Chapter 3 of Captain Mary Miller is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Captain Mary Miller is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MARY. Away out to sea, on a ship; not a steamboat—a sailing vessel. The doctor said it would cure him if he took a sea-voyage. PHUS. Is de sea bigger dan de Missip’ or de Gulf Mex’?
Chapter 3 of Captain Mary Miller is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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large or big relative to something else
From this reading “Is de sea bigger dan de Missip’ or de Gulf Mex’?”
provide a cure for, make healthy again
From this reading “The doctor said it would cure him if he took a sea-voyage.”
an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
From this reading “Is de sea bigger dan de Missip’ or de Gulf Mex’?”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “MARY.”
the work of a sailor
From this reading “Away out to sea, on a ship; not a steamboat—a sailing vessel.”
transport commercially
From this reading “Away out to sea, on a ship; not a steamboat—a sailing vessel.”
a boat propelled by a steam engine
From this reading “Away out to sea, on a ship; not a steamboat—a sailing vessel.”
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading “Away out to sea, on a ship; not a steamboat—a sailing vessel.”
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a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts
In this reading “Away out to sea, on a ship; not a steamboat—a sailing vessel.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Away out to sea, on a ship; not a steamboat—a sailing vessel.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Away out to sea, on a ship; not a steamboat—a sailing vessel.
large or big relative to something else
From this reading Is de sea bigger dan de Missip’ or de Gulf Mex’?
provide a cure for, make healthy again
From this reading The doctor said it would cure him if he took a sea-voyage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Is de sea bigger dan de Missip’ or de Gulf Mex’?
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Is de sea bigger dan de Missip’ or de Gulf Mex’?
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading The doctor said it would cure him if he took a sea-voyage.
an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
From this reading Is de sea bigger dan de Missip’ or de Gulf Mex’?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The doctor said it would cure him if he took a sea-voyage.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The doctor said it would cure him if he took a sea-voyage.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The doctor said it would cure him if he took a sea-voyage.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is de sea bigger dan de Missip’ or de Gulf Mex’?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The doctor said it would cure him if he took a sea-voyage.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading MARY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Is de sea bigger dan de Missip’ or de Gulf Mex’?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Is de sea bigger dan de Missip’ or de Gulf Mex’?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Away out to sea, on a ship; not a steamboat—a sailing vessel.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Away out to sea, on a ship; not a steamboat—a sailing vessel.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Is de sea bigger dan de Missip’ or de Gulf Mex’?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Away out to sea, on a ship; not a steamboat—a sailing vessel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PHUS.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The doctor said it would cure him if he took a sea-voyage.
the work of a sailor
From this reading Away out to sea, on a ship; not a steamboat—a sailing vessel.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading Away out to sea, on a ship; not a steamboat—a sailing vessel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The doctor said it would cure him if he took a sea-voyage.
transport commercially
From this reading Away out to sea, on a ship; not a steamboat—a sailing vessel.
a boat propelled by a steam engine
From this reading Away out to sea, on a ship; not a steamboat—a sailing vessel.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The doctor said it would cure him if he took a sea-voyage.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Away out to sea, on a ship; not a steamboat—a sailing vessel.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading The doctor said it would cure him if he took a sea-voyage.
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading Away out to sea, on a ship; not a steamboat—a sailing vessel.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The doctor said it would cure him if he took a sea-voyage.
Chapter 3 of Captain Mary Miller by Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson holds 439 sentences, grouped into 88 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 3 holds 439 sentences of Captain Mary Miller, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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