Chapter 7 of Short Stories for English Courses is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Short Stories for English Courses is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features. "Bill," says I, "there isn't any heart disease in your family, is there?" "No," says Bill, "nothing chronic except malaria and accidents. Why?" "Then you might turn around," says I, "and have a look behind you."
Chapter 7 of Short Stories for English Courses is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “accident” — an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
From this reading “"No," says Bill, "nothing chronic except malaria and accidents.”
processing that involves blowing a gas
From this reading “Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.”
being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
From this reading “"No," says Bill, "nothing chronic except malaria and accidents.”
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading “Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.”
an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
From this reading “"Bill," says I, "there isn't any heart disease in your family, is there?"”
defying expression or description
From this reading “Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.”
an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever
From this reading “"No," says Bill, "nothing chronic except malaria and accidents.”
blowing tobacco smoke out into the air
From this reading “Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
plural of “accident” — an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
From this reading "No," says Bill, "nothing chronic except malaria and accidents.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Bill," says I, "there isn't any heart disease in your family, is there?"
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "Then you might turn around," says I, "and have a look behind you."
at or toward the back of something
From this reading "Then you might turn around," says I, "and have a look behind you."
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
processing that involves blowing a gas
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
From this reading "No," says Bill, "nothing chronic except malaria and accidents.
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
From this reading "Bill," says I, "there isn't any heart disease in your family, is there?"
apart from; not including
From this reading "No," says Bill, "nothing chronic except malaria and accidents.
a social unit living together
From this reading "Bill," says I, "there isn't any heart disease in your family, is there?"
plural of “feature” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Then you might turn around," says I, "and have a look behind you."
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading "Bill," says I, "there isn't any heart disease in your family, is there?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Bill," says I, "there isn't any heart disease in your family, is there?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Bill," says I, "there isn't any heart disease in your family, is there?"
defying expression or description
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Bill," says I, "there isn't any heart disease in your family, is there?"
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever
From this reading "No," says Bill, "nothing chronic except malaria and accidents.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "Then you might turn around," says I, "and have a look behind you."
not any; not one
From this reading "No," says Bill, "nothing chronic except malaria and accidents.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "No," says Bill, "nothing chronic except malaria and accidents.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
blowing tobacco smoke out into the air
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading "Bill," says I, "there isn't any heart disease in your family, is there?"
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then you might turn around," says I, "and have a look behind you."
in or at that place or location
From this reading Bill is puffing and blowing, but there is a look of ineffable peace and growing content on his rose-pink features.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading "Then you might turn around," says I, "and have a look behind you."
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Then you might turn around," says I, "and have a look behind you."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Bill," says I, "there isn't any heart disease in your family, is there?"
Chapter 7 of Short Stories for English Courses by Rosa Mary Redding[Editor] Mikels holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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.
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