Chapter 7 of The Five Arrows is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Five Arrows is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Enough. Let's have a quick lunch somewhere." "Souza is changing your room tonight. He is also changing the rooms of four other guests. They have no water either."
Chapter 7 of The Five Arrows is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
marked by continuous change or effective action
From this reading “"Souza is changing your room tonight.”
one or the other of two
From this reading “They have no water either."”
plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading “He is also changing the rooms of four other guests.”
take the midday meal
From this reading “Let's have a quick lunch somewhere."”
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “Let's have a quick lunch somewhere."”
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading “He is also changing the rooms of four other guests.”
in or at or to some place
From this reading “Let's have a quick lunch somewhere."”
On the present night.
From this reading “"Souza is changing your room tonight.”
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.
In this reading “He is also changing the rooms of four other guests.”
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 Let's have a quick lunch somewhere."
in addition
From this reading He is also changing the rooms of four other guests.
marked by continuous change or effective action
From this reading "Souza is changing your room tonight.
one or the other of two
From this reading They have no water either."
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading "Enough.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading He is also changing the rooms of four other guests.
plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading He is also changing the rooms of four other guests.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Let's have a quick lunch somewhere."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He is also changing the rooms of four other guests.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Souza is changing your room tonight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let's have a quick lunch somewhere."
take the midday meal
From this reading Let's have a quick lunch somewhere."
not any; not one
From this reading They have no water either."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He is also changing the rooms of four other guests.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading He is also changing the rooms of four other guests.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading Let's have a quick lunch somewhere."
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading "Souza is changing your room tonight.
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
From this reading He is also changing the rooms of four other guests.
in or at or to some place
From this reading Let's have a quick lunch somewhere."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Souza is changing your room tonight.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He is also changing the rooms of four other guests.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They have no water either."
On the present night.
From this reading "Souza is changing your room tonight.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading They have no water either."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Souza is changing your room tonight.
Chapter 7 of The Five Arrows by Allan Chase holds 410 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 410 sentences of The Five Arrows, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Five Arrows by Allan Chase exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 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.
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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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