Chapter 7 of Dave Dawson at Truk is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Dave Dawson at Truk is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man. "She belongs to no one, for always. Even I have suffered from her fickle ways at times. But in your case you were doomed to lose. You were mere boys trying to beat men.
Chapter 7 of Dave Dawson at Truk is here in full — 392 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/78 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading “You were mere boys trying to beat men.”
third-person singular of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading “"She belongs to no one, for always.”
a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
From this reading “"Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.”
marked for certain death
From this reading “But in your case you were doomed to lose.”
given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
From this reading “"Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.”
marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
From this reading “"Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.”
past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading “Even I have suffered from her fickle ways at times.”
-ing form of “sway” — move back and forth or sideways
From this reading “"Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.”
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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an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes
In this reading “"Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.”
In this reading “"Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.”
sporadically and infrequently
In this reading “Even I have suffered from her fickle ways at times.”
In this reading “You were mere boys trying to beat men.”
In this reading “Even I have suffered from her fickle ways at times.”
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 "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
anew
From this reading "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading "She belongs to no one, for always.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Even I have suffered from her fickle ways at times.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading You were mere boys trying to beat men.
third-person singular of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading "She belongs to no one, for always.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading You were mere boys trying to beat men.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But in your case you were doomed to lose.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
an occurrence of something
From this reading But in your case you were doomed to lose.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
From this reading "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
marked for certain death
From this reading But in your case you were doomed to lose.
given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
From this reading "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
divisible by two
From this reading Even I have suffered from her fickle ways at times.
marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
From this reading "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "She belongs to no one, for always.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Even I have suffered from her fickle ways at times.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Even I have suffered from her fickle ways at times.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Even I have suffered from her fickle ways at times.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Even I have suffered from her fickle ways at times.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But in your case you were doomed to lose.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading But in your case you were doomed to lose.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
the force of workers available
From this reading You were mere boys trying to beat men.
being nothing more than specified
From this reading You were mere boys trying to beat men.
not any; not one
From this reading "She belongs to no one, for always.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "She belongs to no one, for always.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She belongs to no one, for always.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading Even I have suffered from her fickle ways at times.
-ing form of “sway” — move back and forth or sideways
From this reading "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading Even I have suffered from her fickle ways at times.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "She belongs to no one, for always.
hard to endure
From this reading You were mere boys trying to beat men.
structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
From this reading Even I have suffered from her fickle ways at times.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But in your case you were doomed to lose.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
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From this reading "Good fortune is a fickle woman, Captain Dawson," Yammanato spoke again, as Dawson caught himself swaying like a drunken man.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But in your case you were doomed to lose.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But in your case you were doomed to lose.
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