Chapter 7 of The Story of Mary MacLane is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Story of Mary MacLane is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
There are persons whose souls have never entered into them. My mother has some fondness for me--for my body because it came of hers. That is nothing--nothing. A hen loves its egg. A hen!
Chapter 7 of The Story of Mary MacLane is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 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.
animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
From this reading “A hen loves its egg.”
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading “There are persons whose souls have never entered into them.”
a predisposition to like something
From this reading “My mother has some fondness for me--for my body because it came of hers.”
adult female chicken
From this reading “A hen loves its egg.”
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading “My mother has some fondness for me--for my body because it came of hers.”
plural of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “A hen loves its egg.”
plural of “person” — a human being
From this reading “There are persons whose souls have never entered into them.”
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “There are persons whose souls have never entered into them.”
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 “There are persons whose souls have never entered into them.”
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 A hen loves its egg.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are persons whose souls have never entered into them.
for the reason that
From this reading My mother has some fondness for me--for my body because it came of hers.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading My mother has some fondness for me--for my body because it came of hers.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading My mother has some fondness for me--for my body because it came of hers.
animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
From this reading A hen loves its egg.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading There are persons whose souls have never entered into them.
a predisposition to like something
From this reading My mother has some fondness for me--for my body because it came of hers.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading My mother has some fondness for me--for my body because it came of hers.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My mother has some fondness for me--for my body because it came of hers.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There are persons whose souls have never entered into them.
adult female chicken
From this reading A hen loves its egg.
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading My mother has some fondness for me--for my body because it came of hers.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading There are persons whose souls have never entered into them.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is nothing--nothing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading My mother has some fondness for me--for my body because it came of hers.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A hen loves its egg.
plural of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading A hen loves its egg.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My mother has some fondness for me--for my body because it came of hers.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading My mother has some fondness for me--for my body because it came of hers.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My mother has some fondness for me--for my body because it came of hers.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading There are persons whose souls have never entered into them.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading That is nothing--nothing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading My mother has some fondness for me--for my body because it came of hers.
plural of “person” — a human being
From this reading There are persons whose souls have never entered into them.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading My mother has some fondness for me--for my body because it came of hers.
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading There are persons whose souls have never entered into them.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is nothing--nothing.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There are persons whose souls have never entered into them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There are persons whose souls have never entered into them.
belonging to which person
From this reading There are persons whose souls have never entered into them.
Chapter 7 of The Story of Mary MacLane by Mary MacLane holds 438 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 438 sentences of The Story of Mary MacLane, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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