Chapter 7 of Old Man Savarin Stories is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Old Man Savarin Stories is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yes, sir! Yes, sir!" "All right, then. String out again!" He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.
Chapter 7 of Old Man Savarin Stories is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/77 · 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.
at or in the front
From this reading “He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.”
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading “He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.”
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.”
with speed
From this reading “He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.”
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading “He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.”
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
From this reading “He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.”
a lightweight cord
From this reading “String out again!"”
having come into contact
From this reading “He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.”
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 “He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.”
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.
anew
From this reading String out again!"
at or in the front
From this reading He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.
(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 "All right, then.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading String out again!"
with speed
From this reading He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right, then.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.
term of address for a man
From this reading "Yes, sir!
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
From this reading He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.
a lightweight cord
From this reading String out again!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "All right, then.
having come into contact
From this reading He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He touched the big bay with the spur, and shot quickly ahead.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, sir!
Chapter 7 of Old Man Savarin Stories by Edward William Thomson holds 385 sentences, grouped into 77 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 385 sentences of Old Man Savarin Stories, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Old Man Savarin Stories by Edward William Thomson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 385 sentences, grouped into 77 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 77 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 77 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.
Common questions about reading Old Man Savarin Stories by Edward William Thomson on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 4402 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #55431 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #55431, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 366 minutes of reading across 881 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Old Man Savarin Stories section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 11 chapters of Old Man Savarin Stories to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Old Man Savarin Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
