Chapter 20 of Catty Atkins, Sailorman is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Catty Atkins, Sailorman is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Catty turned to me quick as a flash. “Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat. Then duck along the shore toward Nantucket and lie down in the sand. It’ll call them off our tracks a minute, anyhow.” I didn’t stop to argue, but I wanted to argue.
Chapter 20 of Catty Atkins, Sailorman is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 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.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading “It’ll call them off our tracks a minute, anyhow.””
present reasons and arguments
From this reading “I didn’t stop to argue, but I wanted to argue.”
any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)
From this reading “Catty turned to me quick as a flash.”
to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
From this reading “Then duck along the shore toward Nantucket and lie down in the sand.”
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “Catty turned to me quick as a flash.”
shout out
From this reading ““Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat.”
an island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry
From this reading “Then duck along the shore toward Nantucket and lie down in the sand.”
plural of “track” — a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading “It’ll call them off our tracks a minute, anyhow.””
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 “Then duck along the shore toward Nantucket and lie down in the sand.”
assume a reclining position
In this reading “Then duck along the shore toward Nantucket and lie down in the sand.”
trace
In this reading ““Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat.”
In this reading “Then duck along the shore toward Nantucket and lie down in the sand.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Catty turned to me quick as a flash.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Then duck along the shore toward Nantucket and lie down in the sand.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading It’ll call them off our tracks a minute, anyhow.”
present reasons and arguments
From this reading I didn’t stop to argue, but I wanted to argue.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Catty turned to me quick as a flash.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I didn’t stop to argue, but I wanted to argue.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading It’ll call them off our tracks a minute, anyhow.”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat.
any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)
From this reading Catty turned to me quick as a flash.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I didn’t stop to argue, but I wanted to argue.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat.
to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
From this reading Then duck along the shore toward Nantucket and lie down in the sand.
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading Catty turned to me quick as a flash.
set up or found
From this reading “Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat.
shout out
From this reading “Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I didn’t stop to argue, but I wanted to argue.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then duck along the shore toward Nantucket and lie down in the sand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’ll call them off our tracks a minute, anyhow.”
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading Then duck along the shore toward Nantucket and lie down in the sand.
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading “Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Catty turned to me quick as a flash.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading It’ll call them off our tracks a minute, anyhow.”
an island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry
From this reading Then duck along the shore toward Nantucket and lie down in the sand.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading It’ll call them off our tracks a minute, anyhow.”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It’ll call them off our tracks a minute, anyhow.”
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading Catty turned to me quick as a flash.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading Then duck along the shore toward Nantucket and lie down in the sand.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading Then duck along the shore toward Nantucket and lie down in the sand.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading I didn’t stop to argue, but I wanted to argue.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It’ll call them off our tracks a minute, anyhow.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then duck along the shore toward Nantucket and lie down in the sand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Catty turned to me quick as a flash.
in the direction of
From this reading Then duck along the shore toward Nantucket and lie down in the sand.
plural of “track” — a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading It’ll call them off our tracks a minute, anyhow.”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Catty turned to me quick as a flash.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading I didn’t stop to argue, but I wanted to argue.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Run down to the water,” he says, “and holler as loud as you can that you’ve found a boat.
Chapter 20 of Catty Atkins, Sailorman by Clarence Budington Kelland holds 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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 20 holds 178 sentences of Catty Atkins, Sailorman, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 20 of Catty Atkins, Sailorman by Clarence Budington Kelland exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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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