Chapter 5 of The seven stairs is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The seven stairs is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Sorry, baby, the answer is no. Not for any money in the world.” “Well, how are you financially?” “Ach, you know. Same damn thing.
Chapter 5 of The seven stairs is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 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.
react verbally
From this reading ““Sorry, baby, the answer is no.”
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading ““Sorry, baby, the answer is no.”
used as expletives
From this reading “Same damn thing.”
from a financial point of view
From this reading ““Well, how are you financially?””
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “Not for any money in the world.””
Identical; not different.
From this reading “Same damn thing.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading ““Sorry, baby, the answer is no.”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading “Not for any money in the world.””
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 “Same damn thing.”
In this reading “Not for any money in the world.””
In this reading “Not for any money in the world.””
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From this reading “Ach, you know.
react verbally
From this reading “Sorry, baby, the answer is no.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Not for any money in the world.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Well, how are you financially?”
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “Sorry, baby, the answer is no.
used as expletives
From this reading Same damn thing.
from a financial point of view
From this reading “Well, how are you financially?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Not for any money in the world.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, how are you financially?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Not for any money in the world.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Sorry, baby, the answer is no.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “Ach, you know.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading Not for any money in the world.”
not any; not one
From this reading “Sorry, baby, the answer is no.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not for any money in the world.”
Identical; not different.
From this reading Same damn thing.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “Sorry, baby, the answer is no.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Sorry, baby, the answer is no.
a special situation
From this reading Same damn thing.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, how are you financially?”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Not for any money in the world.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Well, how are you financially?”
Chapter 5 of The seven stairs by Stuart Brent holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 5 holds 429 sentences of The seven stairs, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The seven stairs by Stuart Brent exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 281 minutes of reading across 676 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The seven stairs section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The seven stairs, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
