Chapter 7 of The Scarecrow, and Other Stories is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Scarecrow, and Other Stories is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The woman crossed slowly into the next room. For a second she stood beside the table, and then she walked over to the window. Outside the street was dark. No light trickled through the blinds of the house opposite. No light reached its brilliant electric flare into the sky.
Chapter 7 of The Scarecrow, and Other Stories is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 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.
plural of “blind” — people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading “No light trickled through the blinds of the house opposite.”
of surpassing excellence
From this reading “No light reached its brilliant electric flare into the sky.”
placed crosswise
From this reading “The woman crossed slowly into the next room.”
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
From this reading “No light reached its brilliant electric flare into the sky.”
a shape that spreads outward
From this reading “No light reached its brilliant electric flare into the sky.”
being directly across from each other; facing
From this reading “No light trickled through the blinds of the house opposite.”
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading “No light reached its brilliant electric flare into the sky.”
past form of “trickle” — run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
From this reading “No light trickled through the blinds of the house opposite.”
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 “For a second she stood beside the table, and then she walked over to the window.”
In this reading “No light trickled through the blinds of the house opposite.”
In this reading “The woman crossed slowly into the next room.”
In this reading “For a second she stood beside the table, and then she walked over to the window.”
In this reading “No light reached its brilliant electric flare into the sky.”
In this reading “For a second she stood beside the table, and then she walked over to the window.”
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 For a second she stood beside the table, and then she walked over to the window.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For a second she stood beside the table, and then she walked over to the window.
next to; at the side of
From this reading For a second she stood beside the table, and then she walked over to the window.
plural of “blind” — people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading No light trickled through the blinds of the house opposite.
of surpassing excellence
From this reading No light reached its brilliant electric flare into the sky.
placed crosswise
From this reading The woman crossed slowly into the next room.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Outside the street was dark.
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
From this reading No light reached its brilliant electric flare into the sky.
a shape that spreads outward
From this reading No light reached its brilliant electric flare into the sky.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a second she stood beside the table, and then she walked over to the window.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading No light trickled through the blinds of the house opposite.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The woman crossed slowly into the next room.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading No light reached its brilliant electric flare into the sky.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading No light trickled through the blinds of the house opposite.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The woman crossed slowly into the next room.
not any; not one
From this reading No light trickled through the blinds of the house opposite.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading No light trickled through the blinds of the house opposite.
being directly across from each other; facing
From this reading No light trickled through the blinds of the house opposite.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading Outside the street was dark.
above and across; more than
From this reading For a second she stood beside the table, and then she walked over to the window.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading No light reached its brilliant electric flare into the sky.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The woman crossed slowly into the next room.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading For a second she stood beside the table, and then she walked over to the window.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For a second she stood beside the table, and then she walked over to the window.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading No light reached its brilliant electric flare into the sky.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading The woman crossed slowly into the next room.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading For a second she stood beside the table, and then she walked over to the window.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading Outside the street was dark.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading For a second she stood beside the table, and then she walked over to the window.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The woman crossed slowly into the next room.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading For a second she stood beside the table, and then she walked over to the window.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading No light trickled through the blinds of the house opposite.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For a second she stood beside the table, and then she walked over to the window.
past form of “trickle” — run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
From this reading No light trickled through the blinds of the house opposite.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading For a second she stood beside the table, and then she walked over to the window.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Outside the street was dark.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading For a second she stood beside the table, and then she walked over to the window.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The woman crossed slowly into the next room.
Chapter 7 of The Scarecrow, and Other Stories by G. Ranger (Gwendolyn Ranger) Wormser holds 432 sentences, grouped into 87 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 432 sentences of The Scarecrow, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Scarecrow, and Other Stories by G. Ranger (Gwendolyn Ranger) Wormser exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 432 sentences, grouped into 87 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 87 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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