Chapter 7 of Worth While Stories for Every Day is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Worth While Stories for Every Day is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I may as well get a plenty,” said he. Then they all lay down and went to sleep. Early the tailor woke up and felt for his rocks. They were still hard rocks. When he hunted for his gold of the night before, it also had turned back to rocks.
Chapter 7 of Worth While Stories for Every Day is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 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.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading “Early the tailor woke up and felt for his rocks.”
coins made of gold
From this reading “When he hunted for his gold of the night before, it also had turned back to rocks.”
reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted
From this reading “When he hunted for his gold of the night before, it also had turned back to rocks.”
a full supply
From this reading ““I may as well get a plenty,” said he.”
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “Early the tailor woke up and felt for his rocks.”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “Then they all lay down and went to sleep.”
adjust to a specific need or market
From this reading “Early the tailor woke up and felt for his rocks.”
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “Early the tailor woke up and felt for his rocks.”
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.
cause to become awake or conscious
In this reading “Early the tailor woke up and felt for his rocks.”
institute, enact, or establish
In this reading “Then they all lay down and went to sleep.”
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 “I may as well get a plenty,” said he.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Then they all lay down and went to sleep.
in addition
From this reading When he hunted for his gold of the night before, it also had turned back to rocks.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then they all lay down and went to sleep.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I may as well get a plenty,” said he.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading When he hunted for his gold of the night before, it also had turned back to rocks.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading When he hunted for his gold of the night before, it also had turned back to rocks.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Then they all lay down and went to sleep.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Early the tailor woke up and felt for his rocks.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Early the tailor woke up and felt for his rocks.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Early the tailor woke up and felt for his rocks.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “I may as well get a plenty,” said he.
coins made of gold
From this reading When he hunted for his gold of the night before, it also had turned back to rocks.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When he hunted for his gold of the night before, it also had turned back to rocks.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading They were still hard rocks.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I may as well get a plenty,” said he.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Early the tailor woke up and felt for his rocks.
reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted
From this reading When he hunted for his gold of the night before, it also had turned back to rocks.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I may as well get a plenty,” said he.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When he hunted for his gold of the night before, it also had turned back to rocks.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Then they all lay down and went to sleep.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “I may as well get a plenty,” said he.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading When he hunted for his gold of the night before, it also had turned back to rocks.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When he hunted for his gold of the night before, it also had turned back to rocks.
a full supply
From this reading “I may as well get a plenty,” said he.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Early the tailor woke up and felt for his rocks.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I may as well get a plenty,” said he.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Then they all lay down and went to sleep.
not in physical motion
From this reading They were still hard rocks.
adjust to a specific need or market
From this reading Early the tailor woke up and felt for his rocks.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Early the tailor woke up and felt for his rocks.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then they all lay down and went to sleep.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then they all lay down and went to sleep.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then they all lay down and went to sleep.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading When he hunted for his gold of the night before, it also had turned back to rocks.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Early the tailor woke up and felt for his rocks.
(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 “I may as well get a plenty,” said he.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Then they all lay down and went to sleep.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were still hard rocks.
at the time that
From this reading When he hunted for his gold of the night before, it also had turned back to rocks.
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading Early the tailor woke up and felt for his rocks.
Chapter 7 of Worth While Stories for Every Day by Lawton B. (Lawton Bryan) [Editor] Evans 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 Worth While Stories for Every Day, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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