Chapter 7 of The Haven Children is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Haven Children is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“How the heart of childhood dances, Upon a sunny day! It has its own romances, And a wide, wild world have they!” “Hallo! Charlie boy. Come along, here’s all kinds of fun.
Chapter 7 of The Haven Children is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/16 · 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.
the time of person's life when they are a child
From this reading ““How the heart of childhood dances, Upon a sunny day!”
plural of “dance” — an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading ““How the heart of childhood dances, Upon a sunny day!”
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading “Come along, here’s all kinds of fun.”
plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “Come along, here’s all kinds of fun.”
plural of “romance” — a relationship between two lovers
From this reading “It has its own romances, And a wide, wild world have they!””
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading ““How the heart of childhood dances, Upon a sunny day!”
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading “It has its own romances, And a wide, wild world have they!””
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading “It has its own romances, And a wide, wild world have they!””
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 ““How the heart of childhood dances, Upon a sunny day!”
come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
In this reading “Come along, here’s all kinds of fun.”
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 “How the heart of childhood dances, Upon a sunny day!
(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 Come along, here’s all kinds of fun.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Come along, here’s all kinds of fun.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It has its own romances, And a wide, wild world have they!”
a youthful male person
From this reading Charlie boy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Charlie boy.
the time of person's life when they are a child
From this reading “How the heart of childhood dances, Upon a sunny day!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come along, here’s all kinds of fun.
plural of “dance” — an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading “How the heart of childhood dances, Upon a sunny day!
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “How the heart of childhood dances, Upon a sunny day!
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading Come along, here’s all kinds of fun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hallo!
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It has its own romances, And a wide, wild world have they!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It has its own romances, And a wide, wild world have they!”
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “How the heart of childhood dances, Upon a sunny day!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come along, here’s all kinds of fun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How the heart of childhood dances, Upon a sunny day!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It has its own romances, And a wide, wild world have they!”
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It has its own romances, And a wide, wild world have they!”
plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading Come along, here’s all kinds of fun.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “How the heart of childhood dances, Upon a sunny day!
have ownership or possession of
From this reading It has its own romances, And a wide, wild world have they!”
plural of “romance” — a relationship between two lovers
From this reading It has its own romances, And a wide, wild world have they!”
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading “How the heart of childhood dances, Upon a sunny day!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “How the heart of childhood dances, Upon a sunny day!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It has its own romances, And a wide, wild world have they!”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “How the heart of childhood dances, Upon a sunny day!
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading It has its own romances, And a wide, wild world have they!”
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading It has its own romances, And a wide, wild world have they!”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading It has its own romances, And a wide, wild world have they!”
Chapter 7 of The Haven Children by Emilie Foster holds 84 sentences, grouped into 17 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 84 sentences of The Haven Children, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Haven Children by Emilie Foster exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 84 sentences, grouped into 17 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 17 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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About 103 minutes of reading across 249 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Haven Children, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
