Chapter 7 of Septimus is here in full — 334 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Septimus is here in full — 334 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door. Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair. "I don't know. Which would you advise?" "What?" bawled Wiggleswick.
Chapter 7 of Septimus is here in full — 334 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give advice to
From this reading “Which would you advise?"”
a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)
From this reading “"Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.”
past form of “bawl” — shout loudly and without restraint
From this reading “"What?" bawled Wiggleswick.”
a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
From this reading “Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.”
in an anxiously nervous manner
From this reading “Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.”
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading “"Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.”
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
From this reading “Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.”
not neat and tidy
From this reading “"Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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give advice to
From this reading Which would you advise?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
past form of “bawl” — shout loudly and without restraint
From this reading "What?" bawled Wiggleswick.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I don't know.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
the act of departing
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't know.
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
From this reading Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "I don't know.
in an anxiously nervous manner
From this reading Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
From this reading Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Septimus ran his ivory rule nervously through his hair.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
not neat and tidy
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What?" bawled Wiggleswick.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Which would you advise?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Which would you advise?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Are you going to have your bath first, or your breakfast?" asked Wiggleswick, putting his untidy gray head inside the sitting-room door.
Chapter 7 of Septimus by William John Locke holds 334 sentences, grouped into 67 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 334 sentences of Septimus, unabridged, divided into 67 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Septimus by William John Locke exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 334 sentences, grouped into 67 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 67 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Septimus, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
