Chapter 7 of The Gates Between is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Gates Between is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
At this moment, the broker entered the office. With the "Herald" in my hand, I made haste to meet him. "Brake!" I cried, "Mr. Brake! Thank Heaven, you have come!
Chapter 7 of The Gates Between is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/33 · 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.
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
From this reading “"Brake!"”
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
From this reading “At this moment, the broker entered the office.”
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading “At this moment, the broker entered the office.”
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading “With the "Herald" in my hand, I made haste to meet him.”
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading “Thank Heaven, you have come!”
foreshadow or presage
From this reading “With the "Herald" in my hand, I made haste to meet him.”
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading “At this moment, the broker entered the office.”
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading “Thank Heaven, you have come!”
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 “With the "Herald" in my hand, I made haste to meet him.”
In this reading “At this moment, the broker entered the office.”
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.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At this moment, the broker entered the office.
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
From this reading "Brake!"
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
From this reading At this moment, the broker entered the office.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Thank Heaven, you have come!
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading I cried, "Mr. Brake!
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading At this moment, the broker entered the office.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading With the "Herald" in my hand, I made haste to meet him.
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading With the "Herald" in my hand, I made haste to meet him.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Thank Heaven, you have come!
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading Thank Heaven, you have come!
foreshadow or presage
From this reading With the "Herald" in my hand, I made haste to meet him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading With the "Herald" in my hand, I made haste to meet him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading With the "Herald" in my hand, I made haste to meet him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With the "Herald" in my hand, I made haste to meet him.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading With the "Herald" in my hand, I made haste to meet him.
come together
From this reading With the "Herald" in my hand, I made haste to meet him.
a particular point in time
From this reading At this moment, the broker entered the office.
a form of address for a man
From this reading I cried, "Mr. Brake!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading With the "Herald" in my hand, I made haste to meet him.
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading At this moment, the broker entered the office.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading Thank Heaven, you have come!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At this moment, the broker entered the office.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading At this moment, the broker entered the office.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With the "Herald" in my hand, I made haste to meet him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the "Herald" in my hand, I made haste to meet him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Thank Heaven, you have come!
Chapter 7 of The Gates Between by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps holds 165 sentences, grouped into 33 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 165 sentences of The Gates Between, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Gates Between by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 165 sentences, grouped into 33 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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