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Chapter 5 of In ship and prison is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me. “What is it you say, Bill?” I now demanded. “The Captain cut me loose? Then how come you here?
Chapter 5 of In ship and prison is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a formal public statement
From this reading “A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.”
bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
From this reading “A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.”
two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
From this reading “A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.”
despicably cowardly
From this reading “A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.”
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
From this reading “A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.”
owning or consisting of land or real estate
From this reading “A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.”
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading ““The Captain cut me loose?”
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.”
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In this reading “A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.”
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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 DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
a formal public statement
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
next to; at the side of
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “The Captain cut me loose?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then how come you here?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading “The Captain cut me loose?
despicably cowardly
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading I now demanded.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Then how come you here?
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From this reading Then how come you here?
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What is it you say, Bill?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
owning or consisting of land or real estate
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading “The Captain cut me loose?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
a particular point in time
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I now demanded.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
express in words
From this reading “What is it you say, Bill?”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then how come you here?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A DASTARDLY TRICK It was neither the time nor the place to question this astounding announcement, so I drew myself back to the deck of the brig as best I could, and the next moment Bill Howard landed beside me.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What is it you say, Bill?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What is it you say, Bill?”
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