Chapter 23 of An Iceland Fisherman is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 23 of An Iceland Fisherman is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar. Those on deck looked at each other questioningly. “Who's that talking?” Nobody. Nobody had said anything.
Chapter 23 of An Iceland Fisherman is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
From this reading “One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.”
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading “Those on deck looked at each other questioningly.”
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
From this reading “One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.”
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading “One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.”
according to the clock
From this reading “One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.”
plural of “tone” — the quality of a person's voice
From this reading “One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.”
not known or well known
From this reading “One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.”
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
(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 One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
any thing at all
From this reading Nobody had said anything.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Those on deck looked at each other questioningly.
utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading Those on deck looked at each other questioningly.
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Those on deck looked at each other questioningly.
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
the act of departing
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Nobody had said anything.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Those on deck looked at each other questioningly.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
no person; not anyone
From this reading Nobody.
according to the clock
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Those on deck looked at each other questioningly.
in a curious and questioning manner
From this reading Those on deck looked at each other questioningly.
with low volume
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Nobody had said anything.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “Who's that talking?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Who's that talking?”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those on deck looked at each other questioningly.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
plural of “tone” — the quality of a person's voice
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
not known or well known
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
during the time that
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
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From this reading “Who's that talking?”
belonging to which person
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
From this reading One morning, going on three o'clock, while all were dreaming quietly under their winding-sheet of fog, they heard something like a clamour of voices--voices whose tones seemed strange and unfamiliar.
Chapter 23 of An Iceland Fisherman by Pierre Loti holds 50 sentences, grouped into 10 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.
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