Chapter 28 of An Ocean Tragedy is here in full — 297 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter 28 of An Ocean Tragedy is here in full — 297 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A TERRIBLE NIGHT. Miss Laura arrived at the dinner table. She was pale with the heat. She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock. ‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’
Chapter 28 of An Ocean Tragedy is here in full — 297 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/59 · 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 feeling of craving something
From this reading “‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’”
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
From this reading “She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.”
leave as a guarantee in return for money
From this reading “She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.”
possessive form of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
a small quantity of anything
From this reading “She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.”
naturally effervescent mineral water
From this reading “She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.”
inflected form of “sip” — drink in sips
From this reading “She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.”
past form of “toy” — behave carelessly or indifferently
From this reading “She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.”
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.
reach a destination, either real or abstract
In this reading “Miss Laura arrived at the dinner table.”
the dining table where dinner is served and eaten
In this reading “Miss Laura arrived at the dinner table.”
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 A TERRIBLE NIGHT.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.
a feeling of craving something
From this reading ‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading Miss Laura arrived at the dinner table.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Miss Laura arrived at the dinner table.
make calm or still
From this reading ‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading ‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading Miss Laura arrived at the dinner table.
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
From this reading She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading ‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading She was pale with the heat.
leave as a guarantee in return for money
From this reading She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’
possessive form of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading ‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Miss Laura arrived at the dinner table.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Laura arrived at the dinner table.
a small quantity of anything
From this reading She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading A TERRIBLE NIGHT.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading She was pale with the heat.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’
naturally effervescent mineral water
From this reading She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was pale with the heat.
inflected form of “sip” — drink in sips
From this reading She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Miss Laura arrived at the dinner table.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading A TERRIBLE NIGHT.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miss Laura arrived at the dinner table.
past form of “toy” — behave carelessly or indifferently
From this reading She toyed with a morsel of cold fowl and sipped seltzer and hock.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was pale with the heat.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was pale with the heat.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading ‘The dead calm,’ said I, ‘gives you a young lady’s appetite.’
Chapter 28 of An Ocean Tragedy by William Clark Russell holds 297 sentences, grouped into 60 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 28 holds 297 sentences of An Ocean Tragedy, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 28 of An Ocean Tragedy by William Clark Russell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 297 sentences, grouped into 60 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 60 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 60 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 28 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 An Ocean Tragedy by William Clark Russell on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 8412 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #56363 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #56363, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 600 minutes of reading across 1683 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through An Ocean Tragedy section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 34 chapters of An Ocean Tragedy 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 An Ocean Tragedy, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
