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Prester John

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of Prester John is here in full — 353 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.
All my fears had gone, and my mind was strung high with expectation.
Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.
One of the first things I did was to take stock of our armoury.
There were five sporting Mausers of a cheap make, one Mauser pistol, a Lee-Speed carbine, and a little nickel-plated revolver.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Prester John

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of Prester John is here in full — 353 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/70 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.
Line 2
All my fears had gone, and my mind was strung high with expectation.
Line 3
Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.
Line 4
One of the first things I did was to take stock of our armoury.
Line 5
There were five sporting Mausers of a cheap make, one Mauser pistol, a Lee-Speed carbine, and a little nickel-plated revolver.

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.

Mind noun US /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading “All my fears had gone, and my mind was strung high with expectation.”

All words in this reading · 80

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.

A

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From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

about

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From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

All

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From this reading All my fears had gone, and my mind was strung high with expectation.

and

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From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

ARCOLL

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From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

armoury

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From this reading One of the first things I did was to take stock of our armoury.

as

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From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

Berg

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From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

build

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

but

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From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

CAPTAIN

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From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

carbine

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From this reading There were five sporting Mausers of a cheap make, one Mauser pistol, a Lee-Speed carbine, and a little nickel-plated revolver.

cheap

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From this reading There were five sporting Mausers of a cheap make, one Mauser pistol, a Lee-Speed carbine, and a little nickel-plated revolver.

common

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From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

covered

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From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

crossed

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From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

did

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From this reading One of the first things I did was to take stock of our armoury.

enough

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

even

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

From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

expectation

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From this reading All my fears had gone, and my mind was strung high with expectation.

fears

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From this reading All my fears had gone, and my mind was strung high with expectation.

first

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From this reading One of the first things I did was to take stock of our armoury.

Five

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

for

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

froze

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

From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

gone

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From this reading All my fears had gone, and my mind was strung high with expectation.

had

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From this reading All my fears had gone, and my mind was strung high with expectation.

harder

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

From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

heart

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

high

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

From this reading All my fears had gone, and my mind was strung high with expectation.

hope

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

I

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

From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

in

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

From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

It

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From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

Lee-Speed

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

From this reading There were five sporting Mausers of a cheap make, one Mauser pistol, a Lee-Speed carbine, and a little nickel-plated revolver.

light

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

little

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

From this reading There were five sporting Mausers of a cheap make, one Mauser pistol, a Lee-Speed carbine, and a little nickel-plated revolver.

make

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

From this reading There were five sporting Mausers of a cheap make, one Mauser pistol, a Lee-Speed carbine, and a little nickel-plated revolver.

Mauser

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

From this reading There were five sporting Mausers of a cheap make, one Mauser pistol, a Lee-Speed carbine, and a little nickel-plated revolver.

Mausers

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

From this reading There were five sporting Mausers of a cheap make, one Mauser pistol, a Lee-Speed carbine, and a little nickel-plated revolver.

may

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

me

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading All my fears had gone, and my mind was strung high with expectation.

morning

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

From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

my

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

From this reading All my fears had gone, and my mind was strung high with expectation.

next

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

From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

nickel-plated

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

From this reading There were five sporting Mausers of a cheap make, one Mauser pistol, a Lee-Speed carbine, and a little nickel-plated revolver.

night

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

From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

of

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

From this reading One of the first things I did was to take stock of our armoury.

on

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

From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

One

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

From this reading One of the first things I did was to take stock of our armoury.

our

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

From this reading One of the first things I did was to take stock of our armoury.

pencilled

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

pistol

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

From this reading There were five sporting Mausers of a cheap make, one Mauser pistol, a Lee-Speed carbine, and a little nickel-plated revolver.

reasonably

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

revolver

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

From this reading There were five sporting Mausers of a cheap make, one Mauser pistol, a Lee-Speed carbine, and a little nickel-plated revolver.

rime

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

From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

road

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

From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

seem

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

small

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

sporting

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

From this reading There were five sporting Mausers of a cheap make, one Mauser pistol, a Lee-Speed carbine, and a little nickel-plated revolver.

stock

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

From this reading One of the first things I did was to take stock of our armoury.

store

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

strung

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

From this reading All my fears had gone, and my mind was strung high with expectation.

take

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

From this reading One of the first things I did was to take stock of our armoury.

TALE

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

From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

TELLS

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From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

than

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From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

the

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

From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

There

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

From this reading There were five sporting Mausers of a cheap make, one Mauser pistol, a Lee-Speed carbine, and a little nickel-plated revolver.

thing

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

things

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

From this reading One of the first things I did was to take stock of our armoury.

to

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

was

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

From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

went

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

were

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

From this reading There were five sporting Mausers of a cheap make, one Mauser pistol, a Lee-Speed carbine, and a little nickel-plated revolver.

winter

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

From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

with

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

From this reading CAPTAIN ARCOLL TELLS A TALE It froze in the night, harder than was common on the Berg even in winter, and as I crossed the road next morning it was covered with rime.

words

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

work

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

From this reading Five pencilled words may seem a small thing to build hope on, but it was enough for me, and I went about my work in the store with a reasonably light heart.

Chapter 7 of Prester John by John Buchan holds 353 sentences, grouped into 71 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 Prester John contain?

Chapter 7 holds 353 sentences of Prester John, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 7 of Prester John by John Buchan exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 353 sentences, grouped into 71 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 Prester John?

Work through the 71 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 71 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.

Questions about reading Prester John

Common questions about reading Prester John by John Buchan on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Prester John?

Yes. All 4582 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #611 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Prester John is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #611, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Prester John take to read?

About 381 minutes of reading across 917 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Prester John section by section

How to work through Prester John section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 23 chapters of Prester John to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in Prester John

Words and structures a reader meets early in Prester John, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Yesterday
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Prester John; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
First
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Prester John; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Sight
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Prester John; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Little
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Prester John; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.