Chapter 7 of The Girl with the Golden Eyes is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Girl with the Golden Eyes is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“That seems to me even more tragical. Do you assassinate, then?” “You travesty words. I execute.” “My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.”
Chapter 7 of The Girl with the Golden Eyes is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
murder; especially of socially prominent persons
From this reading “Do you assassinate, then?””
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading ““My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.””
kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
From this reading “I execute.””
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading ““My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.””
plural of “joke” — a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading ““My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.””
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading ““My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.””
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading ““That seems to me even more tragical.”
a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
From this reading ““You travesty words.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 “My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.”
murder; especially of socially prominent persons
From this reading Do you assassinate, then?”
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading “My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.”
dearly loved
From this reading “My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you assassinate, then?”
divisible by two
From this reading “That seems to me even more tragical.
kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
From this reading I execute.”
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I execute.”
plural of “joke” — a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading “My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “That seems to me even more tragical.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “That seems to me even more tragical.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.”
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading “My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.”
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “That seems to me even more tragical.
lacking brightness or color; dull
From this reading “My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That seems to me even more tragical.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Do you assassinate, then?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “That seems to me even more tragical.
very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
From this reading “That seems to me even more tragical.
a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
From this reading “You travesty words.
precisely as stated
From this reading “My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.”
the words that are spoken
From this reading “You travesty words.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you assassinate, then?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “My dear friend,” said Paul, “your jokes are of a very sombre color this morning.”
Chapter 7 of The Girl with the Golden Eyes by Honoré de Balzac holds 153 sentences, grouped into 31 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 153 sentences of The Girl with the Golden Eyes, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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