Chapter 7 of Dutch the Diver is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Dutch the Diver is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Ho!" said 'Pollo thoughtfully. "I no see de good to gib de shark pepper, sah." "Wait a minute and you will, 'Pollo," said the captain, smiling. "All ready now," said Mr Parkley. "Every one stand back."
Chapter 7 of Dutch the Diver is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
From this reading “"I no see de good to gib de shark pepper, sah."”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “"Wait a minute and you will, 'Pollo," said the captain, smiling.”
add pepper to
From this reading “"I no see de good to gib de shark pepper, sah."”
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
From this reading “"I no see de good to gib de shark pepper, sah."”
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading “"Wait a minute and you will, 'Pollo," said the captain, smiling.”
be standing; be upright
From this reading “"Every one stand back."”
in a thoughtful manner
From this reading “"Ho!" said 'Pollo thoughtfully.”
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “"Wait a minute and you will, 'Pollo," said the captain, smiling.”
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stay clear of, avoid
In this reading “"Every one stand back."”
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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 "Wait a minute and you will, 'Pollo," said the captain, smiling.
(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 "All ready now," said Mr Parkley.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Wait a minute and you will, 'Pollo," said the captain, smiling.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Every one stand back."
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading "Wait a minute and you will, 'Pollo," said the captain, smiling.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading "I no see de good to gib de shark pepper, sah."
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "Every one stand back."
a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
From this reading "I no see de good to gib de shark pepper, sah."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "I no see de good to gib de shark pepper, sah."
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading "Ho!" said 'Pollo thoughtfully.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I no see de good to gib de shark pepper, sah."
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading "Wait a minute and you will, 'Pollo," said the captain, smiling.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "All ready now," said Mr Parkley.
not any; not one
From this reading "I no see de good to gib de shark pepper, sah."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "All ready now," said Mr Parkley.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Every one stand back."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "All ready now," said Mr Parkley.
add pepper to
From this reading "I no see de good to gib de shark pepper, sah."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ho!" said 'Pollo thoughtfully.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading "All ready now," said Mr Parkley.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I no see de good to gib de shark pepper, sah."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Ho!" said 'Pollo thoughtfully.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "I no see de good to gib de shark pepper, sah."
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
From this reading "I no see de good to gib de shark pepper, sah."
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading "Wait a minute and you will, 'Pollo," said the captain, smiling.
be standing; be upright
From this reading "Every one stand back."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Wait a minute and you will, 'Pollo," said the captain, smiling.
in a thoughtful manner
From this reading "Ho!" said 'Pollo thoughtfully.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I no see de good to gib de shark pepper, sah."
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading "Wait a minute and you will, 'Pollo," said the captain, smiling.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Wait a minute and you will, 'Pollo," said the captain, smiling.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Wait a minute and you will, 'Pollo," said the captain, smiling.
Chapter 7 of Dutch the Diver by George Manville Fenn holds 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 7 holds 441 sentences of Dutch the Diver, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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