Chapter 7 of The Longest Journey is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Longest Journey is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“My farm is a mystery to me,” said the lady, stroking her fingers. “Some day you must really take me to see it. It must be like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, with a chorus of agitated employers. How is it that I have escaped? Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?”
Chapter 7 of The Longest Journey is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bullock” — young bull
From this reading “Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?””
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
From this reading “Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?””
plural of “employer” — a person or firm that employs workers
From this reading “It must be like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, with a chorus of agitated employers.”
strip the skin off
From this reading “Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?””
a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
From this reading “Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?””
plural of “pig” — domestic swine
From this reading “Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?””
a light touch with the hands
From this reading ““My farm is a mystery to me,” said the lady, stroking her fingers.”
United States architect known for his steel framed skyscrapers and for coining the phrase “form follows function” (1856-1924)
From this reading “It must be like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, with a chorus of agitated employers.”
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In this reading ““Some day you must really take me to see it.”
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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 farm is a mystery to me,” said the lady, stroking her fingers.
troubled emotionally and usually deeply
From this reading It must be like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, with a chorus of agitated employers.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It must be like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, with a chorus of agitated employers.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It must be like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, with a chorus of agitated employers.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?”
plural of “bullock” — young bull
From this reading Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?”
any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
From this reading It must be like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, with a chorus of agitated employers.
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
From this reading Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “Some day you must really take me to see it.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?”
plural of “employer” — a person or firm that employs workers
From this reading It must be like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, with a chorus of agitated employers.
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading How is it that I have escaped?
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading “My farm is a mystery to me,” said the lady, stroking her fingers.
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading “My farm is a mystery to me,” said the lady, stroking her fingers.
strip the skin off
From this reading Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?”
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading It must be like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, with a chorus of agitated employers.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading How is it that I have escaped?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “My farm is a mystery to me,” said the lady, stroking her fingers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How is it that I have escaped?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading How is it that I have escaped?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “My farm is a mystery to me,” said the lady, stroking her fingers.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Some day you must really take me to see it.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “My farm is a mystery to me,” said the lady, stroking her fingers.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It must be like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, with a chorus of agitated employers.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “My farm is a mystery to me,” said the lady, stroking her fingers.
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Some day you must really take me to see it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My farm is a mystery to me,” said the lady, stroking her fingers.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading “My farm is a mystery to me,” said the lady, stroking her fingers.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It must be like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, with a chorus of agitated employers.
a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
From this reading It must be like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, with a chorus of agitated employers.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?”
a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
From this reading Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?”
plural of “pig” — domestic swine
From this reading Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “Some day you must really take me to see it.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “My farm is a mystery to me,” said the lady, stroking her fingers.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “Some day you must really take me to see it.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Some day you must really take me to see it.
a light touch with the hands
From this reading “My farm is a mystery to me,” said the lady, stroking her fingers.
United States architect known for his steel framed skyscrapers and for coining the phrase “form follows function” (1856-1924)
From this reading It must be like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, with a chorus of agitated employers.
past form of “summon” — call in an official matter, such as to attend court
From this reading Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?”
carry out
From this reading “Some day you must really take me to see it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading How is it that I have escaped?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “My farm is a mystery to me,” said the lady, stroking her fingers.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “My farm is a mystery to me,” said the lady, stroking her fingers.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading It must be like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, with a chorus of agitated employers.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Some day you must really take me to see it.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Why have I never been summoned to milk the cows, or flay the pigs, or drive the young bullocks to the pasture?”
Chapter 7 of The Longest Journey by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster holds 409 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 409 sentences of The Longest Journey, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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