Chapter 7 of Original Short Stories — Volume 05 is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Original Short Stories — Volume 05 is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Ah!” All looked at me, and Chantal clapped his hands and cried: “It's Gaston! It's Gaston! Long live the king! Long live the king!”
Chapter 7 of Original Short Stories — Volume 05 is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/41 · 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.
inflected form of “clap” — put quickly or forcibly
From this reading “All looked at me, and Chantal clapped his hands and cried: “It's Gaston!”
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “All looked at me, and Chantal clapped his hands and cried: “It's Gaston!”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “All looked at me, and Chantal clapped his hands and cried: “It's Gaston!”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “Long live the king!”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Long live the king!”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “Long live the king!”
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “All looked at me, and Chantal clapped his hands and cried: “It's Gaston!”
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.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah!”
(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 looked at me, and Chantal clapped his hands and cried: “It's Gaston!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All looked at me, and Chantal clapped his hands and cried: “It's Gaston!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All looked at me, and Chantal clapped his hands and cried: “It's Gaston!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All looked at me, and Chantal clapped his hands and cried: “It's Gaston!
inflected form of “clap” — put quickly or forcibly
From this reading All looked at me, and Chantal clapped his hands and cried: “It's Gaston!
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading All looked at me, and Chantal clapped his hands and cried: “It's Gaston!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All looked at me, and Chantal clapped his hands and cried: “It's Gaston!
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading All looked at me, and Chantal clapped his hands and cried: “It's Gaston!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading All looked at me, and Chantal clapped his hands and cried: “It's Gaston!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All looked at me, and Chantal clapped his hands and cried: “It's Gaston!
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Long live the king!
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Long live the king!
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Long live the king!
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading All looked at me, and Chantal clapped his hands and cried: “It's Gaston!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All looked at me, and Chantal clapped his hands and cried: “It's Gaston!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Long live the king!
Chapter 7 of Original Short Stories — Volume 05 by Guy de Maupassant holds 206 sentences, grouped into 42 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.
Chapter 7 holds 206 sentences of Original Short Stories — Volume 05, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Original Short Stories — Volume 05 by Guy de Maupassant exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 206 sentences, grouped into 42 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 42 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 42 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 Original Short Stories — Volume 05 by Guy de Maupassant on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 2398 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #3081 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #3081, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 199 minutes of reading across 480 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Original Short Stories — Volume 05 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 12 chapters of Original Short Stories — Volume 05 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 Original Short Stories — Volume 05, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
