Chapter 6 of Contraband is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Contraband is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"TERRARUM DOMINOS." "Near side, man! the near side! Take it up two holes--that'll do. Sit tight behind!" The leaders cringed and winced against their bars.
Chapter 6 of Contraband is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights
From this reading “The leaders cringed and winced against their bars.”
past form of “cringe” — draw back, as with fear or pain
From this reading “The leaders cringed and winced against their bars.”
any of several games played with small rectangular blocks
From this reading “"TERRARUM DOMINOS."”
plural of “hole” — an opening into or through something
From this reading “Take it up two holes--that'll do.”
the body of people who lead a group
From this reading “The leaders cringed and winced against their bars.”
be seated
From this reading “Sit tight behind!"”
closely constrained or constricted or constricting
From this reading “Sit tight behind!"”
past form of “wince” — draw back, as with fear or pain
From this reading “The leaders cringed and winced against their bars.”
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.
maintain the same position; wait it out
In this reading “Sit tight behind!"”
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.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The leaders cringed and winced against their bars.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The leaders cringed and winced against their bars.
gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights
From this reading The leaders cringed and winced against their bars.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Sit tight behind!"
past form of “cringe” — draw back, as with fear or pain
From this reading The leaders cringed and winced against their bars.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Take it up two holes--that'll do.
any of several games played with small rectangular blocks
From this reading "TERRARUM DOMINOS."
plural of “hole” — an opening into or through something
From this reading Take it up two holes--that'll do.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Take it up two holes--that'll do.
the body of people who lead a group
From this reading The leaders cringed and winced against their bars.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "Near side, man! the near side!
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading "Near side, man! the near side!
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading "Near side, man! the near side!
be seated
From this reading Sit tight behind!"
carry out
From this reading Take it up two holes--that'll do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "TERRARUM DOMINOS."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Take it up two holes--that'll do.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Near side, man! the near side!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The leaders cringed and winced against their bars.
closely constrained or constricted or constricting
From this reading Sit tight behind!"
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Take it up two holes--that'll do.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Take it up two holes--that'll do.
past form of “wince” — draw back, as with fear or pain
From this reading The leaders cringed and winced against their bars.
Chapter 6 of Contraband by G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville holds 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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 129 sentences of Contraband, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Contraband by G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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 26 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 26 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 6 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 390 minutes of reading across 938 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Contraband section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Contraband, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
