Chapter 10 of Great Sea Stories is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Great Sea Stories is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Luff at your peril!" screamed the skipper. "Aft here, some hands," I cried, "and lay the mainyard aback. Let go the port main-braces!" The captain came running toward me. "By the living God!"
Chapter 10 of Great Sea Stories is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
having the wind against the forward side of the sails
From this reading “"Aft here, some hands," I cried, "and lay the mainyard aback.”
at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
From this reading “"Aft here, some hands," I cried, "and lay the mainyard aback.”
(nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast
From this reading “"Luff at your peril!" screamed the skipper.”
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading “"Luff at your peril!" screamed the skipper.”
a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
From this reading “Let go the port main-braces!"”
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading “The captain came running toward me.”
past form of “scream” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “"Luff at your peril!" screamed the skipper.”
a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading “"Luff at your peril!" screamed the skipper.”
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having the wind against the forward side of the sails
From this reading "Aft here, some hands," I cried, "and lay the mainyard aback.
at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
From this reading "Aft here, some hands," I cried, "and lay the mainyard aback.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Aft here, some hands," I cried, "and lay the mainyard aback.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Luff at your peril!" screamed the skipper.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "By the living God!"
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The captain came running toward me.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading The captain came running toward me.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Aft here, some hands," I cried, "and lay the mainyard aback.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Let go the port main-braces!"
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading "By the living God!"
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading "Aft here, some hands," I cried, "and lay the mainyard aback.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Aft here, some hands," I cried, "and lay the mainyard aback.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Aft here, some hands," I cried, "and lay the mainyard aback.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "Aft here, some hands," I cried, "and lay the mainyard aback.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let go the port main-braces!"
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading "By the living God!"
(nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast
From this reading "Luff at your peril!" screamed the skipper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let go the port main-braces!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Aft here, some hands," I cried, "and lay the mainyard aback.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The captain came running toward me.
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading "Luff at your peril!" screamed the skipper.
a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
From this reading Let go the port main-braces!"
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading The captain came running toward me.
past form of “scream” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Luff at your peril!" screamed the skipper.
a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading "Luff at your peril!" screamed the skipper.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Aft here, some hands," I cried, "and lay the mainyard aback.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Luff at your peril!" screamed the skipper.
in the direction of
From this reading The captain came running toward me.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Luff at your peril!" screamed the skipper.
Chapter 10 of Great Sea Stories by Joseph Lewis [Editor] French holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 418 sentences of Great Sea Stories, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Great Sea Stories by Joseph Lewis [Editor] French exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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.
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