Chapter 7 of The blue scarab is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The blue scarab is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Presumably to leave his hands free.” “Yes. And now let us sit down here and consider why he wanted his hands free. Just look around and tell me what you see.” I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.
Chapter 7 of The blue scarab is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 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.
with no effort to conceal
From this reading “I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.”
make an itemized list or catalog of; classify
From this reading “I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.”
deem to be
From this reading “And now let us sit down here and consider why he wanted his hands free.”
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.”
in a hopeless manner
From this reading “I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.”
by reasonable assumption
From this reading ““Presumably to leave his hands free.””
be seated
From this reading “And now let us sit down here and consider why he wanted his hands free.”
the environmental condition
From this reading “I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.”
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.
take a seat
In this reading “And now let us sit down here and consider why he wanted his hands free.”
look about oneself
In this reading “Just look around and tell me what you see.””
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 I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And now let us sit down here and consider why he wanted his hands free.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Just look around and tell me what you see.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.
with no effort to conceal
From this reading I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.
make an itemized list or catalog of; classify
From this reading I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.
deem to be
From this reading And now let us sit down here and consider why he wanted his hands free.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading And now let us sit down here and consider why he wanted his hands free.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading “Presumably to leave his hands free.”
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “Presumably to leave his hands free.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And now let us sit down here and consider why he wanted his hands free.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading And now let us sit down here and consider why he wanted his hands free.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Presumably to leave his hands free.”
in a hopeless manner
From this reading I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.
and nothing more
From this reading Just look around and tell me what you see.”
go away from a place
From this reading “Presumably to leave his hands free.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading And now let us sit down here and consider why he wanted his hands free.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Just look around and tell me what you see.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Just look around and tell me what you see.”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And now let us sit down here and consider why he wanted his hands free.
by reasonable assumption
From this reading “Presumably to leave his hands free.”
on the contrary
From this reading I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Just look around and tell me what you see.”
be seated
From this reading And now let us sit down here and consider why he wanted his hands free.
the environmental condition
From this reading I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.
express in words
From this reading Just look around and tell me what you see.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Presumably to leave his hands free.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And now let us sit down here and consider why he wanted his hands free.
precisely as stated
From this reading I gazed rather hopelessly at the very undistinctive surroundings and began a bald catalogue.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading And now let us sit down here and consider why he wanted his hands free.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Just look around and tell me what you see.”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading And now let us sit down here and consider why he wanted his hands free.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Just look around and tell me what you see.”
Chapter 7 of The blue scarab by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman holds 440 sentences, grouped into 88 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 440 sentences of The blue scarab, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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