Chapter 18 of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote is here in full — 66 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVIII
Chapter 18 of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote is here in full — 66 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The author sets out on his third voyage. Is taken by pirates. The malice of a Dutchman. His arrival at an island. He is received into Laputa.
Chapter 18 of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote is here in full — 66 sentences across 14 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.
accomplishment of an objective
From this reading “His arrival at an island.”
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “The author sets out on his third voyage.”
a native or inhabitant of Holland
From this reading “The malice of a Dutchman.”
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading “His arrival at an island.”
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading “The malice of a Dutchman.”
plural of “pirate” — someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
From this reading “Is taken by pirates.”
plural of “set” — a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
From this reading “The author sets out on his third voyage.”
an act of traveling by water
From this reading “The author sets out on his third voyage.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 The malice of a Dutchman.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading His arrival at an island.
accomplishment of an objective
From this reading His arrival at an island.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading His arrival at an island.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading The author sets out on his third voyage.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Is taken by pirates.
a native or inhabitant of Holland
From this reading The malice of a Dutchman.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He is received into Laputa.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The author sets out on his third voyage.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He is received into Laputa.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is taken by pirates.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading His arrival at an island.
a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where impractical projects were pursued and practical projects neglected
From this reading He is received into Laputa.
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading The malice of a Dutchman.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The malice of a Dutchman.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The author sets out on his third voyage.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The author sets out on his third voyage.
plural of “pirate” — someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
From this reading Is taken by pirates.
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading He is received into Laputa.
plural of “set” — a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
From this reading The author sets out on his third voyage.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Is taken by pirates.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The author sets out on his third voyage.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading The author sets out on his third voyage.
an act of traveling by water
From this reading The author sets out on his third voyage.
Chapter 18 of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote by Jonathan Swift holds 66 sentences, grouped into 14 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 18 holds 66 sentences of Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote, unabridged, divided into 14 reading sections.
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