Chapter 7 of Stories and Pictures is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Stories and Pictures is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Head downward?" "Isn't that always the way with us? How should it be otherwise?" "I don't know!" "However, that's how it was!
Chapter 7 of Stories and Pictures is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “"Isn't that always the way with us?”
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
From this reading “"Head downward?"”
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading “"Head downward?"”
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading “"However, that's how it was!”
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 other respects or ways
From this reading “How should it be otherwise?"”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “"Isn't that always the way with us?”
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at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading "Isn't that always the way with us?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading How should it be otherwise?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I don't know!"
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
From this reading "Head downward?"
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading "Head downward?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How should it be otherwise?"
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading "However, that's how it was!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't know!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Isn't that always the way with us?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How should it be otherwise?"
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 other respects or ways
From this reading How should it be otherwise?"
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading How should it be otherwise?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Isn't that always the way with us?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "However, that's how it was!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Isn't that always the way with us?
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Isn't that always the way with us?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "However, that's how it was!
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "Isn't that always the way with us?
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Isn't that always the way with us?
Chapter 7 of Stories and Pictures by Isaac Loeb Peretz holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 408 sentences of Stories and Pictures, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Stories and Pictures by Isaac Loeb Peretz exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 7 can be played aloud in United States English.
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