Chapter 6 of Dutch the Diver is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Dutch the Diver is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Thought o' what, sir?" said Sam, winking at the black again. "Of bringing a few canaries. They are such nice presents to give a lady." "Do you want to send a present to her, sir?" "Oh, yes, Mr Oakum."
Chapter 6 of Dutch the Diver is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
From this reading “"Of bringing a few canaries.”
a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces
From this reading “"Of bringing a few canaries.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “They are such nice presents to give a lady."”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “"Do you want to send a present to her, sir?"”
plural of “present” — the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
From this reading “They are such nice presents to give a lady."”
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “"Thought o' what, sir?" said Sam, winking at the black again.”
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “"Do you want to send a present to her, sir?"”
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
From this reading “"Thought o' what, sir?" said Sam, winking at the black again.”
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.
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 "Of bringing a few canaries.
anew
From this reading "Thought o' what, sir?" said Sam, winking at the black again.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They are such nice presents to give a lady."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Thought o' what, sir?" said Sam, winking at the black again.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading "Thought o' what, sir?" said Sam, winking at the black again.
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
From this reading "Of bringing a few canaries.
a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces
From this reading "Of bringing a few canaries.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you want to send a present to her, sir?"
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading "Of bringing a few canaries.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading They are such nice presents to give a lady."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Do you want to send a present to her, sir?"
a polite name for any woman
From this reading They are such nice presents to give a lady."
a form of address for a man
From this reading "Oh, yes, Mr Oakum."
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading They are such nice presents to give a lady."
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 "Thought o' what, sir?" said Sam, winking at the black again.
loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships
From this reading "Oh, yes, Mr Oakum."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Of bringing a few canaries.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, yes, Mr Oakum."
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading "Do you want to send a present to her, sir?"
plural of “present” — the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
From this reading They are such nice presents to give a lady."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Thought o' what, sir?" said Sam, winking at the black again.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading "Thought o' what, sir?" said Sam, winking at the black again.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading "Do you want to send a present to her, sir?"
term of address for a man
From this reading "Thought o' what, sir?" said Sam, winking at the black again.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading They are such nice presents to give a lady."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Thought o' what, sir?" said Sam, winking at the black again.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are such nice presents to give a lady."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "Thought o' what, sir?" said Sam, winking at the black again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They are such nice presents to give a lady."
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "Do you want to send a present to her, sir?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Thought o' what, sir?" said Sam, winking at the black again.
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
From this reading "Thought o' what, sir?" said Sam, winking at the black again.
an affirmative
From this reading "Oh, yes, Mr Oakum."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you want to send a present to her, sir?"
Chapter 6 of Dutch the Diver by George Manville Fenn holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 6 holds 421 sentences of Dutch the Diver, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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