Chapter 7 of The Rover is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Rover is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Come, grandfather!” He tried to push the mug across the table and upset it. “Come! Let us finish what’s in that tiny bottle of yours.” “No,” said Peyrol, drawing the demijohn to his side of the table and putting the cork in.
Chapter 7 of The Rover is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 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.
a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading “Let us finish what’s in that tiny bottle of yours.””
outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
From this reading ““No,” said Peyrol, drawing the demijohn to his side of the table and putting the cork in.”
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading “Let us finish what’s in that tiny bottle of yours.””
the father of your father or mother
From this reading ““Come, grandfather!””
the quantity that can be held in a mug
From this reading “He tried to push the mug across the table and upset it.”
move with force
From this reading “He tried to push the mug across the table and upset it.”
very small
From this reading “Let us finish what’s in that tiny bottle of yours.””
disturb the balance or stability of
From this reading “He tried to push the mug across the table and upset it.”
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 “He tried to push the mug across the table and upset it.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading He tried to push the mug across the table and upset it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He tried to push the mug across the table and upset it.
a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading Let us finish what’s in that tiny bottle of yours.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come, grandfather!”
outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
From this reading “No,” said Peyrol, drawing the demijohn to his side of the table and putting the cork in.
large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork
From this reading “No,” said Peyrol, drawing the demijohn to his side of the table and putting the cork in.
an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading “No,” said Peyrol, drawing the demijohn to his side of the table and putting the cork in.
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading Let us finish what’s in that tiny bottle of yours.”
the father of your father or mother
From this reading “Come, grandfather!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He tried to push the mug across the table and upset it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “No,” said Peyrol, drawing the demijohn to his side of the table and putting the cork in.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Let us finish what’s in that tiny bottle of yours.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He tried to push the mug across the table and upset it.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let us finish what’s in that tiny bottle of yours.”
the quantity that can be held in a mug
From this reading He tried to push the mug across the table and upset it.
not any; not one
From this reading “No,” said Peyrol, drawing the demijohn to his side of the table and putting the cork in.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Let us finish what’s in that tiny bottle of yours.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No,” said Peyrol, drawing the demijohn to his side of the table and putting the cork in.
move with force
From this reading He tried to push the mug across the table and upset it.
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading “No,” said Peyrol, drawing the demijohn to his side of the table and putting the cork in.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “No,” said Peyrol, drawing the demijohn to his side of the table and putting the cork in.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “No,” said Peyrol, drawing the demijohn to his side of the table and putting the cork in.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading He tried to push the mug across the table and upset it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Let us finish what’s in that tiny bottle of yours.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He tried to push the mug across the table and upset it.
very small
From this reading Let us finish what’s in that tiny bottle of yours.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He tried to push the mug across the table and upset it.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading He tried to push the mug across the table and upset it.
disturb the balance or stability of
From this reading He tried to push the mug across the table and upset it.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let us finish what’s in that tiny bottle of yours.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let us finish what’s in that tiny bottle of yours.”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading Let us finish what’s in that tiny bottle of yours.”
Chapter 7 of The Rover by Joseph Conrad holds 439 sentences, grouped into 88 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 439 sentences of The Rover, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Rover by Joseph Conrad exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 439 sentences, grouped into 88 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 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 88 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.
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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