Chapter 7 of The Americans is here in full — 373 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Americans is here in full — 373 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HARRY EGERTON. Give him his price and let him go his way---- EGERTON. (_Calling toward the room_) A misunderstanding. HARRY EGERTON. And let me run the mill.
Chapter 7 of The Americans is here in full — 373 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/74 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the particular occupation for which you are trained
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “HARRY EGERTON.”
move about in a confused manner
From this reading “And let me run the mill.”
putting the wrong interpretation on
From this reading “(_Calling toward the room_) A misunderstanding.”
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading “Give him his price and let him go his way---- EGERTON.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “And let me run the mill.”
in the direction of
From this reading “(_Calling toward the room_) A misunderstanding.”
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.
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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 (_Calling toward the room_) A misunderstanding.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Give him his price and let him go his way---- EGERTON.
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading (_Calling toward the room_) A misunderstanding.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HARRY EGERTON.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Give him his price and let him go his way---- EGERTON.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Give him his price and let him go his way---- EGERTON.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading HARRY EGERTON.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Give him his price and let him go his way---- EGERTON.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Give him his price and let him go his way---- EGERTON.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Give him his price and let him go his way---- EGERTON.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And let me run the mill.
move about in a confused manner
From this reading And let me run the mill.
putting the wrong interpretation on
From this reading (_Calling toward the room_) A misunderstanding.
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading Give him his price and let him go his way---- EGERTON.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading (_Calling toward the room_) A misunderstanding.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading And let me run the mill.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading (_Calling toward the room_) A misunderstanding.
in the direction of
From this reading (_Calling toward the room_) A misunderstanding.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Give him his price and let him go his way---- EGERTON.
Chapter 7 of The Americans by Edwin Davies Schoonmaker holds 373 sentences, grouped into 75 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 373 sentences of The Americans, unabridged, divided into 75 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Americans by Edwin Davies Schoonmaker exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 373 sentences, grouped into 75 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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