Chapter 21 of Black Bartlemy's Treasure is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Black Bartlemy's Treasure is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOW I WAS HAUNTED OF BLACK BARTLEMY "Are you hurt?" says I, at last. "Indeed," she answered, "all over. Yet am I alive and there's the wonder. The wave cast me into the lagoon and I crept ashore here. Then methought you surely dead and I alone within these solitudes and so I swooned, Martin."
Chapter 21 of Black Bartlemy's Treasure is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessing life
From this reading “Yet am I alive and there's the wonder.”
towards the shore from the water
From this reading “The wave cast me into the lagoon and I crept ashore here.”
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading “The wave cast me into the lagoon and I crept ashore here.”
having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
From this reading “HOW I WAS HAUNTED OF BLACK BARTLEMY "Are you hurt?" says I, at last.”
a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
From this reading “The wave cast me into the lagoon and I crept ashore here.”
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading “Then methought you surely dead and I alone within these solitudes and so I swooned, Martin."”
past form of “swoon” — pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading “Then methought you surely dead and I alone within these solitudes and so I swooned, Martin."”
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading “The wave cast me into the lagoon and I crept ashore here.”
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possessing life
From this reading Yet am I alive and there's the wonder.
(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 "Indeed," she answered, "all over.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Then methought you surely dead and I alone within these solitudes and so I swooned, Martin."
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Yet am I alive and there's the wonder.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yet am I alive and there's the wonder.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading "Indeed," she answered, "all over.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading HOW I WAS HAUNTED OF BLACK BARTLEMY "Are you hurt?" says I, at last.
towards the shore from the water
From this reading The wave cast me into the lagoon and I crept ashore here.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading HOW I WAS HAUNTED OF BLACK BARTLEMY "Are you hurt?" says I, at last.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW I WAS HAUNTED OF BLACK BARTLEMY "Are you hurt?" says I, at last.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading HOW I WAS HAUNTED OF BLACK BARTLEMY "Are you hurt?" says I, at last.
put or send forth
From this reading The wave cast me into the lagoon and I crept ashore here.
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading The wave cast me into the lagoon and I crept ashore here.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Then methought you surely dead and I alone within these solitudes and so I swooned, Martin."
having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
From this reading HOW I WAS HAUNTED OF BLACK BARTLEMY "Are you hurt?" says I, at last.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading The wave cast me into the lagoon and I crept ashore here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW I WAS HAUNTED OF BLACK BARTLEMY "Are you hurt?" says I, at last.
be the source of pain
From this reading HOW I WAS HAUNTED OF BLACK BARTLEMY "Are you hurt?" says I, at last.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading HOW I WAS HAUNTED OF BLACK BARTLEMY "Are you hurt?" says I, at last.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading "Indeed," she answered, "all over.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The wave cast me into the lagoon and I crept ashore here.
a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
From this reading The wave cast me into the lagoon and I crept ashore here.
immediately past
From this reading HOW I WAS HAUNTED OF BLACK BARTLEMY "Are you hurt?" says I, at last.
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading Then methought you surely dead and I alone within these solitudes and so I swooned, Martin."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The wave cast me into the lagoon and I crept ashore here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then methought you surely dead and I alone within these solitudes and so I swooned, Martin."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HOW I WAS HAUNTED OF BLACK BARTLEMY "Are you hurt?" says I, at last.
above and across; more than
From this reading "Indeed," she answered, "all over.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading HOW I WAS HAUNTED OF BLACK BARTLEMY "Are you hurt?" says I, at last.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Indeed," she answered, "all over.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Then methought you surely dead and I alone within these solitudes and so I swooned, Martin."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then methought you surely dead and I alone within these solitudes and so I swooned, Martin."
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading Then methought you surely dead and I alone within these solitudes and so I swooned, Martin."
past form of “swoon” — pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading Then methought you surely dead and I alone within these solitudes and so I swooned, Martin."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yet am I alive and there's the wonder.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then methought you surely dead and I alone within these solitudes and so I swooned, Martin."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet am I alive and there's the wonder.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Then methought you surely dead and I alone within these solitudes and so I swooned, Martin."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HOW I WAS HAUNTED OF BLACK BARTLEMY "Are you hurt?" says I, at last.
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading The wave cast me into the lagoon and I crept ashore here.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Then methought you surely dead and I alone within these solitudes and so I swooned, Martin."
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading Yet am I alive and there's the wonder.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet am I alive and there's the wonder.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading HOW I WAS HAUNTED OF BLACK BARTLEMY "Are you hurt?" says I, at last.
Chapter 21 of Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Jeffery Farnol holds 128 sentences, grouped into 26 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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