Chapter 7 of The Coming of the White Men is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Coming of the White Men is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HENRY HUDSON "Listen! That is thunder, Uncle Sam. I'm afraid we are going to have a storm. I wish I had covers to my ears so I couldn't hear that dreadful rumbling." "Nonsense, Lucy.
Chapter 7 of The Coming of the White Men is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “cover” — a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
From this reading “I wish I had covers to my ears so I couldn't hear that dreadful rumbling."”
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “I wish I had covers to my ears so I couldn't hear that dreadful rumbling."”
a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century
From this reading “HENRY HUDSON "Listen!”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “"Nonsense, Lucy.”
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading “"Nonsense, Lucy.”
a loud low dull continuous noise
From this reading “I wish I had covers to my ears so I couldn't hear that dreadful rumbling."”
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “That is thunder, Uncle Sam.”
move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading “That is thunder, Uncle Sam.”
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 I'm afraid we are going to have a storm.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading I'm afraid we are going to have a storm.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I'm afraid we are going to have a storm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I wish I had covers to my ears so I couldn't hear that dreadful rumbling."
plural of “cover” — a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
From this reading I wish I had covers to my ears so I couldn't hear that dreadful rumbling."
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading I wish I had covers to my ears so I couldn't hear that dreadful rumbling."
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading I wish I had covers to my ears so I couldn't hear that dreadful rumbling."
the act of departing
From this reading I'm afraid we are going to have a storm.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I wish I had covers to my ears so I couldn't hear that dreadful rumbling."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I'm afraid we are going to have a storm.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading I wish I had covers to my ears so I couldn't hear that dreadful rumbling."
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading HENRY HUDSON "Listen!
a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century
From this reading HENRY HUDSON "Listen!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wish I had covers to my ears so I couldn't hear that dreadful rumbling."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm afraid we are going to have a storm.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is thunder, Uncle Sam.
hear with intention
From this reading HENRY HUDSON "Listen!
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading "Nonsense, Lucy.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I wish I had covers to my ears so I couldn't hear that dreadful rumbling."
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading "Nonsense, Lucy.
a loud low dull continuous noise
From this reading I wish I had covers to my ears so I couldn't hear that dreadful rumbling."
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading That is thunder, Uncle Sam.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I wish I had covers to my ears so I couldn't hear that dreadful rumbling."
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading I'm afraid we are going to have a storm.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is thunder, Uncle Sam.
move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading That is thunder, Uncle Sam.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I'm afraid we are going to have a storm.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading That is thunder, Uncle Sam.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I'm afraid we are going to have a storm.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading I wish I had covers to my ears so I couldn't hear that dreadful rumbling."
Chapter 7 of The Coming of the White Men by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade holds 201 sentences, grouped into 41 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 201 sentences of The Coming of the White Men, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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