Chapter 7 of To Win is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of To Win is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Well?" "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town." "Must, old chap." "No, no; don't leave me." "But you'll have company now--the dog."
Chapter 7 of To Win is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a boy or man
From this reading “"Must, old chap."”
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading “"But you'll have company now--the dog."”
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading “"But you'll have company now--the dog."”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “"I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “"I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “"I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."”
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading “"I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."”
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “"I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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later than; following
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But you'll have company now--the dog."
a boy or man
From this reading "Must, old chap."
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading "But you'll have company now--the dog."
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading "But you'll have company now--the dog."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, no; don't leave me."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
destroyed or killed
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "But you'll have company now--the dog."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
immediately past
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
go away from a place
From this reading "No, no; don't leave me."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "No, no; don't leave me."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
not any; not one
From this reading "No, no; don't leave me."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "But you'll have company now--the dog."
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "Must, old chap."
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I lay thinking last night after you had gone to sleep, and you really must not go down to the town."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But you'll have company now--the dog."
Chapter 7 of To Win by George Manville Fenn holds 433 sentences, grouped into 87 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 433 sentences of To Win, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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