Chapter 7 of The Van Roon is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Van Roon is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“The picture is not yours. You are not a fit person to have it. And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.” “Dare to touch my box again, and I shall go straight to the police.” Uncle Si didn’t care a straw for the police.
Chapter 7 of The Van Roon 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.
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading “And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.””
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading ““Dare to touch my box again, and I shall go straight to the police.””
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading “You are not a fit person to have it.”
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading ““Dare to touch my box again, and I shall go straight to the police.””
with low volume
From this reading “And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.””
plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
From this reading “Uncle Si didn’t care a straw for the police.”
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading ““Dare to touch my box again, and I shall go straight to the police.””
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading ““The picture is not yours.”
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 ““Dare to touch my box again, and I shall go straight to the police.””
In this reading “And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.””
In this reading “And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.””
In this reading “And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.””
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 You are not a fit person to have it.
anew
From this reading “Dare to touch my box again, and I shall go straight to the police.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are not a fit person to have it.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.”
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.”
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Uncle Si didn’t care a straw for the police.
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “Dare to touch my box again, and I shall go straight to the police.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Uncle Si didn’t care a straw for the police.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.”
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading You are not a fit person to have it.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Uncle Si didn’t care a straw for the police.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You are not a fit person to have it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Dare to touch my box again, and I shall go straight to the police.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The picture is not yours.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You are not a fit person to have it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Dare to touch my box again, and I shall go straight to the police.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “The picture is not yours.
a human being
From this reading You are not a fit person to have it.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading “The picture is not yours.
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading “Dare to touch my box again, and I shall go straight to the police.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.”
with low volume
From this reading And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Dare to touch my box again, and I shall go straight to the police.”
a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
From this reading Uncle Si didn’t care a straw for the police.
successive (without a break)
From this reading “Dare to touch my box again, and I shall go straight to the police.”
plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
From this reading Uncle Si didn’t care a straw for the police.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The picture is not yours.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You are not a fit person to have it.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading “Dare to touch my box again, and I shall go straight to the police.”
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading Uncle Si didn’t care a straw for the police.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are not a fit person to have it.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And if you don’t go quietly your box will be put into the street.”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “The picture is not yours.
Chapter 7 of The Van Roon by J. C. (John Collis) Snaith 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 7 holds 429 sentences of The Van Roon, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Van Roon by J. C. (John Collis) Snaith 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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