Chapter 5 of A Naval Venture is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of A Naval Venture is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Fall in, Worcesters! Fall in, Worcesters! Fall in! Fall in round the ladder!" Men all round took up the cry, waking those asleep.
Chapter 5 of A Naval Venture is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a state of sleep
From this reading “Men all round took up the cry, waking those asleep.”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Men all round took up the cry, waking those asleep.”
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading “"Fall in, Worcesters!”
steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
From this reading “Fall in round the ladder!"”
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading “Fall in round the ladder!"”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Men all round took up the cry, waking those asleep.”
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading “Men all round took up the cry, waking those asleep.”
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading “Men all round took up the cry, waking those asleep.”
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pursue or resume
In this reading “Men all round took up the cry, waking those asleep.”
In this reading “Men all round took up the cry, waking those asleep.”
break down, literally or metaphorically
In this reading “"Fall in, Worcesters!”
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(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 Men all round took up the cry, waking those asleep.
in a state of sleep
From this reading Men all round took up the cry, waking those asleep.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Men all round took up the cry, waking those asleep.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading "Fall in, Worcesters!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Fall in, Worcesters!
steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
From this reading Fall in round the ladder!"
the force of workers available
From this reading Men all round took up the cry, waking those asleep.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Fall in round the ladder!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fall in round the ladder!"
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Men all round took up the cry, waking those asleep.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Men all round took up the cry, waking those asleep.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Men all round took up the cry, waking those asleep.
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading Men all round took up the cry, waking those asleep.
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From this reading "Fall in, Worcesters!
Chapter 5 of A Naval Venture by T. T. (Thomas Tendron) Jeans holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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 5 holds 399 sentences of A Naval Venture, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of A Naval Venture by T. T. (Thomas Tendron) Jeans exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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.
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