Chapter 7 of The Girl on the Boat is here in full — 368 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Girl on the Boat is here in full — 368 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SUNDERED HEARTS There was a tap at the door. Sam sat up dizzily. He had lost all count of time. “Who’s that?” “I have a note for you, sir.”
Chapter 7 of The Girl on the Boat is here in full — 368 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/73 · 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.
determine the number or amount of
From this reading “He had lost all count of time.”
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading “SUNDERED HEARTS There was a tap at the door.”
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading “SUNDERED HEARTS There was a tap at the door.”
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading “He had lost all count of time.”
a brief written record
From this reading ““I have a note for you, sir.””
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “Sam sat up dizzily.”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “Sam sat up dizzily.”
cut a female screw thread with a tap
From this reading “SUNDERED HEARTS There was a tap at the door.”
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 SUNDERED HEARTS There was a tap at the door.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading He had lost all count of time.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading SUNDERED HEARTS There was a tap at the door.
determine the number or amount of
From this reading He had lost all count of time.
in a giddy light-headed manner
From this reading Sam sat up dizzily.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading SUNDERED HEARTS There was a tap at the door.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I have a note for you, sir.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had lost all count of time.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have a note for you, sir.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had lost all count of time.
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading SUNDERED HEARTS There was a tap at the door.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I have a note for you, sir.”
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading He had lost all count of time.
a brief written record
From this reading “I have a note for you, sir.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had lost all count of time.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading Sam sat up dizzily.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Sam sat up dizzily.
term of address for a man
From this reading “I have a note for you, sir.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SUNDERED HEARTS There was a tap at the door.
cut a female screw thread with a tap
From this reading SUNDERED HEARTS There was a tap at the door.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Who’s that?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SUNDERED HEARTS There was a tap at the door.
in or at that place or location
From this reading SUNDERED HEARTS There was a tap at the door.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading He had lost all count of time.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Sam sat up dizzily.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SUNDERED HEARTS There was a tap at the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Who’s that?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I have a note for you, sir.”
Chapter 7 of The Girl on the Boat by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse holds 368 sentences, grouped into 74 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 368 sentences of The Girl on the Boat, unabridged, divided into 74 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Girl on the Boat by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 368 sentences, grouped into 74 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 74 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 74 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 7 can be played aloud in United States English.
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