Chapter 7 of Still Jim is here in full — 345 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Still Jim is here in full — 345 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place. They call this work. I have seen time return their every work to the form in which it was created." MUSINGS OF THE ELEPHANT. It was hard to go.
Chapter 7 of Still Jim is here in full — 345 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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without variation or change, in every case
From this reading “THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place.”
past form of “create” — make or cause to be or to become
From this reading “I have seen time return their every work to the form in which it was created."”
an awkward and inexperienced youth
From this reading “THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place.”
five-toed pachyderm
From this reading “MUSINGS OF THE ELEPHANT.”
a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
From this reading “THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place.”
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
From this reading “THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place.”
plural of “musing” — a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
From this reading “MUSINGS OF THE ELEPHANT.”
make a shift in or exchange of
From this reading “THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading They call this work.
without variation or change, in every case
From this reading THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place.
past form of “create” — make or cause to be or to become
From this reading I have seen time return their every work to the form in which it was created."
an awkward and inexperienced youth
From this reading THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place.
five-toed pachyderm
From this reading MUSINGS OF THE ELEPHANT.
a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
From this reading THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading I have seen time return their every work to the form in which it was created."
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading I have seen time return their every work to the form in which it was created."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading It was hard to go.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading It was hard to go.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have seen time return their every work to the form in which it was created."
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
From this reading THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have seen time return their every work to the form in which it was created."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I have seen time return their every work to the form in which it was created."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I have seen time return their every work to the form in which it was created."
plural of “musing” — a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
From this reading MUSINGS OF THE ELEPHANT.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MUSINGS OF THE ELEPHANT.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading I have seen time return their every work to the form in which it was created."
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I have seen time return their every work to the form in which it was created."
make a shift in or exchange of
From this reading THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I have seen time return their every work to the form in which it was created."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They call this work.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading They call this work.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I have seen time return their every work to the form in which it was created."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE CUB ENGINEER "Humans constantly shift sand and rock from place to place.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I have seen time return their every work to the form in which it was created."
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I have seen time return their every work to the form in which it was created."
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading They call this work.
Chapter 7 of Still Jim by Honoré Morrow holds 345 sentences, grouped into 69 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 345 sentences of Still Jim, unabridged, divided into 69 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Still Jim by Honoré Morrow exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 345 sentences, grouped into 69 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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