Chapter 10 of Dorothy on a House Boat is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter X
Chapter 10 of Dorothy on a House Boat is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A MERE ANNE ARUNDEL GUST. Then they found Dorothy's note. "Dear boys and Captain: "We've gone on to Ottawotta Run. Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch. There some more men will be hired to pole us to Deer-Copse.
Chapter 10 of Dorothy on a House Boat is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/40 · 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.
a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading “Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.”
a person who operates a farm
From this reading “Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.”
a strong current of air
From this reading “A MERE ANNE ARUNDEL GUST.”
having services engaged for a fee
From this reading “There some more men will be hired to pole us to Deer-Copse.”
third-person singular of “own” — have ownership or possession of
From this reading “Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.”
a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
From this reading “There some more men will be hired to pole us to Deer-Copse.”
-ing form of “tow” — drag behind
From this reading “Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.”
pull hard
From this reading “Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.”
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 “"Dear boys and Captain: "We've gone on to Ottawotta Run.”
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 MERE ANNE ARUNDEL GUST.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Dear boys and Captain: "We've gone on to Ottawotta Run.
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading A MERE ANNE ARUNDEL GUST.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A MERE ANNE ARUNDEL GUST.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There some more men will be hired to pole us to Deer-Copse.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading "Dear boys and Captain: "We've gone on to Ottawotta Run.
a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading "Dear boys and Captain: "We've gone on to Ottawotta Run.
dearly loved
From this reading "Dear boys and Captain: "We've gone on to Ottawotta Run.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There some more men will be hired to pole us to Deer-Copse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then they found Dorothy's note.
a person who operates a farm
From this reading Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.
set up or found
From this reading Then they found Dorothy's note.
destroyed or killed
From this reading "Dear boys and Captain: "We've gone on to Ottawotta Run.
a strong current of air
From this reading A MERE ANNE ARUNDEL GUST.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.
having services engaged for a fee
From this reading There some more men will be hired to pole us to Deer-Copse.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.
the force of workers available
From this reading There some more men will be hired to pole us to Deer-Copse.
being nothing more than specified
From this reading A MERE ANNE ARUNDEL GUST.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading There some more men will be hired to pole us to Deer-Copse.
a brief written record
From this reading Then they found Dorothy's note.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Dear boys and Captain: "We've gone on to Ottawotta Run.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Dear boys and Captain: "We've gone on to Ottawotta Run.
third-person singular of “own” — have ownership or possession of
From this reading Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.
a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
From this reading There some more men will be hired to pole us to Deer-Copse.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading "Dear boys and Captain: "We've gone on to Ottawotta Run.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading There some more men will be hired to pole us to Deer-Copse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then they found Dorothy's note.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There some more men will be hired to pole us to Deer-Copse.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then they found Dorothy's note.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Dear boys and Captain: "We've gone on to Ottawotta Run.
-ing form of “tow” — drag behind
From this reading Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.
pull hard
From this reading Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Farmer Stillwell's tug, that he owns half of, is towing us to the Branch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Dear boys and Captain: "We've gone on to Ottawotta Run.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading There some more men will be hired to pole us to Deer-Copse.
Chapter 10 of Dorothy on a House Boat by Evelyn Raymond holds 204 sentences, grouped into 41 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 10 holds 204 sentences of Dorothy on a House Boat, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Dorothy on a House Boat by Evelyn Raymond exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 204 sentences, grouped into 41 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.
Work through the 41 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 41 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 10 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Dorothy on a House Boat by Evelyn Raymond on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 4322 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #32606 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #32606, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 360 minutes of reading across 865 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Dorothy on a House Boat section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 17 chapters of Dorothy on a House Boat to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Dorothy on a House Boat, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
