Chapter 4 of Fanny Campbell, The Female Pirate Captain is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Fanny Campbell, The Female Pirate Captain is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_THE RUSE OF THE CAPTAIN, MUTINY! A NEW COMMANDER. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. A FATAL AND BLOODY SCENE. SAIL HO!
Chapter 4 of Fanny Campbell, The Female Pirate Captain is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
From this reading “ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.”
tried unsuccessfully
From this reading “ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.”
having or covered with or accompanied by blood
From this reading “A FATAL AND BLOODY SCENE.”
an officer in command of a military unit
From this reading “A NEW COMMANDER.”
bringing death
From this reading “A FATAL AND BLOODY SCENE.”
open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
From this reading “_THE RUSE OF THE CAPTAIN, MUTINY!”
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
From this reading “_THE RUSE OF THE CAPTAIN, MUTINY!”
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading “SAIL HO!”
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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 A NEW COMMANDER.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A FATAL AND BLOODY SCENE.
an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
From this reading ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
tried unsuccessfully
From this reading ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
having or covered with or accompanied by blood
From this reading A FATAL AND BLOODY SCENE.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading _THE RUSE OF THE CAPTAIN, MUTINY!
an officer in command of a military unit
From this reading A NEW COMMANDER.
bringing death
From this reading A FATAL AND BLOODY SCENE.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading SAIL HO!
open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
From this reading _THE RUSE OF THE CAPTAIN, MUTINY!
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading A NEW COMMANDER.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _THE RUSE OF THE CAPTAIN, MUTINY!
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
From this reading _THE RUSE OF THE CAPTAIN, MUTINY!
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading SAIL HO!
the place where some action occurs
From this reading A FATAL AND BLOODY SCENE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _THE RUSE OF THE CAPTAIN, MUTINY!
Chapter 4 of Fanny Campbell, The Female Pirate Captain by Maturin M. (Maturin Murray) Ballou holds 149 sentences, grouped into 30 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 149 sentences of Fanny Campbell, The Female Pirate Captain, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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