Chapter 4 of Count Luckner, the Sea Devil is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Count Luckner, the Sea Devil is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Smutje, you're all right. You've got plenty of coal for your trip to the devil." That joke in the teeth of death made me shiver, since death was so close to us all. We worked at the pumps for forty-eight hours. The water in the hold rose higher and higher.
Chapter 4 of Count Luckner, the Sea Devil is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 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.
fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
From this reading “You've got plenty of coal for your trip to the devil."”
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading “You've got plenty of coal for your trip to the devil."”
advanced in complexity or elaboration
From this reading “The water in the hold rose higher and higher.”
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading “That joke in the teeth of death made me shiver, since death was so close to us all.”
a full supply
From this reading “You've got plenty of coal for your trip to the devil."”
plural of “pump” — a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
From this reading “We worked at the pumps for forty-eight hours.”
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
From this reading “That joke in the teeth of death made me shiver, since death was so close to us all.”
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading “You've got plenty of coal for your trip to the devil."”
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 “We worked at the pumps for forty-eight hours.”
In this reading “You've got plenty of coal for your trip to the devil."”
to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something
In this reading “We worked at the pumps for forty-eight hours.”
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.
(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 "Smutje, you're all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The water in the hold rose higher and higher.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We worked at the pumps for forty-eight hours.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading That joke in the teeth of death made me shiver, since death was so close to us all.
fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
From this reading You've got plenty of coal for your trip to the devil."
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading That joke in the teeth of death made me shiver, since death was so close to us all.
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading You've got plenty of coal for your trip to the devil."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You've got plenty of coal for your trip to the devil."
being eight more than forty
From this reading We worked at the pumps for forty-eight hours.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading You've got plenty of coal for your trip to the devil."
advanced in complexity or elaboration
From this reading The water in the hold rose higher and higher.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading The water in the hold rose higher and higher.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading We worked at the pumps for forty-eight hours.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That joke in the teeth of death made me shiver, since death was so close to us all.
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading That joke in the teeth of death made me shiver, since death was so close to us all.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading That joke in the teeth of death made me shiver, since death was so close to us all.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That joke in the teeth of death made me shiver, since death was so close to us all.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You've got plenty of coal for your trip to the devil."
a full supply
From this reading You've got plenty of coal for your trip to the devil."
plural of “pump” — a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
From this reading We worked at the pumps for forty-eight hours.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Smutje, you're all right.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading The water in the hold rose higher and higher.
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
From this reading That joke in the teeth of death made me shiver, since death was so close to us all.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading That joke in the teeth of death made me shiver, since death was so close to us all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Smutje, you're all right.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading That joke in the teeth of death made me shiver, since death was so close to us all.
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading That joke in the teeth of death made me shiver, since death was so close to us all.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That joke in the teeth of death made me shiver, since death was so close to us all.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You've got plenty of coal for your trip to the devil."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You've got plenty of coal for your trip to the devil."
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading You've got plenty of coal for your trip to the devil."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That joke in the teeth of death made me shiver, since death was so close to us all.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That joke in the teeth of death made me shiver, since death was so close to us all.
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 The water in the hold rose higher and higher.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We worked at the pumps for forty-eight hours.
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading We worked at the pumps for forty-eight hours.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Smutje, you're all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You've got plenty of coal for your trip to the devil."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You've got plenty of coal for your trip to the devil."
Chapter 4 of Count Luckner, the Sea Devil by Lowell Thomas holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
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