Chapter 13 of Captain Margaret is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Captain Margaret is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Come on down, then,” he said thickly. “We’ll see. We’ll see your husband.” He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm. In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
Chapter 13 of Captain Margaret is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
From this reading “In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.”
capable of wounding
From this reading “He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.”
a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
From this reading “In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.”
assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
From this reading “In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.”
venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter
From this reading “In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.”
move stealthily
From this reading “In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.”
spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue
From this reading ““Come on down, then,” he said thickly.”
plural of “tide” — the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading “In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.”
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.
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examine hastily
In this reading “He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.”
In this reading “He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
anew
From this reading He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
capable of wounding
From this reading He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come on down, then,” he said thickly.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Come on down, then,” he said thickly.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Come on down, then,” he said thickly.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading We’ll see your husband.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.
assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Come on down, then,” he said thickly.
above and across; more than
From this reading He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.
venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Come on down, then,” he said thickly.
cut with a saw
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “We’ll see.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.
move stealthily
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Come on down, then,” he said thickly.
spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue
From this reading “Come on down, then,” he said thickly.
plural of “tide” — the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He glanced over the side again, biting his lips, his face turned away, as she took his arm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We’ll see.
in the company of; together with
From this reading In that glance he saw the slip below the battery, with its green piles, barnacled, clucked about by the tides, mounted with tarpaulined cannon.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading We’ll see your husband.”
Chapter 13 of Captain Margaret by John Masefield holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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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