Chapter 7 of The Princess Casamassima (Volume 1 of 2) is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Princess Casamassima (Volume 1 of 2) is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She considered him as if he had proposed to her some attaching problem. “Yes, I can see you’re not _le premier venu_. Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?” “I’m just a bookbinder.” “That must be delightful.
Chapter 7 of The Princess Casamassima (Volume 1 of 2) is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
-ing form of “attach” — cause to be attached
From this reading “She considered him as if he had proposed to her some attaching problem.”
a worker whose trade is binding books
From this reading ““I’m just a bookbinder.””
a scientist who specializes in chemistry
From this reading “Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?””
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading ““That must be delightful.”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?””
the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
From this reading ““Yes, I can see you’re not _le premier venu_.”
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
From this reading “She considered him as if he had proposed to her some attaching problem.”
past form of “propose” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “She considered him as if he had proposed to her some attaching problem.”
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.
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 Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She considered him as if he had proposed to her some attaching problem.
-ing form of “attach” — cause to be attached
From this reading She considered him as if he had proposed to her some attaching problem.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “That must be delightful.
a worker whose trade is binding books
From this reading “I’m just a bookbinder.”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Yes, I can see you’re not _le premier venu_.
a scientist who specializes in chemistry
From this reading Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?”
carefully weighed
From this reading She considered him as if he had proposed to her some attaching problem.
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading “That must be delightful.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She considered him as if he had proposed to her some attaching problem.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She considered him as if he had proposed to her some attaching problem.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She considered him as if he had proposed to her some attaching problem.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She considered him as if he had proposed to her some attaching problem.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Yes, I can see you’re not _le premier venu_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m just a bookbinder.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She considered him as if he had proposed to her some attaching problem.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?”
and nothing more
From this reading “I’m just a bookbinder.”
a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading “Yes, I can see you’re not _le premier venu_.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “That must be delightful.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Yes, I can see you’re not _le premier venu_.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?”
the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
From this reading “Yes, I can see you’re not _le premier venu_.
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
From this reading She considered him as if he had proposed to her some attaching problem.
past form of “propose” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading She considered him as if he had proposed to her some attaching problem.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “Yes, I can see you’re not _le premier venu_.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She considered him as if he had proposed to her some attaching problem.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading She considered him as if he had proposed to her some attaching problem.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That must be delightful.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She considered him as if he had proposed to her some attaching problem.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes, I can see you’re not _le premier venu_.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?”
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, I can see you’re not _le premier venu_.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes, I can see you’re not _le premier venu_.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Now your friend, of whom you were speaking, is a chemist; and you yourself—what’s your occupation?”
Chapter 7 of The Princess Casamassima (Volume 1 of 2) by Henry James holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
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