Chapter 1 of A Marriage at Sea is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of A Marriage at Sea is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET, W.C. _First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .
Chapter 1 of A Marriage at Sea is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/40 · 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.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “_First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .”
relatively low in price or charging low prices
From this reading “_First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .”
a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary
From this reading “36 ESSEX STREET, W.C.”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “_First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .”
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading “_First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .”
past form of “issue” — prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
From this reading “_First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .”
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading “_First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .”
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading “36 ESSEX STREET, W.C.”
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.
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.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 36 ESSEX STREET, W.C.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading _First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading 36 ESSEX STREET, W.C.
relatively low in price or charging low prices
From this reading _First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading METHUEN & CO.
a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary
From this reading 36 ESSEX STREET, W.C.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading _First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading _First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .
past form of “issue” — prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
From this reading _First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LTD.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading METHUEN & CO.
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading _First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading 36 ESSEX STREET, W.C.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading _First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading 36 ESSEX STREET, W.C.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1919_ This Book was First Published (Two Vols.) .
Chapter 1 of A Marriage at Sea by William Clark Russell holds 202 sentences, grouped into 41 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 1 holds 202 sentences of A Marriage at Sea, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of A Marriage at Sea by William Clark Russell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 202 sentences, grouped into 41 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 41 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 41 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 1 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 A Marriage at Sea by William Clark Russell on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 2929 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #32516 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #32516, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 244 minutes of reading across 586 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through A Marriage at Sea section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 15 chapters of A Marriage at Sea 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 A Marriage at Sea, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
