Chapter 7 of King o' the Beach: A Tropic Tale is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of King o' the Beach: A Tropic Tale is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Nonsense, Bob." "Oh, no, it aren't, my lad; it's some sense, and it's taught me a deal." "What do you mean?" "Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten. You see how they go down on their knees like to old Bottle-nose yonder?"
Chapter 7 of King o' the Beach: A Tropic Tale is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “"Nonsense, Bob."”
having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
From this reading “"Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.”
inflected form of “eat” — take in solid food
From this reading “"Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “"Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.”
a boy or man
From this reading “"Oh, no, it aren't, my lad; it's some sense, and it's taught me a deal."”
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading “"Nonsense, Bob."”
inflected form of “teach” — impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading “"Oh, no, it aren't, my lad; it's some sense, and it's taught me a deal."”
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading “You see how they go down on their knees like to old Bottle-nose yonder?"”
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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 "Oh, no, it aren't, my lad; it's some sense, and it's taught me a deal."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Oh, no, it aren't, my lad; it's some sense, and it's taught me a deal."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, no, it aren't, my lad; it's some sense, and it's taught me a deal."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading "Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading "Nonsense, Bob."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You see how they go down on their knees like to old Bottle-nose yonder?"
having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
From this reading "Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading "Oh, no, it aren't, my lad; it's some sense, and it's taught me a deal."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What do you mean?"
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading You see how they go down on their knees like to old Bottle-nose yonder?"
inflected form of “eat” — take in solid food
From this reading "Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading "Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading You see how they go down on their knees like to old Bottle-nose yonder?"
the act of departing
From this reading "Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You see how they go down on their knees like to old Bottle-nose yonder?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Oh, no, it aren't, my lad; it's some sense, and it's taught me a deal."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, no, it aren't, my lad; it's some sense, and it's taught me a deal."
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading "Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.
plural of “knee” — hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading You see how they go down on their knees like to old Bottle-nose yonder?"
a boy or man
From this reading "Oh, no, it aren't, my lad; it's some sense, and it's taught me a deal."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading You see how they go down on their knees like to old Bottle-nose yonder?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Oh, no, it aren't, my lad; it's some sense, and it's taught me a deal."
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "What do you mean?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Oh, no, it aren't, my lad; it's some sense, and it's taught me a deal."
not any; not one
From this reading "Oh, no, it aren't, my lad; it's some sense, and it's taught me a deal."
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading "Nonsense, Bob."
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, no, it aren't, my lad; it's some sense, and it's taught me a deal."
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading You see how they go down on their knees like to old Bottle-nose yonder?"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You see how they go down on their knees like to old Bottle-nose yonder?"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading You see how they go down on their knees like to old Bottle-nose yonder?"
a general conscious awareness
From this reading "Oh, no, it aren't, my lad; it's some sense, and it's taught me a deal."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Oh, no, it aren't, my lad; it's some sense, and it's taught me a deal."
inflected form of “teach” — impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading "Oh, no, it aren't, my lad; it's some sense, and it's taught me a deal."
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading You see how they go down on their knees like to old Bottle-nose yonder?"
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading You see how they go down on their knees like to old Bottle-nose yonder?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What do you mean?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading "Why, it's give me a feeling as we're going to get out o' this job without being cooked and eaten.
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading You see how they go down on their knees like to old Bottle-nose yonder?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What do you mean?"
Chapter 7 of King o' the Beach: A Tropic Tale by George Manville Fenn holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 7 holds 402 sentences of King o' the Beach: A Tropic Tale, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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