Chapter 1 of Culm Rock The Story of a Year is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Culm Rock The Story of a Year is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
What ye think? Now lookee here, men, let me give ye a bit o' advice. Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do. Let him alone, an' keep yer own side o' the Rock." The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.
Chapter 1 of Culm Rock The Story of a Year is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 7/14 · 5 reading units · Lines 31–35
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a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading “Now lookee here, men, let me give ye a bit o' advice.”
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “Now lookee here, men, let me give ye a bit o' advice.”
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
From this reading “Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.”
past form of “heed” — pay close attention to; give heed to
From this reading “The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.”
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading “Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.”
(usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point
From this reading “The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.”
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “Let him alone, an' keep yer own side o' the Rock."”
possessive form of “skipper” — a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading “The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.”
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look on as or consider
In this reading “The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.”
In this reading “The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Now lookee here, men, let me give ye a bit o' advice.
a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading Now lookee here, men, let me give ye a bit o' advice.
(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 The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Let him alone, an' keep yer own side o' the Rock."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading Now lookee here, men, let me give ye a bit o' advice.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.
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From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Now lookee here, men, let me give ye a bit o' advice.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
past form of “heed” — pay close attention to; give heed to
From this reading The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Now lookee here, men, let me give ye a bit o' advice.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Let him alone, an' keep yer own side o' the Rock."
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Now lookee here, men, let me give ye a bit o' advice.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now lookee here, men, let me give ye a bit o' advice.
engage in
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now lookee here, men, let me give ye a bit o' advice.
the force of workers available
From this reading Now lookee here, men, let me give ye a bit o' advice.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now lookee here, men, let me give ye a bit o' advice.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Now lookee here, men, let me give ye a bit o' advice.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Let him alone, an' keep yer own side o' the Rock."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
(usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point
From this reading The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Let him alone, an' keep yer own side o' the Rock."
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Let him alone, an' keep yer own side o' the Rock."
possessive form of “skipper” — a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Let him alone, an' keep yer own side o' the Rock."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading What ye think?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What ye think?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading The skipper's word was looked upon with respect by all the fish-folk, and they heeded his advice.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading What ye think?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
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