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The Beasts of Tarzan

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of The Beasts of Tarzan is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Edgar Rice Burroughs • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

“What is it?” he whispered.

“It is Bwana Tarzan and his people,” replied Mugambi.

“But what they are doing I know not, unless it be that they are devouring your people who ran away.”

Kaviri shuddered and rolled his eyes fearfully toward the jungle.

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The Beasts of Tarzan

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of The Beasts of Tarzan is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

Line 2

“What is it?” he whispered.

Line 3

“It is Bwana Tarzan and his people,” replied Mugambi.

Line 4

“But what they are doing I know not, unless it be that they are devouring your people who ran away.”

Line 5

Kaviri shuddered and rolled his eyes fearfully toward the jungle.

All words in this reading · 51

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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alarm

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

and

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

another

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

are

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From this reading “But what they are doing I know not, unless it be that they are devouring your people who ran away.”

at

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

away

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From this reading “But what they are doing I know not, unless it be that they are devouring your people who ran away.”

be

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From this reading “But what they are doing I know not, unless it be that they are devouring your people who ran away.”

before

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

Betrayed

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

But

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From this reading “But what they are doing I know not, unless it be that they are devouring your people who ran away.”

Bwana

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From this reading “It is Bwana Tarzan and his people,” replied Mugambi.

devouring

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From this reading “But what they are doing I know not, unless it be that they are devouring your people who ran away.”

doing

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From this reading “But what they are doing I know not, unless it be that they are devouring your people who ran away.”

entrance

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

eyes

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From this reading Kaviri shuddered and rolled his eyes fearfully toward the jungle.

fearfully

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From this reading Kaviri shuddered and rolled his eyes fearfully toward the jungle.

he

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From this reading “What is it?” he whispered.

his

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From this reading “It is Bwana Tarzan and his people,” replied Mugambi.

hut

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

I

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From this reading “But what they are doing I know not, unless it be that they are devouring your people who ran away.”

ill-concealed

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

is

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From this reading “What is it?” he whispered.

it

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From this reading “What is it?” he whispered.

jungle

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From this reading Kaviri shuddered and rolled his eyes fearfully toward the jungle.

Kaviri

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

Kaviri's

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

know

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From this reading “But what they are doing I know not, unless it be that they are devouring your people who ran away.”

looked

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

Mugambi

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

not

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From this reading “But what they are doing I know not, unless it be that they are devouring your people who ran away.”

one

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

people

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From this reading “It is Bwana Tarzan and his people,” replied Mugambi.

ran

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From this reading “But what they are doing I know not, unless it be that they are devouring your people who ran away.”

replied

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From this reading “It is Bwana Tarzan and his people,” replied Mugambi.

rolled

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From this reading Kaviri shuddered and rolled his eyes fearfully toward the jungle.

savages

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

shuddered

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From this reading Kaviri shuddered and rolled his eyes fearfully toward the jungle.

squatting

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

Tarzan

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From this reading “It is Bwana Tarzan and his people,” replied Mugambi.

that

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From this reading “But what they are doing I know not, unless it be that they are devouring your people who ran away.”

The

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

they

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “But what they are doing I know not, unless it be that they are devouring your people who ran away.”

to

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

toward

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Kaviri shuddered and rolled his eyes fearfully toward the jungle.

two

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From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

unless

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From this reading “But what they are doing I know not, unless it be that they are devouring your people who ran away.”

What

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From this reading “What is it?” he whispered.

whispered

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From this reading “What is it?” he whispered.

who

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From this reading “But what they are doing I know not, unless it be that they are devouring your people who ran away.”

with

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Betrayed The two savages, Kaviri and Mugambi, squatting before the entrance to Kaviri’s hut, looked at one another—Kaviri with ill-concealed alarm.

your

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “But what they are doing I know not, unless it be that they are devouring your people who ran away.”

Chapter 7 of The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs holds 123 sentences, grouped into 25 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 7 of The Beasts of Tarzan contain?

Chapter 7 holds 123 sentences of The Beasts of Tarzan, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 7 of The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 123 sentences, grouped into 25 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.

How do I study chapter 7 of The Beasts of Tarzan?

Work through the 25 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 25 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.

Can chapter 7 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 7 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Yes. All 2660 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #85 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #85, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Beasts of Tarzan take to read?

About 221 minutes of reading across 532 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Beasts of Tarzan

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Beasts of Tarzan, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Entire: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Beasts of Tarzan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Affair: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Beasts of Tarzan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Shrouded: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Beasts of Tarzan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Mystery: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Beasts of Tarzan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.