Chapter 30 of Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VULTURES AND SHARKS. "Oh ho! oh ho! Above! below! Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!" "Ah! well-a-day!
Chapter 30 of Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with brightness
From this reading “Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"”
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading “Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"”
move smoothly and effortlessly
From this reading “Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"”
moving slowly and gently
From this reading “Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"”
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading “Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"”
without good reason
From this reading “Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"”
plural of “shark” — any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
From this reading “VULTURES AND SHARKS.”
plural of “vulture” — any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
From this reading “VULTURES AND SHARKS.”
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading Above! below!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ah! well-a-day!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading VULTURES AND SHARKS.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Above! below!
with brightness
From this reading Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"
move smoothly and effortlessly
From this reading Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading "Oh ho! oh ho!
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
From this reading Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"
moving slowly and gently
From this reading Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"
without good reason
From this reading Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh ho! oh ho!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"
plural of “shark” — any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
From this reading VULTURES AND SHARKS.
the state of being asleep
From this reading Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"
the upper part of anything
From this reading Lightly and brightly they glide and go; The hungry and keen on the top are leaping, The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping!"
plural of “vulture” — any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
From this reading VULTURES AND SHARKS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ah! well-a-day!
Chapter 30 of Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise holds 147 sentences, grouped into 30 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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