Chapter 21 of Courage, True Hearts is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Courage, True Hearts is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"All hands on deck! Tumble up, my lads! Tumble up!" The men needed no second bidding. They did tumble up, every man Jack of them, as merrily as if marriage-bells had called them.
Chapter 21 of Courage, True Hearts is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading “The men needed no second bidding.”
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading “"All hands on deck!”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “They did tumble up, every man Jack of them, as merrily as if marriage-bells had called them.”
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading “Tumble up, my lads!”
in a joyous manner
From this reading “They did tumble up, every man Jack of them, as merrily as if marriage-bells had called them.”
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading “The men needed no second bidding.”
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “The men needed no second bidding.”
fall down, as if collapsing
From this reading “Tumble up, my lads!”
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 “The men needed no second bidding.”
In this reading “"All hands on deck!”
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 "All hands on deck!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They did tumble up, every man Jack of them, as merrily as if marriage-bells had called them.
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading The men needed no second bidding.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading They did tumble up, every man Jack of them, as merrily as if marriage-bells had called them.
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading "All hands on deck!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading They did tumble up, every man Jack of them, as merrily as if marriage-bells had called them.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading They did tumble up, every man Jack of them, as merrily as if marriage-bells had called them.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They did tumble up, every man Jack of them, as merrily as if marriage-bells had called them.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading "All hands on deck!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading They did tumble up, every man Jack of them, as merrily as if marriage-bells had called them.
a small worthless amount
From this reading They did tumble up, every man Jack of them, as merrily as if marriage-bells had called them.
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading Tumble up, my lads!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading They did tumble up, every man Jack of them, as merrily as if marriage-bells had called them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They did tumble up, every man Jack of them, as merrily as if marriage-bells had called them.
the force of workers available
From this reading The men needed no second bidding.
in a joyous manner
From this reading They did tumble up, every man Jack of them, as merrily as if marriage-bells had called them.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Tumble up, my lads!
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading The men needed no second bidding.
not any; not one
From this reading The men needed no second bidding.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They did tumble up, every man Jack of them, as merrily as if marriage-bells had called them.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "All hands on deck!
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading The men needed no second bidding.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The men needed no second bidding.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They did tumble up, every man Jack of them, as merrily as if marriage-bells had called them.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They did tumble up, every man Jack of them, as merrily as if marriage-bells had called them.
fall down, as if collapsing
From this reading Tumble up, my lads!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Tumble up, my lads!
Chapter 21 of Courage, True Hearts by Gordon Stables holds 131 sentences, grouped into 27 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 21 holds 131 sentences of Courage, True Hearts, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of Courage, True Hearts by Gordon Stables exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 131 sentences, grouped into 27 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.
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