Chapter 14 of Catty Atkins, Sailorman is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Catty Atkins, Sailorman is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts. You’d have thought they were frozen. And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men. Well, _sir_! First one of them let out a yawp, and then the other one let out a better yawp.
Chapter 14 of Catty Atkins, Sailorman is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)
From this reading “And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.”
having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
From this reading “And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.”
enclose with a fence
From this reading “Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.”
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading “You’d have thought they were frozen.”
plural of “guard” — a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading “Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.”
moving to a position on a surface
From this reading “Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.”
plural of “post” — the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
From this reading “Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.”
something reduced to its minimal form
From this reading “And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.
(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 And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading First one of them let out a yawp, and then the other one let out a better yawp.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.
any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)
From this reading And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.
having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
From this reading And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.
enclose with a fence
From this reading Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First one of them let out a yawp, and then the other one let out a better yawp.
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading You’d have thought they were frozen.
plural of “guard” — a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You’d have thought they were frozen.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading First one of them let out a yawp, and then the other one let out a better yawp.
the force of workers available
From this reading And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading First one of them let out a yawp, and then the other one let out a better yawp.
moving to a position on a surface
From this reading Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading First one of them let out a yawp, and then the other one let out a better yawp.
plural of “post” — the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
From this reading Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.
term of address for a man
From this reading Well, _sir_!
something reduced to its minimal form
From this reading And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.
having a supporting base
From this reading Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.
not moving or operating freely
From this reading Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading First one of them let out a yawp, and then the other one let out a better yawp.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading You’d have thought they were frozen.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading You’d have thought they were frozen.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading And then, all of a sudden, Catty turned around his board so the skeleton side faced the men.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, _sir_!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Those two guards were hanging onto each other, and standing as stiff as fence posts.
make a raucous noise
From this reading First one of them let out a yawp, and then the other one let out a better yawp.
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From this reading You’d have thought they were frozen.
Chapter 14 of Catty Atkins, Sailorman by Clarence Budington Kelland holds 191 sentences, grouped into 39 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 14 holds 191 sentences of Catty Atkins, Sailorman, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of Catty Atkins, Sailorman by Clarence Budington Kelland exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 191 sentences, grouped into 39 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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