Chapter 6 of Charlie Codman's Cruise: A Story for Boys is here in full — 461 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of Charlie Codman's Cruise: A Story for Boys is here in full — 461 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I wish," he thought, "I knew exactly what the fellow has been doing." Bill was destined to learn ere long. The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring. To his surprise, it had disappeared. "What can have become of it?" he thought.
Chapter 6 of Charlie Codman's Cruise: A Story for Boys is here in full — 461 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “Bill was destined to learn ere long.”
without care or concern
From this reading “The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.”
headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in “college-bound students”
From this reading “Bill was destined to learn ere long.”
past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading “To his surprise, it had disappeared.”
an old word for “before”
From this reading “Bill was destined to learn ere long.”
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading “The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.”
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading “The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.”
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.”
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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In this reading “The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.”
In this reading “"I wish," he thought, "I knew exactly what the fellow has been doing."”
In this reading “The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading "What can have become of it?" he thought.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "I wish," he thought, "I knew exactly what the fellow has been doing."
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Bill was destined to learn ere long.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "What can have become of it?" he thought.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.
without care or concern
From this reading The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.
headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in “college-bound students”
From this reading Bill was destined to learn ere long.
past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading To his surprise, it had disappeared.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading "I wish," he thought, "I knew exactly what the fellow has been doing."
an old word for “before”
From this reading Bill was destined to learn ere long.
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading "I wish," he thought, "I knew exactly what the fellow has been doing."
a boy or man
From this reading "I wish," he thought, "I knew exactly what the fellow has been doing."
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading To his surprise, it had disappeared.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I wish," he thought, "I knew exactly what the fellow has been doing."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I wish," he thought, "I knew exactly what the fellow has been doing."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To his surprise, it had disappeared.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I wish," he thought, "I knew exactly what the fellow has been doing."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To his surprise, it had disappeared.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "I wish," he thought, "I knew exactly what the fellow has been doing."
gain knowledge or skills
From this reading Bill was destined to learn ere long.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Bill was destined to learn ere long.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "What can have become of it?" he thought.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading To his surprise, it had disappeared.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I wish," he thought, "I knew exactly what the fellow has been doing."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "I wish," he thought, "I knew exactly what the fellow has been doing."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bill was destined to learn ere long.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Bill was destined to learn ere long.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "I wish," he thought, "I knew exactly what the fellow has been doing."
in or at the place that
From this reading The captain went below, and glanced carelessly at the place where he remembered to have left the ring.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading "I wish," he thought, "I knew exactly what the fellow has been doing."
Chapter 6 of Charlie Codman's Cruise: A Story for Boys by Horatio, Jr. Alger holds 461 sentences, grouped into 93 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 6 holds 461 sentences of Charlie Codman's Cruise: A Story for Boys, unabridged, divided into 93 reading sections.
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