Chapter 7 of The sea mystery is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The sea mystery is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Then you have been fairly intimate with your cousin? Have you often seen this mark?” “Seen it? Scores of times. We were boys together and I have noticed it again and again.
Chapter 7 of The sea mystery is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 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.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “We were boys together and I have noticed it again and again.”
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading ““Then you have been fairly intimate with your cousin?”
to certain extent or degree
From this reading ““Then you have been fairly intimate with your cousin?”
marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
From this reading ““Then you have been fairly intimate with your cousin?”
attach a tag or label to
From this reading “Have you often seen this mark?””
being perceived or observed
From this reading “We were boys together and I have noticed it again and again.”
a large number or amount
From this reading “Scores of times.”
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading “Scores of times.”
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.
anew
From this reading We were boys together and I have noticed it again and again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We were boys together and I have noticed it again and again.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Then you have been fairly intimate with your cousin?
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading We were boys together and I have noticed it again and again.
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading “Then you have been fairly intimate with your cousin?
to certain extent or degree
From this reading “Then you have been fairly intimate with your cousin?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Then you have been fairly intimate with your cousin?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading We were boys together and I have noticed it again and again.
marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
From this reading “Then you have been fairly intimate with your cousin?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Seen it?
attach a tag or label to
From this reading Have you often seen this mark?”
being perceived or observed
From this reading We were boys together and I have noticed it again and again.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Scores of times.
many times at short intervals
From this reading Have you often seen this mark?”
a large number or amount
From this reading Scores of times.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Have you often seen this mark?”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Then you have been fairly intimate with your cousin?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Have you often seen this mark?”
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading Scores of times.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading We were boys together and I have noticed it again and again.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were boys together and I have noticed it again and again.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were boys together and I have noticed it again and again.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Then you have been fairly intimate with your cousin?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Then you have been fairly intimate with your cousin?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Then you have been fairly intimate with your cousin?
Chapter 7 of The sea mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts holds 408 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 408 sentences of The sea mystery, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The sea mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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