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Moran of the Lady Letty
Moran of the Lady Letty

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of Moran of the Lady Letty is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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And that was all.
There was no sound--nothing was in sight.
There was only the frightened trembling of the little schooner and that long, slow heave and lift.
Morning came, and breakfast was had in silence and grim perplexity.
It was too late to think of getting away, now that the rudder was disabled.
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Moran of the Lady Letty

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of Moran of the Lady Letty is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/43 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
And that was all.
Line 2
There was no sound--nothing was in sight.
Line 3
There was only the frightened trembling of the little schooner and that long, slow heave and lift.
Line 4
Morning came, and breakfast was had in silence and grim perplexity.
Line 5
It was too late to think of getting away, now that the rudder was disabled.

Learner Dictionary

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.

Silence noun US /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading “Morning came, and breakfast was had in silence and grim perplexity.”

All words in this reading · 38

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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all

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From this reading And that was all.

And

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From this reading And that was all.

away

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From this reading It was too late to think of getting away, now that the rudder was disabled.

breakfast

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From this reading Morning came, and breakfast was had in silence and grim perplexity.

came

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From this reading Morning came, and breakfast was had in silence and grim perplexity.

disabled

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From this reading It was too late to think of getting away, now that the rudder was disabled.

frightened

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From this reading There was only the frightened trembling of the little schooner and that long, slow heave and lift.

getting

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From this reading It was too late to think of getting away, now that the rudder was disabled.

grim

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From this reading Morning came, and breakfast was had in silence and grim perplexity.

had

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From this reading Morning came, and breakfast was had in silence and grim perplexity.

heave

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From this reading There was only the frightened trembling of the little schooner and that long, slow heave and lift.

in

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From this reading There was no sound--nothing was in sight.

It

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From this reading It was too late to think of getting away, now that the rudder was disabled.

late

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From this reading It was too late to think of getting away, now that the rudder was disabled.

lift

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From this reading There was only the frightened trembling of the little schooner and that long, slow heave and lift.

little

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From this reading There was only the frightened trembling of the little schooner and that long, slow heave and lift.

long

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From this reading There was only the frightened trembling of the little schooner and that long, slow heave and lift.

Morning

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From this reading Morning came, and breakfast was had in silence and grim perplexity.

no

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From this reading There was no sound--nothing was in sight.

nothing

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From this reading There was no sound--nothing was in sight.

now

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From this reading It was too late to think of getting away, now that the rudder was disabled.

of

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From this reading There was only the frightened trembling of the little schooner and that long, slow heave and lift.

only

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From this reading There was only the frightened trembling of the little schooner and that long, slow heave and lift.

perplexity

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From this reading Morning came, and breakfast was had in silence and grim perplexity.

rudder

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From this reading It was too late to think of getting away, now that the rudder was disabled.

schooner

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From this reading There was only the frightened trembling of the little schooner and that long, slow heave and lift.

sight

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From this reading There was no sound--nothing was in sight.

silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading Morning came, and breakfast was had in silence and grim perplexity.

slow

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From this reading There was only the frightened trembling of the little schooner and that long, slow heave and lift.

sound

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading There was no sound--nothing was in sight.

that

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From this reading And that was all.

the

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From this reading There was only the frightened trembling of the little schooner and that long, slow heave and lift.

There

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From this reading There was no sound--nothing was in sight.

think

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From this reading It was too late to think of getting away, now that the rudder was disabled.

to

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From this reading It was too late to think of getting away, now that the rudder was disabled.

too

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From this reading It was too late to think of getting away, now that the rudder was disabled.

trembling

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From this reading There was only the frightened trembling of the little schooner and that long, slow heave and lift.

was

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From this reading And that was all.

Chapter 7 of Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris holds 216 sentences, grouped into 44 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 7 of Moran of the Lady Letty contain?

Chapter 7 holds 216 sentences of Moran of the Lady Letty, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 7 of Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 216 sentences, grouped into 44 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.

How do I study chapter 7 of Moran of the Lady Letty?

Work through the 44 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 44 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.

Can chapter 7 be read aloud to me?

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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Common questions about reading Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Moran of the Lady Letty?

Yes. All 2946 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #321 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #321, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Moran of the Lady Letty take to read?

About 245 minutes of reading across 590 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Moran of the Lady Letty

Words and structures a reader meets early in Moran of the Lady Letty, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Story
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Moran of the Lady Letty; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Battle
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Moran of the Lady Letty; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Least
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Moran of the Lady Letty; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Murder
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Moran of the Lady Letty; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.