Chapter 4 of Drake is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Drake is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_The cheering and rushing about increases_. _Shouts of hurrah for the Judith_. _Hurrah for_ DRAKE. _Hurrah for_ HAWKINS! _Down with the Spaniards_.
Chapter 4 of Drake is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
From this reading “_The cheering and rushing about increases_.”
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
From this reading “_Hurrah for_ DRAKE.”
English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)
From this reading “_Hurrah for_ HAWKINS!”
a victory cheer
From this reading “_Shouts of hurrah for the Judith_.”
plural of “increase” — a quantity that is added
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
plural of “shout” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
plural of “spaniard” — a native or inhabitant of Spain
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 “_Shouts of hurrah for the Judith_.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading _The cheering and rushing about increases_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _The cheering and rushing about increases_.
encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
From this reading _The cheering and rushing about increases_.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading _Down with the Spaniards_.
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
From this reading _Hurrah for_ DRAKE.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Shouts of hurrah for the Judith_.
English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)
From this reading _Hurrah for_ HAWKINS!
a victory cheer
From this reading _Shouts of hurrah for the Judith_.
plural of “increase” — a quantity that is added
From this reading _The cheering and rushing about increases_.
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading _Shouts of hurrah for the Judith_.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Shouts of hurrah for the Judith_.
(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
From this reading _The cheering and rushing about increases_.
plural of “shout” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading _Shouts of hurrah for the Judith_.
plural of “spaniard” — a native or inhabitant of Spain
From this reading _Down with the Spaniards_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The cheering and rushing about increases_.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Down with the Spaniards_.
Chapter 4 of Drake by William MacOubrey holds 465 sentences, grouped into 93 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 4 holds 465 sentences of Drake, unabridged, divided into 93 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Drake by William MacOubrey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 465 sentences, grouped into 93 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 93 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Drake, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
