Chapter 1 of Commodore Junk is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Commodore Junk is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Commodore Junk, by George Manville Fenn. ________________________________________________________________________ COMMODORE JUNK, BY GEORGE MANVILLE FENN. CHAPTER ONE. DOWN IN DEVON. "Then you're a villain!"
Chapter 1 of Commodore Junk is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”
a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral
From this reading “Commodore Junk, by George Manville Fenn.”
a county in southwestern England
From this reading “DOWN IN DEVON.”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “DOWN IN DEVON.”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “Commodore Junk, by George Manville Fenn.”
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
From this reading “Commodore Junk, by George Manville Fenn.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading “"Then you're a villain!"”
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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 "Then you're a villain!"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Commodore Junk, by George Manville Fenn.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral
From this reading Commodore Junk, by George Manville Fenn.
a county in southwestern England
From this reading DOWN IN DEVON.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading DOWN IN DEVON.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Commodore Junk, by George Manville Fenn.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading Commodore Junk, by George Manville Fenn.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading DOWN IN DEVON.
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
From this reading Commodore Junk, by George Manville Fenn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Commodore Junk, by George Manville Fenn.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then you're a villain!"
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading "Then you're a villain!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Then you're a villain!"
Chapter 1 of Commodore Junk by George Manville Fenn holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 1 holds 424 sentences of Commodore Junk, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Commodore Junk by George Manville Fenn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
Work through the 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 517 minutes of reading across 1242 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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