Chapter 7 of Pegeen is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Pegeen is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh, Jimmy,” she sighed. “Whatever’d you make me think about that for? Everything’s so nice just as it is.” “Yes; but you’ll be getting married yourself some day. Then what’d he do?”
Chapter 7 of Pegeen is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 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.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading ““Yes; but you’ll be getting married yourself some day.”
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading ““Oh, Jimmy,” she sighed.”
engage in
From this reading ““Whatever’d you make me think about that for?”
joined in matrimony
From this reading ““Yes; but you’ll be getting married yourself some day.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “Everything’s so nice just as it is.””
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading ““Oh, Jimmy,” she sighed.”
an affirmative
From this reading ““Yes; but you’ll be getting married yourself some day.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading ““Yes; but you’ll be getting married yourself some day.”
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 ““Yes; but you’ll be getting married yourself some day.”
have on one's mind, think about actively
In this reading ““Whatever’d you make me think about that for?”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Whatever’d you make me think about that for?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Everything’s so nice just as it is.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Yes; but you’ll be getting married yourself some day.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Yes; but you’ll be getting married yourself some day.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “Yes; but you’ll be getting married yourself some day.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Then what’d he do?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Everything’s so nice just as it is.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Whatever’d you make me think about that for?
the act of acquiring something
From this reading “Yes; but you’ll be getting married yourself some day.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then what’d he do?”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Everything’s so nice just as it is.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Everything’s so nice just as it is.”
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading “Oh, Jimmy,” she sighed.
and nothing more
From this reading Everything’s so nice just as it is.”
engage in
From this reading “Whatever’d you make me think about that for?
joined in matrimony
From this reading “Yes; but you’ll be getting married yourself some day.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Whatever’d you make me think about that for?
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading Everything’s so nice just as it is.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, Jimmy,” she sighed.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Oh, Jimmy,” she sighed.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “Oh, Jimmy,” she sighed.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Everything’s so nice just as it is.”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Yes; but you’ll be getting married yourself some day.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Whatever’d you make me think about that for?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then what’d he do?”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “Whatever’d you make me think about that for?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then what’d he do?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Whatever’d you make me think about that for?
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes; but you’ll be getting married yourself some day.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Whatever’d you make me think about that for?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes; but you’ll be getting married yourself some day.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Yes; but you’ll be getting married yourself some day.
Chapter 7 of Pegeen by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd holds 435 sentences, grouped into 87 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 435 sentences of Pegeen, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Pegeen by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 435 sentences, grouped into 87 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 87 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 87 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 Pegeen by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd on this page, its source edition and its audio.
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About 282 minutes of reading across 678 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Pegeen section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Pegeen, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
