Chapter 7 of Simon is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Simon is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Younger branch, I presume." "Poorer but not younger. He is said to be the head of the family." "Really!" exclaimed Mr. Carrington, and this information seemed to have set him thinking again. "He is the head of the family, and I hear he took up the case with some energy."
Chapter 7 of Simon is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading “"Younger branch, I presume."”
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
From this reading “"He is the head of the family, and I hear he took up the case with some energy."”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “"Really!" exclaimed Mr. Carrington, and this information seemed to have set him thinking again.”
a message received and understood
From this reading “"Really!" exclaimed Mr. Carrington, and this information seemed to have set him thinking again.”
comparative of “poor” — deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “"Poorer but not younger.”
take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
From this reading “"Younger branch, I presume."”
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading “"Really!" exclaimed Mr. Carrington, and this information seemed to have set him thinking again.”
used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father
From this reading “"Younger branch, I presume."”
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 “"Younger branch, I presume."”
pursue or resume
In this reading “"He is the head of the family, and I hear he took up the case with some energy."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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anew
From this reading "Really!" exclaimed Mr. Carrington, and this information seemed to have set him thinking again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Really!" exclaimed Mr. Carrington, and this information seemed to have set him thinking again.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He is said to be the head of the family."
a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading "Younger branch, I presume."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Poorer but not younger.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Really!" exclaimed Mr. Carrington, and this information seemed to have set him thinking again.
an occurrence of something
From this reading "He is the head of the family, and I hear he took up the case with some energy."
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
From this reading "He is the head of the family, and I hear he took up the case with some energy."
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading "Really!" exclaimed Mr. Carrington, and this information seemed to have set him thinking again.
a social unit living together
From this reading He is said to be the head of the family."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Really!" exclaimed Mr. Carrington, and this information seemed to have set him thinking again.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He is said to be the head of the family."
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading He is said to be the head of the family."
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "He is the head of the family, and I hear he took up the case with some energy."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Really!" exclaimed Mr. Carrington, and this information seemed to have set him thinking again.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Younger branch, I presume."
a message received and understood
From this reading "Really!" exclaimed Mr. Carrington, and this information seemed to have set him thinking again.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He is said to be the head of the family."
a form of address for a man
From this reading "Really!" exclaimed Mr. Carrington, and this information seemed to have set him thinking again.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Poorer but not younger.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He is said to be the head of the family."
comparative of “poor” — deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "Poorer but not younger.
take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
From this reading "Younger branch, I presume."
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "Really!" exclaimed Mr. Carrington, and this information seemed to have set him thinking again.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading He is said to be the head of the family."
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "Really!" exclaimed Mr. Carrington, and this information seemed to have set him thinking again.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "Really!" exclaimed Mr. Carrington, and this information seemed to have set him thinking again.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "He is the head of the family, and I hear he took up the case with some energy."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He is said to be the head of the family."
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading "Really!" exclaimed Mr. Carrington, and this information seemed to have set him thinking again.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Really!" exclaimed Mr. Carrington, and this information seemed to have set him thinking again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He is said to be the head of the family."
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading "He is the head of the family, and I hear he took up the case with some energy."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "He is the head of the family, and I hear he took up the case with some energy."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "He is the head of the family, and I hear he took up the case with some energy."
used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father
From this reading "Younger branch, I presume."
Chapter 7 of Simon by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston holds 420 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.
Chapter 7 holds 420 sentences of Simon, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Simon by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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.
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