Chapter 7 of Sleeping Fires: a Novel is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Sleeping Fires: a Novel is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Well, what shall you do? Throw me into the street? I wish that you would." "No, I shall try to cure you again." "And have a wife that your friends will cut dead?
Chapter 7 of Sleeping Fires: a Novel is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 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.
provide a cure for, make healthy again
From this reading “"No, I shall try to cure you again."”
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading “"And have a wife that your friends will cut dead?”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “"And have a wife that your friends will cut dead?”
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “"And have a wife that your friends will cut dead?”
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading “Throw me into the street?”
propel through the air
From this reading “Throw me into the street?”
make an effort or attempt
From this reading “"No, I shall try to cure you again."”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “I wish that you would."”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "And have a wife that your friends will cut dead?
anew
From this reading "No, I shall try to cure you again."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And have a wife that your friends will cut dead?
provide a cure for, make healthy again
From this reading "No, I shall try to cure you again."
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading "And have a wife that your friends will cut dead?
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading "And have a wife that your friends will cut dead?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Well, what shall you do?
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "And have a wife that your friends will cut dead?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "And have a wife that your friends will cut dead?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wish that you would."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Throw me into the street?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Throw me into the street?
not any; not one
From this reading "No, I shall try to cure you again."
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Well, what shall you do?
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading Throw me into the street?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I wish that you would."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Throw me into the street?
propel through the air
From this reading Throw me into the street?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "No, I shall try to cure you again."
make an effort or attempt
From this reading "No, I shall try to cure you again."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, what shall you do?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Well, what shall you do?
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading "And have a wife that your friends will cut dead?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "And have a wife that your friends will cut dead?
hope for; have a wish
From this reading I wish that you would."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I wish that you would."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well, what shall you do?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And have a wife that your friends will cut dead?
Chapter 7 of Sleeping Fires: a Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 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.
Chapter 7 holds 417 sentences of Sleeping Fires: a Novel, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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