Chapter 3 of Harper's Round Table, December 22, 1896 is here in full — 711 sentences across 143 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Harper's Round Table, December 22, 1896 is here in full — 711 sentences across 143 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WRECK ON THE BAR. It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat. Captain Kroom noticed Sam's look and said: "This 'ere isn't any mill-pond, eh? Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
Chapter 3 of Harper's Round Table, December 22, 1896 is here in full — 711 sentences across 143 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
From this reading “THE WRECK ON THE BAR.”
make calm or still
From this reading “Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.”
an old word for “before”
From this reading “"This 'ere isn't any mill-pond, eh?”
a person who lives and works on land
From this reading “It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.”
being perceived or observed
From this reading “Captain Kroom noticed Sam's look and said:”
possessive form of “sam” — a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “Captain Kroom noticed Sam's look and said:”
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
From this reading “It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.”
something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
From this reading “THE WRECK ON THE BAR.”
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.
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
In this reading “It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.”
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 It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
anew
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
(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 Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Captain Kroom noticed Sam's look and said:
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "This 'ere isn't any mill-pond, eh?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
From this reading THE WRECK ON THE BAR.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
a youthful male person
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
make calm or still
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading Captain Kroom noticed Sam's look and said:
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "This 'ere isn't any mill-pond, eh?
an old word for “before”
From this reading "This 'ere isn't any mill-pond, eh?
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
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From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "This 'ere isn't any mill-pond, eh?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Kroom noticed Sam's look and said:
a person who lives and works on land
From this reading It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Captain Kroom noticed Sam's look and said:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "This 'ere isn't any mill-pond, eh?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
being perceived or observed
From this reading Captain Kroom noticed Sam's look and said:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE WRECK ON THE BAR.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Captain Kroom noticed Sam's look and said:
possessive form of “sam” — a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading Captain Kroom noticed Sam's look and said:
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WRECK ON THE BAR.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This 'ere isn't any mill-pond, eh?
having three corners
From this reading It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
From this reading It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, my boy, all I'm afraid of is that it'll be a dead calm before we can get there and back again.
something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
From this reading THE WRECK ON THE BAR.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading It was something tremendous for a young landsman to find himself away out at sea in a three-cornered boat.
Chapter 3 of Harper's Round Table, December 22, 1896 by Various holds 711 sentences, grouped into 143 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 3 holds 711 sentences of Harper's Round Table, December 22, 1896, unabridged, divided into 143 reading sections.
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