Chapter 7 of The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Where was the king? Drinking beer. Let me talk to him. I sat down in front of my hut. In a short time the king arrived with an escort of some forty guns.
Chapter 7 of The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 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.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “In a short time the king arrived with an escort of some forty guns.”
a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
From this reading “Drinking beer.”
the act of consuming liquids
From this reading “Drinking beer.”
someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
From this reading “In a short time the king arrived with an escort of some forty guns.”
being ten more than thirty
From this reading “In a short time the king arrived with an escort of some forty guns.”
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading “I sat down in front of my hut.”
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading “In a short time the king arrived with an escort of some forty guns.”
temporary military shelter
From this reading “I sat down in front of my hut.”
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 “Drinking beer.”
In this reading “In a short time the king arrived with an escort of some forty guns.”
at or in the front
In this reading “I sat down in front of my hut.”
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 In a short time the king arrived with an escort of some forty guns.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In a short time the king arrived with an escort of some forty guns.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading In a short time the king arrived with an escort of some forty guns.
a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
From this reading Drinking beer.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I sat down in front of my hut.
the act of consuming liquids
From this reading Drinking beer.
someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
From this reading In a short time the king arrived with an escort of some forty guns.
being ten more than thirty
From this reading In a short time the king arrived with an escort of some forty guns.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading I sat down in front of my hut.
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading In a short time the king arrived with an escort of some forty guns.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let me talk to him.
temporary military shelter
From this reading I sat down in front of my hut.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I sat down in front of my hut.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I sat down in front of my hut.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Where was the king?
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let me talk to him.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let me talk to him.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I sat down in front of my hut.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I sat down in front of my hut.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading I sat down in front of my hut.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading In a short time the king arrived with an escort of some forty guns.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading In a short time the king arrived with an escort of some forty guns.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading Let me talk to him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Where was the king?
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading In a short time the king arrived with an escort of some forty guns.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Let me talk to him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Where was the king?
in or at the place that
From this reading Where was the king?
in the company of; together with
From this reading In a short time the king arrived with an escort of some forty guns.
Chapter 7 of The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter by Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
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