Chapter 7 of Off duty is here in full — 404 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 Off duty is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“We can spare it. But won’t you come inside? I’m sorry we drove you out of your cabin.” “That’s all right. I’m used to this.
Chapter 7 of Off duty is here in full — 404 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.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading “I’m sorry we drove you out of your cabin.””
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “But won’t you come inside?”
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading “I’m sorry we drove you out of your cabin.””
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading “But won’t you come inside?”
precisely, exactly
From this reading ““That’s all right.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “I’m sorry we drove you out of your cabin.””
refrain from harming
From this reading ““We can spare it.”
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading “I’m used to this.”
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.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “That’s all right.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But won’t you come inside?
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading I’m sorry we drove you out of your cabin.”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “We can spare it.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading But won’t you come inside?
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading I’m sorry we drove you out of your cabin.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m sorry we drove you out of your cabin.”
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading But won’t you come inside?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “We can spare it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I’m sorry we drove you out of your cabin.”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I’m sorry we drove you out of your cabin.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “That’s all right.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading I’m sorry we drove you out of your cabin.”
refrain from harming
From this reading “We can spare it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s all right.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I’m used to this.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I’m used to this.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading I’m used to this.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We can spare it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But won’t you come inside?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But won’t you come inside?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I’m sorry we drove you out of your cabin.”
Chapter 7 of Off duty by Wilhelmina [Compiler] Harper holds 404 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 404 sentences of Off duty, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Off duty by Wilhelmina [Compiler] Harper exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 404 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.
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