Chapter 6 of Count Luckner, the Sea Devil is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Count Luckner, the Sea Devil is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A motor boat selling beer is alongside. I buy a case, and we drink. The squealer begins to wheeze, while the evening sun shines on the water. At half-past six Hein's laundress arrived. She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
Chapter 6 of Count Luckner, the Sea Devil is here in full — 412 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.
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading “She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.”
refuse to comply
From this reading “She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.”
to certain extent or degree
From this reading “She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.”
pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)
From this reading “She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.”
the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
From this reading “A motor boat selling beer is alongside.”
plural of “shine” — the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
From this reading “The squealer begins to wheeze, while the evening sun shines on the water.”
a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
From this reading “She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.”
breathing with a husky or whistling sound
From this reading “The squealer begins to wheeze, while the evening sun shines on the water.”
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 “A motor boat selling beer is alongside.”
In this reading “The squealer begins to wheeze, while the evening sun shines on the water.”
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 A motor boat selling beer is alongside.
(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 She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
side by side
From this reading A motor boat selling beer is alongside.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I buy a case, and we drink.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading At half-past six Hein's laundress arrived.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At half-past six Hein's laundress arrived.
a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
From this reading A motor boat selling beer is alongside.
plural of “begin” — Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)
From this reading The squealer begins to wheeze, while the evening sun shines on the water.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading A motor boat selling beer is alongside.
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading I buy a case, and we drink.
an occurrence of something
From this reading I buy a case, and we drink.
take in liquids
From this reading I buy a case, and we drink.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading The squealer begins to wheeze, while the evening sun shines on the water.
apart from; not including
From this reading She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
moving swiftly
From this reading She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
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From this reading At half-past six Hein's laundress arrived.
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From this reading At half-past six Hein's laundress arrived.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I buy a case, and we drink.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A motor boat selling beer is alongside.
refuse to comply
From this reading She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
a working woman who takes in washing
From this reading At half-past six Hein's laundress arrived.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading A motor boat selling beer is alongside.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The squealer begins to wheeze, while the evening sun shines on the water.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
to certain extent or degree
From this reading She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)
From this reading She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
From this reading A motor boat selling beer is alongside.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
plural of “shine” — the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
From this reading The squealer begins to wheeze, while the evening sun shines on the water.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading At half-past six Hein's laundress arrived.
a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
From this reading She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
one who reveals confidential information in return for money
From this reading The squealer begins to wheeze, while the evening sun shines on the water.
caught or fixed
From this reading She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The squealer begins to wheeze, while the evening sun shines on the water.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The squealer begins to wheeze, while the evening sun shines on the water.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The squealer begins to wheeze, while the evening sun shines on the water.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
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 squealer begins to wheeze, while the evening sun shines on the water.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I buy a case, and we drink.
breathing with a husky or whistling sound
From this reading The squealer begins to wheeze, while the evening sun shines on the water.
during the time that
From this reading The squealer begins to wheeze, while the evening sun shines on the water.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was passably good-looking except that she was all pitted with smallpox and her hair stuck out like a flying jib.
Chapter 6 of Count Luckner, the Sea Devil by Lowell Thomas holds 412 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.
Chapter 6 holds 412 sentences of Count Luckner, the Sea Devil, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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