "Yes!" and off she started.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "What does that matter?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The shares are yielding almost nothing just now."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We can marry, you mean?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What does that matter?
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes!" and off she started.
inclined to yield to argument or influence or control
From this reading The shares are yielding almost nothing just now."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "We can marry, you mean?"
Chapter 7 of Mary by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 402 sentences of Mary, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Mary by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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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About 306 minutes of reading across 736 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Mary section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Mary, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
