Chapter 12 of Captain Margaret is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Captain Margaret is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Ay, sir.” “Mr. Ramage, you’re our second mate. Come to my cabin at eight bells and sign the articles. You, Griffin Harris, take Mr. Ramage’s call; I make you boatswain. Mr. Ramage, tell one of the hands to shift your gear into the second mate’s cabin.
Chapter 12 of Captain Margaret is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “article” — nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
From this reading “Come to my cabin at eight bells and sign the articles.”
plural of “bell” — a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading “Come to my cabin at eight bells and sign the articles.”
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
From this reading “You, Griffin Harris, take Mr. Ramage’s call; I make you boatswain.”
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
From this reading “Mr. Ramage, tell one of the hands to shift your gear into the second mate’s cabin.”
winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion
From this reading “You, Griffin Harris, take Mr. Ramage’s call; I make you boatswain.”
United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908)
From this reading “You, Griffin Harris, take Mr. Ramage’s call; I make you boatswain.”
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading ““Mr. Ramage, you’re our second mate.”
make a shift in or exchange of
From this reading “Mr. Ramage, tell one of the hands to shift your gear into the second mate’s cabin.”
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.
In this reading ““Mr. Ramage, you’re our second mate.”
In this reading “Come to my cabin at eight bells and sign the articles.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Come to my cabin at eight bells and sign the articles.
plural of “article” — nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
From this reading Come to my cabin at eight bells and sign the articles.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Come to my cabin at eight bells and sign the articles.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ay, sir.”
plural of “bell” — a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading Come to my cabin at eight bells and sign the articles.
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
From this reading You, Griffin Harris, take Mr. Ramage’s call; I make you boatswain.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading Come to my cabin at eight bells and sign the articles.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading You, Griffin Harris, take Mr. Ramage’s call; I make you boatswain.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come to my cabin at eight bells and sign the articles.
being one more than seven
From this reading Come to my cabin at eight bells and sign the articles.
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
From this reading Mr. Ramage, tell one of the hands to shift your gear into the second mate’s cabin.
winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion
From this reading You, Griffin Harris, take Mr. Ramage’s call; I make you boatswain.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Mr. Ramage, tell one of the hands to shift your gear into the second mate’s cabin.
United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908)
From this reading You, Griffin Harris, take Mr. Ramage’s call; I make you boatswain.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You, Griffin Harris, take Mr. Ramage’s call; I make you boatswain.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Mr. Ramage, tell one of the hands to shift your gear into the second mate’s cabin.
engage in
From this reading You, Griffin Harris, take Mr. Ramage’s call; I make you boatswain.
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading “Mr. Ramage, you’re our second mate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Ramage, tell one of the hands to shift your gear into the second mate’s cabin.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Mr. Ramage, you’re our second mate.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Come to my cabin at eight bells and sign the articles.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mr. Ramage, tell one of the hands to shift your gear into the second mate’s cabin.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Mr. Ramage, tell one of the hands to shift your gear into the second mate’s cabin.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “Mr. Ramage, you’re our second mate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mr. Ramage, you’re our second mate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You, Griffin Harris, take Mr. Ramage’s call; I make you boatswain.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “Mr. Ramage, you’re our second mate.
make a shift in or exchange of
From this reading Mr. Ramage, tell one of the hands to shift your gear into the second mate’s cabin.
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading Come to my cabin at eight bells and sign the articles.
term of address for a man
From this reading “Ay, sir.”
carry out
From this reading You, Griffin Harris, take Mr. Ramage’s call; I make you boatswain.
express in words
From this reading Mr. Ramage, tell one of the hands to shift your gear into the second mate’s cabin.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Come to my cabin at eight bells and sign the articles.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Come to my cabin at eight bells and sign the articles.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You, Griffin Harris, take Mr. Ramage’s call; I make you boatswain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mr. Ramage, you’re our second mate.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Mr. Ramage, tell one of the hands to shift your gear into the second mate’s cabin.
Chapter 12 of Captain Margaret by John Masefield holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 12 holds 410 sentences of Captain Margaret, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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