A boy's-eye view of the Arctic

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UNDER WEIGH The next day was to be a very interesting one.

In the first place the Commander was coming in the evening, and secondly the cook was arriving.

The time-honored tradition on shipboard is that next in importance to the captain comes the cook.

My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.

As soon as I got to know him I knew my trust had not been misplaced.

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A boy's-eye view of the Arctic

Chapter II

Chapter 2 of A boy's-eye view of the Arctic is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Line 1

UNDER WEIGH The next day was to be a very interesting one.

/ˈʌndər weɪ ðə nekst deɪ wɑːz tuː biː ə ˈveri ˈɪntrəstɪŋ wʌn/

Line 2

In the first place the Commander was coming in the evening, and secondly the cook was arriving.

/ɪn ðə fɜːrst pleɪs ðə kəˈmændər wɑːz ˈkʌmɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈiːvnɪŋ ənd ˈsekəndli ðə kʊk wɑːz ərˈaɪvɪŋ/

Line 3

The time-honored tradition on shipboard is that next in importance to the captain comes the cook.

Line 4

My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.

/maɪ ˈstʌmək wɑːz ɪn fʊl əˈkɔːrd wɪð ðɪs ˈθɪri ənd aɪ wɑːz ˈæŋkʃəs tuː siː ðə ˈɑːrbɪtər ʌv ɪts ˈdestəni/

Line 5

As soon as I got to know him I knew my trust had not been misplaced.

/æz suːn æz aɪ ɡɑːt tuː noʊ hɪm aɪ nuː maɪ trʌst hæd nɑːt bɪn mɪˈspleɪst/

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accord verb US /əˈkɔːrd/

go together

From this reading “My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.”

arbiter noun US /ˈɑːrbɪtər/

someone with the power to settle matters at will

From this reading “My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.”

arriving verb US /ərˈaɪvɪŋ/

-ing form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading “In the first place the Commander was coming in the evening, and secondly the cook was arriving.”

misplaced adjective US /mɪˈspleɪst/

put in the wrong place or position

From this reading “As soon as I got to know him I knew my trust had not been misplaced.”

secondly adverb US /ˈsekəndli/

in the second place

From this reading “In the first place the Commander was coming in the evening, and secondly the cook was arriving.”

shipboard adjective US /ˈʃɪpbɔːrd/

casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship

From this reading “The time-honored tradition on shipboard is that next in importance to the captain comes the cook.”

tradition noun US /trəˈdɪʃən/

an inherited pattern of thought or action

From this reading “The time-honored tradition on shipboard is that next in importance to the captain comes the cook.”

weigh verb US /weɪ/

have a certain weight

From this reading “UNDER WEIGH The next day was to be a very interesting one.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

next day adjective + noun

In this reading “UNDER WEIGH The next day was to be a very interesting one.”

first place adjective + noun

In this reading “In the first place the Commander was coming in the evening, and secondly the cook was arriving.”

accord with verb + particle

In this reading “My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.”

in the evening preposition + article + noun counted as “in … evening”

In this reading “In the first place the Commander was coming in the evening, and secondly the cook was arriving.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading UNDER WEIGH The next day was to be a very interesting one.

accordverbUS /əˈkɔːrd/

go together

From this reading My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading In the first place the Commander was coming in the evening, and secondly the cook was arriving.

anxiousadjectiveUS /ˈæŋkʃəs/

eagerly desirous

From this reading My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.

arbiternounUS /ˈɑːrbɪtər/

someone with the power to settle matters at will

From this reading My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.

arrivingverbUS /ərˈaɪvɪŋ/

-ing form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading In the first place the Commander was coming in the evening, and secondly the cook was arriving.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading As soon as I got to know him I knew my trust had not been misplaced.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading UNDER WEIGH The next day was to be a very interesting one.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading As soon as I got to know him I knew my trust had not been misplaced.

captainnounUS /ˈkæptən/

an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

From this reading The time-honored tradition on shipboard is that next in importance to the captain comes the cook.

comesnounUS /kʌmz/

plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading The time-honored tradition on shipboard is that next in importance to the captain comes the cook.

comingnounUS /ˈkʌmɪŋ/

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading In the first place the Commander was coming in the evening, and secondly the cook was arriving.

CommandernounUS /kəˈmændər/

an officer in command of a military unit

From this reading In the first place the Commander was coming in the evening, and secondly the cook was arriving.

cookverbUS /kʊk/

prepare a hot meal

From this reading In the first place the Commander was coming in the evening, and secondly the cook was arriving.

daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading UNDER WEIGH The next day was to be a very interesting one.

destinynounUS /ˈdestəni/

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

From this reading My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.

eveningnounUS /ˈiːvnɪŋ/

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading In the first place the Commander was coming in the evening, and secondly the cook was arriving.

firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading In the first place the Commander was coming in the evening, and secondly the cook was arriving.

fulladjectiveUS /fʊl/

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.

gotverbUS /ɡɑːt/

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading As soon as I got to know him I knew my trust had not been misplaced.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading As soon as I got to know him I knew my trust had not been misplaced.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading As soon as I got to know him I knew my trust had not been misplaced.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.

importancenounUS /ˌɪmˈpɔːrtəns/

the quality of being important and worthy of note

From this reading The time-honored tradition on shipboard is that next in importance to the captain comes the cook.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading In the first place the Commander was coming in the evening, and secondly the cook was arriving.

interestingadjectiveUS /ˈɪntrəstɪŋ/

arousing or holding the attention

From this reading UNDER WEIGH The next day was to be a very interesting one.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The time-honored tradition on shipboard is that next in importance to the captain comes the cook.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.

knewverbUS /nuː/

inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading As soon as I got to know him I knew my trust had not been misplaced.

knowverbUS /noʊ/

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading As soon as I got to know him I knew my trust had not been misplaced.

misplacedadjectiveUS /mɪˈspleɪst/

put in the wrong place or position

From this reading As soon as I got to know him I knew my trust had not been misplaced.

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.

nextadjectiveUS /nekst/

immediately following in time or order

From this reading UNDER WEIGH The next day was to be a very interesting one.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading As soon as I got to know him I knew my trust had not been misplaced.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The time-honored tradition on shipboard is that next in importance to the captain comes the cook.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading UNDER WEIGH The next day was to be a very interesting one.

placenounUS /pleɪs/

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading In the first place the Commander was coming in the evening, and secondly the cook was arriving.

secondlyadverbUS /ˈsekəndli/

in the second place

From this reading In the first place the Commander was coming in the evening, and secondly the cook was arriving.

seeverbUS /siː/

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.

shipboardadjectiveUS /ˈʃɪpbɔːrd/

casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship

From this reading The time-honored tradition on shipboard is that next in importance to the captain comes the cook.

soonadverbUS /suːn/

in the near future

From this reading As soon as I got to know him I knew my trust had not been misplaced.

stomachnounUS /ˈstʌmək/

an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion

From this reading My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The time-honored tradition on shipboard is that next in importance to the captain comes the cook.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading UNDER WEIGH The next day was to be a very interesting one.

theorynounUS /ˈθɪri/

a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena

From this reading My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.

time-honoredadjective

acceptable for a long time

From this reading The time-honored tradition on shipboard is that next in importance to the captain comes the cook.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading UNDER WEIGH The next day was to be a very interesting one.

traditionnounUS /trəˈdɪʃən/

an inherited pattern of thought or action

From this reading The time-honored tradition on shipboard is that next in importance to the captain comes the cook.

trustnounUS /trʌst/

something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)

From this reading As soon as I got to know him I knew my trust had not been misplaced.

UNDERprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading UNDER WEIGH The next day was to be a very interesting one.

veryadjectiveUS /ˈveri/

precisely as stated

From this reading UNDER WEIGH The next day was to be a very interesting one.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading UNDER WEIGH The next day was to be a very interesting one.

WEIGHverbUS /weɪ/

have a certain weight

From this reading UNDER WEIGH The next day was to be a very interesting one.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading My stomach was in full accord with this theory, and I was anxious to see the arbiter of its destiny.

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