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The Stark Munro Letters Being series of

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of The Stark Munro Letters Being series of is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Arthur Conan Doyle • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Being series of

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I said that the patients were very homely.

Any one who is over-starched might well come here to be unstiffened.

I confess that I did not quite fall in with it at once.

When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

But soon one falls into the humour of it.

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The Stark Munro Letters Being series of

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of The Stark Munro Letters Being series of is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

I said that the patients were very homely.

Line 2

Any one who is over-starched might well come here to be unstiffened.

Line 3

I confess that I did not quite fall in with it at once.

Line 4

When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

Line 5

But soon one falls into the humour of it.

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a

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

and

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

Any

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From this reading Any one who is over-starched might well come here to be unstiffened.

arm

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

asked

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

at

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From this reading I confess that I did not quite fall in with it at once.

be

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From this reading Any one who is over-starched might well come here to be unstiffened.

bottle

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

But

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From this reading But soon one falls into the humour of it.

came

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

club

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

come

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From this reading Any one who is over-starched might well come here to be unstiffened.

confess

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From this reading I confess that I did not quite fall in with it at once.

did

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From this reading I confess that I did not quite fall in with it at once.

doctor's

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

fall

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From this reading I confess that I did not quite fall in with it at once.

falls

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From this reading But soon one falls into the humour of it.

first

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

groom

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

here

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From this reading Any one who is over-starched might well come here to be unstiffened.

him

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

his

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

homely

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From this reading I said that the patients were very homely.

humour

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From this reading But soon one falls into the humour of it.

I

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From this reading I said that the patients were very homely.

if

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

in

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From this reading I confess that I did not quite fall in with it at once.

into

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From this reading But soon one falls into the humour of it.

is

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From this reading Any one who is over-starched might well come here to be unstiffened.

it

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From this reading I confess that I did not quite fall in with it at once.

man

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

me

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

might

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From this reading Any one who is over-starched might well come here to be unstiffened.

mornings

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

my

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

not

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From this reading I confess that I did not quite fall in with it at once.

of

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

on

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

once

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From this reading I confess that I did not quite fall in with it at once.

one

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From this reading Any one who is over-starched might well come here to be unstiffened.

over-starched

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From this reading Any one who is over-starched might well come here to be unstiffened.

patient

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

patients

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From this reading I said that the patients were very homely.

quite

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From this reading I confess that I did not quite fall in with it at once.

said

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From this reading I said that the patients were very homely.

see

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

sent

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

soon

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From this reading But soon one falls into the humour of it.

stable

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

that

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From this reading I said that the patients were very homely.

the

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From this reading I said that the patients were very homely.

to

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From this reading Any one who is over-starched might well come here to be unstiffened.

under

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

unstiffened

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From this reading Any one who is over-starched might well come here to be unstiffened.

up

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

very

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From this reading I said that the patients were very homely.

well

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From this reading Any one who is over-starched might well come here to be unstiffened.

were

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From this reading I said that the patients were very homely.

When

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From this reading When on one of my first mornings a club patient with his bottle under his arm came up to me and asked me if I were the doctor’s man, I sent him on to see the groom in the stable.

who

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From this reading Any one who is over-starched might well come here to be unstiffened.

with

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From this reading I confess that I did not quite fall in with it at once.

Chapter 7 of The Stark Munro Letters Being series of by Arthur Conan Doyle holds 170 sentences, grouped into 34 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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