Chapter 7 of Three Margarets is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Three Margarets is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GARRET. On the wide landing of the second story, the girls paused to draw breath and look about them. The long gallery ran around three sides of the house, with the stairs forming the fourth. It was hung with pictures, save where two or three doors broke the wall-space. Singular pictures they were, mostly family portraits, it was evident.
Chapter 7 of Three Margarets is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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-ing form of “form” — create (as an entity)
From this reading “The long gallery ran around three sides of the house, with the stairs forming the fourth.”
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading “The long gallery ran around three sides of the house, with the stairs forming the fourth.”
spectators at a golf or tennis match
From this reading “The long gallery ran around three sides of the house, with the stairs forming the fourth.”
floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
From this reading “THE GARRET.”
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading “On the wide landing of the second story, the girls paused to draw breath and look about them.”
in large part; mainly or chiefly
From this reading “Singular pictures they were, mostly family portraits, it was evident.”
plural of “portrait” — a word picture of a person's appearance and character
From this reading “Singular pictures they were, mostly family portraits, it was evident.”
unusual or striking
From this reading “Singular pictures they were, mostly family portraits, it was evident.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading On the wide landing of the second story, the girls paused to draw breath and look about them.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the wide landing of the second story, the girls paused to draw breath and look about them.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The long gallery ran around three sides of the house, with the stairs forming the fourth.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading On the wide landing of the second story, the girls paused to draw breath and look about them.
lacking funds
From this reading It was hung with pictures, save where two or three doors broke the wall-space.
plural of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading It was hung with pictures, save where two or three doors broke the wall-space.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading On the wide landing of the second story, the girls paused to draw breath and look about them.
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
From this reading Singular pictures they were, mostly family portraits, it was evident.
a social unit living together
From this reading Singular pictures they were, mostly family portraits, it was evident.
-ing form of “form” — create (as an entity)
From this reading The long gallery ran around three sides of the house, with the stairs forming the fourth.
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading The long gallery ran around three sides of the house, with the stairs forming the fourth.
spectators at a golf or tennis match
From this reading The long gallery ran around three sides of the house, with the stairs forming the fourth.
floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
From this reading THE GARRET.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading On the wide landing of the second story, the girls paused to draw breath and look about them.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading The long gallery ran around three sides of the house, with the stairs forming the fourth.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading It was hung with pictures, save where two or three doors broke the wall-space.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was hung with pictures, save where two or three doors broke the wall-space.
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading On the wide landing of the second story, the girls paused to draw breath and look about them.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading The long gallery ran around three sides of the house, with the stairs forming the fourth.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading On the wide landing of the second story, the girls paused to draw breath and look about them.
in large part; mainly or chiefly
From this reading Singular pictures they were, mostly family portraits, it was evident.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the wide landing of the second story, the girls paused to draw breath and look about them.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the wide landing of the second story, the girls paused to draw breath and look about them.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It was hung with pictures, save where two or three doors broke the wall-space.
past form of “pause” — interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
From this reading On the wide landing of the second story, the girls paused to draw breath and look about them.
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading It was hung with pictures, save where two or three doors broke the wall-space.
plural of “portrait” — a word picture of a person's appearance and character
From this reading Singular pictures they were, mostly family portraits, it was evident.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading The long gallery ran around three sides of the house, with the stairs forming the fourth.
except for; apart from
From this reading It was hung with pictures, save where two or three doors broke the wall-space.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading On the wide landing of the second story, the girls paused to draw breath and look about them.
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading The long gallery ran around three sides of the house, with the stairs forming the fourth.
unusual or striking
From this reading Singular pictures they were, mostly family portraits, it was evident.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading The long gallery ran around three sides of the house, with the stairs forming the fourth.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading On the wide landing of the second story, the girls paused to draw breath and look about them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GARRET.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading On the wide landing of the second story, the girls paused to draw breath and look about them.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Singular pictures they were, mostly family portraits, it was evident.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading The long gallery ran around three sides of the house, with the stairs forming the fourth.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the wide landing of the second story, the girls paused to draw breath and look about them.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading It was hung with pictures, save where two or three doors broke the wall-space.
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From this reading It was hung with pictures, save where two or three doors broke the wall-space.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was hung with pictures, save where two or three doors broke the wall-space.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Singular pictures they were, mostly family portraits, it was evident.
in or at the place that
From this reading It was hung with pictures, save where two or three doors broke the wall-space.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading On the wide landing of the second story, the girls paused to draw breath and look about them.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The long gallery ran around three sides of the house, with the stairs forming the fourth.
Chapter 7 of Three Margarets by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards holds 186 sentences, grouped into 38 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 186 sentences of Three Margarets, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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