Chapter 7 of Through trackless Labrador is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Through trackless Labrador is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OVER THE GREAT PLATEAU. It is a wonderful place, this roof of the Labrador. Ridge on ridge, some of considerable height, roll away seemingly to the world’s end. In the valleys and cups of the hills lie thousands of nameless lakes. The winds, during the greater part of the year, rage over it.
Chapter 7 of Through trackless Labrador is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/23 · 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.
plural of “cup” — a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading “In the valleys and cups of the hills lie thousands of nameless lakes.”
the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada
From this reading “It is a wonderful place, this roof of the Labrador.”
plural of “lake” — a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading “In the valleys and cups of the hills lie thousands of nameless lakes.”
Having no name, or having a name that is kept secret or unknown.
From this reading “In the valleys and cups of the hills lie thousands of nameless lakes.”
a relatively flat highland
From this reading “OVER THE GREAT PLATEAU.”
from appearances alone
From this reading “Ridge on ridge, some of considerable height, roll away seemingly to the world’s end.”
plural of “valley” — a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading “In the valleys and cups of the hills lie thousands of nameless lakes.”
possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere
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 “The winds, during the greater part of the year, rage over it.”
In this reading “Ridge on ridge, some of considerable height, roll away seemingly to the world’s end.”
In this reading “In the valleys and cups of the hills lie thousands of nameless lakes.”
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 It is a wonderful place, this roof of the Labrador.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the valleys and cups of the hills lie thousands of nameless lakes.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Ridge on ridge, some of considerable height, roll away seemingly to the world’s end.
large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Ridge on ridge, some of considerable height, roll away seemingly to the world’s end.
plural of “cup” — a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading In the valleys and cups of the hills lie thousands of nameless lakes.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading The winds, during the greater part of the year, rage over it.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Ridge on ridge, some of considerable height, roll away seemingly to the world’s end.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading OVER THE GREAT PLATEAU.
greater in size or importance or degree
From this reading The winds, during the greater part of the year, rage over it.
the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
From this reading Ridge on ridge, some of considerable height, roll away seemingly to the world’s end.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading In the valleys and cups of the hills lie thousands of nameless lakes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the valleys and cups of the hills lie thousands of nameless lakes.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is a wonderful place, this roof of the Labrador.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is a wonderful place, this roof of the Labrador.
the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada
From this reading It is a wonderful place, this roof of the Labrador.
plural of “lake” — a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading In the valleys and cups of the hills lie thousands of nameless lakes.
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading In the valleys and cups of the hills lie thousands of nameless lakes.
Having no name, or having a name that is kept secret or unknown.
From this reading In the valleys and cups of the hills lie thousands of nameless lakes.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is a wonderful place, this roof of the Labrador.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Ridge on ridge, some of considerable height, roll away seemingly to the world’s end.
above and across; more than
From this reading OVER THE GREAT PLATEAU.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading The winds, during the greater part of the year, rage over it.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading It is a wonderful place, this roof of the Labrador.
a relatively flat highland
From this reading OVER THE GREAT PLATEAU.
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading The winds, during the greater part of the year, rage over it.
a long narrow natural elevation or striation
From this reading Ridge on ridge, some of considerable height, roll away seemingly to the world’s end.
move by turning over or rotating
From this reading Ridge on ridge, some of considerable height, roll away seemingly to the world’s end.
a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
From this reading It is a wonderful place, this roof of the Labrador.
from appearances alone
From this reading Ridge on ridge, some of considerable height, roll away seemingly to the world’s end.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Ridge on ridge, some of considerable height, roll away seemingly to the world’s end.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OVER THE GREAT PLATEAU.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It is a wonderful place, this roof of the Labrador.
plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading In the valleys and cups of the hills lie thousands of nameless lakes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ridge on ridge, some of considerable height, roll away seemingly to the world’s end.
plural of “valley” — a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading In the valleys and cups of the hills lie thousands of nameless lakes.
plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading The winds, during the greater part of the year, rage over it.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading It is a wonderful place, this roof of the Labrador.
possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Ridge on ridge, some of considerable height, roll away seemingly to the world’s end.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading The winds, during the greater part of the year, rage over it.
Chapter 7 of Through trackless Labrador by H. (Hesketh) Hesketh-Prichard holds 116 sentences, grouped into 24 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 116 sentences of Through trackless Labrador, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Through trackless Labrador by H. (Hesketh) Hesketh-Prichard exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 116 sentences, grouped into 24 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 24 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 24 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 7 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Through trackless Labrador by H. (Hesketh) Hesketh-Prichard on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 0 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #? are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #?, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 5 minutes of reading across 0 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Through trackless Labrador section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 0 chapters of Through trackless Labrador to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Through trackless Labrador, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
