Chapter 15 of Jim Spurling, Fisherman: or Making Good is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Jim Spurling, Fisherman: or Making Good is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Stevens lifted his hands to remove the headpiece. Suddenly a change came over his face and his arms dropped slowly. He gave his mates a warning look. There fell a silence in the cabin. Anxiously the others watched the operator's tense features.
Chapter 15 of Jim Spurling, Fisherman: or Making Good is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading “Anxiously the others watched the operator's tense features.”
plural of “feature” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something
From this reading “Anxiously the others watched the operator's tense features.”
a pair of people who live together
From this reading “He gave his mates a warning look.”
possessive form of “operator” — (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
From this reading “Anxiously the others watched the operator's tense features.”
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
From this reading “Stevens lifted his hands to remove the headpiece.”
United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed Stevens' power law to replace Fechner's law (1906-1973)
From this reading “Stevens lifted his hands to remove the headpiece.”
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
From this reading “Anxiously the others watched the operator's tense features.”
a message informing of danger
From this reading “He gave his mates a warning look.”
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.
communicate the intended meaning or impression
In this reading “Suddenly a change came over his face and his arms dropped slowly.”
In this reading “There fell a silence in the cabin.”
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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 Suddenly a change came over his face and his arms dropped slowly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Suddenly a change came over his face and his arms dropped slowly.
with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading Anxiously the others watched the operator's tense features.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Suddenly a change came over his face and his arms dropped slowly.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading There fell a silence in the cabin.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Suddenly a change came over his face and his arms dropped slowly.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading Suddenly a change came over his face and his arms dropped slowly.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading Suddenly a change came over his face and his arms dropped slowly.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Suddenly a change came over his face and his arms dropped slowly.
plural of “feature” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something
From this reading Anxiously the others watched the operator's tense features.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading There fell a silence in the cabin.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading He gave his mates a warning look.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Stevens lifted his hands to remove the headpiece.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He gave his mates a warning look.
the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head
From this reading Stevens lifted his hands to remove the headpiece.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Stevens lifted his hands to remove the headpiece.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There fell a silence in the cabin.
held up in the air
From this reading Stevens lifted his hands to remove the headpiece.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading He gave his mates a warning look.
a pair of people who live together
From this reading He gave his mates a warning look.
possessive form of “operator” — (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
From this reading Anxiously the others watched the operator's tense features.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anxiously the others watched the operator's tense features.
above and across; more than
From this reading Suddenly a change came over his face and his arms dropped slowly.
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
From this reading Stevens lifted his hands to remove the headpiece.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading There fell a silence in the cabin.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Suddenly a change came over his face and his arms dropped slowly.
United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed Stevens' power law to replace Fechner's law (1906-1973)
From this reading Stevens lifted his hands to remove the headpiece.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Suddenly a change came over his face and his arms dropped slowly.
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
From this reading Anxiously the others watched the operator's tense features.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Stevens lifted his hands to remove the headpiece.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There fell a silence in the cabin.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Stevens lifted his hands to remove the headpiece.
a message informing of danger
From this reading He gave his mates a warning look.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading Anxiously the others watched the operator's tense features.
Chapter 15 of Jim Spurling, Fisherman: or Making Good by Albert Walter Tolman holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
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