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Chapter 4 of Many cargoes is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“You thought”—prompted Miss Cringle coldly. “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.” “Ahoy! _Maggie! Maggie!_” came the voice of the graceless varlet who was steering.
Chapter 4 of Many cargoes is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
From this reading ““I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.””
lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner
From this reading ““You thought”—prompted Miss Cringle coldly.”
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
From this reading ““I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.””
lacking graciousness
From this reading “Maggie!_” came the voice of the graceless varlet who was steering.”
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading ““I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.””
past form of “prompt” — give an incentive for action
From this reading ““You thought”—prompted Miss Cringle coldly.”
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading ““I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.””
the act of guiding or showing the way
From this reading “Maggie!_” came the voice of the graceless varlet who was steering.”
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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 “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ahoy!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Maggie!_” came the voice of the graceless varlet who was steering.
lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner
From this reading “You thought”—prompted Miss Cringle coldly.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
From this reading “You thought”—prompted Miss Cringle coldly.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
lacking graciousness
From this reading Maggie!_” came the voice of the graceless varlet who was steering.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Maggie!
engage in
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “You thought”—prompted Miss Cringle coldly.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Maggie!_” came the voice of the graceless varlet who was steering.
past form of “prompt” — give an incentive for action
From this reading “You thought”—prompted Miss Cringle coldly.
with speed
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
the act of guiding or showing the way
From this reading Maggie!_” came the voice of the graceless varlet who was steering.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “You thought”—prompted Miss Cringle coldly.
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading Maggie!_” came the voice of the graceless varlet who was steering.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Maggie!_” came the voice of the graceless varlet who was steering.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Maggie!_” came the voice of the graceless varlet who was steering.
at the time that
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
which person or people
From this reading Maggie!_” came the voice of the graceless varlet who was steering.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I thought a little fright would do you good,” said the mate, speaking quickly, “and that it would make you appreciate me a little more when I did come.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You thought”—prompted Miss Cringle coldly.
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