Chapter 12 of Count Luckner, the Sea Devil is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Count Luckner, the Sea Devil is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Suddenly, there came an even more ominous scraping sound. The _Seeadler_ quivered, and our blood fairly froze. We had grazed a submerged snout of ice. In such a sea, there would have been no chance to launch lifeboats. Although we had not staved in our hull, nevertheless, the ship had sprung a leak.
Chapter 12 of Count Luckner, the Sea Devil is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “freeze” — stop moving or become immobilized
From this reading “The _Seeadler_ quivered, and our blood fairly froze.”
scraped or touched lightly in passing
From this reading “We had grazed a submerged snout of ice.”
an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape
From this reading “Although we had not staved in our hull, nevertheless, the ship had sprung a leak.”
plural of “lifeboat” — a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship
From this reading “In such a sea, there would have been no chance to launch lifeboats.”
(usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
From this reading “Suddenly, there came an even more ominous scraping sound.”
a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
From this reading “We had grazed a submerged snout of ice.”
past form of “stave” — furnish with staves
From this reading “Although we had not staved in our hull, nevertheless, the ship had sprung a leak.”
beneath the surface of the water
From this reading “We had grazed a submerged snout of ice.”
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 “Although we had not staved in our hull, nevertheless, the ship had sprung a leak.”
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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 We had grazed a submerged snout of ice.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Although we had not staved in our hull, nevertheless, the ship had sprung a leak.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Suddenly, there came an even more ominous scraping sound.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The _Seeadler_ quivered, and our blood fairly froze.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In such a sea, there would have been no chance to launch lifeboats.
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading The _Seeadler_ quivered, and our blood fairly froze.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Suddenly, there came an even more ominous scraping sound.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading In such a sea, there would have been no chance to launch lifeboats.
divisible by two
From this reading Suddenly, there came an even more ominous scraping sound.
to certain extent or degree
From this reading The _Seeadler_ quivered, and our blood fairly froze.
inflected form of “freeze” — stop moving or become immobilized
From this reading The _Seeadler_ quivered, and our blood fairly froze.
scraped or touched lightly in passing
From this reading We had grazed a submerged snout of ice.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had grazed a submerged snout of ice.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In such a sea, there would have been no chance to launch lifeboats.
dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
From this reading Although we had not staved in our hull, nevertheless, the ship had sprung a leak.
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading We had grazed a submerged snout of ice.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In such a sea, there would have been no chance to launch lifeboats.
set up or found
From this reading In such a sea, there would have been no chance to launch lifeboats.
an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape
From this reading Although we had not staved in our hull, nevertheless, the ship had sprung a leak.
plural of “lifeboat” — a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship
From this reading In such a sea, there would have been no chance to launch lifeboats.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Suddenly, there came an even more ominous scraping sound.
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading Although we had not staved in our hull, nevertheless, the ship had sprung a leak.
not any; not one
From this reading In such a sea, there would have been no chance to launch lifeboats.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Although we had not staved in our hull, nevertheless, the ship had sprung a leak.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We had grazed a submerged snout of ice.
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
From this reading Suddenly, there came an even more ominous scraping sound.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The _Seeadler_ quivered, and our blood fairly froze.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The _Seeadler_ quivered, and our blood fairly froze.
(usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
From this reading Suddenly, there came an even more ominous scraping sound.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading In such a sea, there would have been no chance to launch lifeboats.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The _Seeadler_ quivered, and our blood fairly froze.
transport commercially
From this reading Although we had not staved in our hull, nevertheless, the ship had sprung a leak.
a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
From this reading We had grazed a submerged snout of ice.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading Suddenly, there came an even more ominous scraping sound.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Although we had not staved in our hull, nevertheless, the ship had sprung a leak.
past form of “stave” — furnish with staves
From this reading Although we had not staved in our hull, nevertheless, the ship had sprung a leak.
beneath the surface of the water
From this reading We had grazed a submerged snout of ice.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In such a sea, there would have been no chance to launch lifeboats.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Suddenly, there came an even more ominous scraping sound.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The _Seeadler_ quivered, and our blood fairly froze.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Suddenly, there came an even more ominous scraping sound.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In such a sea, there would have been no chance to launch lifeboats.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had grazed a submerged snout of ice.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading In such a sea, there would have been no chance to launch lifeboats.
Chapter 12 of Count Luckner, the Sea Devil by Lowell Thomas holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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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