Chapter 12 of Motor Matt's Submarine is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Motor Matt's Submarine is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SCHOONER. "Vat aboudt it, Tick?" queried Carl. "Dere iss more as vone poat named der _Tolphin_, I bed you." "Sure; but there's no such happenchance in this case. Sixty's boat was a brig, and that was her name.
Chapter 12 of Motor Matt's Submarine is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “Sixty's boat was a brig, and that was her name.”
two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
From this reading “Sixty's boat was a brig, and that was her name.”
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “"Dere iss more as vone poat named der _Tolphin_, I bed you."”
inflected form of “query” — pose a question
From this reading “"Vat aboudt it, Tick?" queried Carl.”
a large beer glass
From this reading “THE SCHOONER.”
possessive form of “sixty” — the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six
From this reading “Sixty's boat was a brig, and that was her name.”
a metallic tapping sound
From this reading “"Vat aboudt it, Tick?" queried Carl.”
a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
From this reading “"Vat aboudt it, Tick?" queried Carl.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Sixty's boat was a brig, and that was her name.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Vat aboudt it, Tick?" queried Carl.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sixty's boat was a brig, and that was her name.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Dere iss more as vone poat named der _Tolphin_, I bed you."
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading "Dere iss more as vone poat named der _Tolphin_, I bed you."
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading Sixty's boat was a brig, and that was her name.
two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
From this reading Sixty's boat was a brig, and that was her name.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Sure; but there's no such happenchance in this case.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Vat aboudt it, Tick?" queried Carl.
an occurrence of something
From this reading "Sure; but there's no such happenchance in this case.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Dere iss more as vone poat named der _Tolphin_, I bed you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Dere iss more as vone poat named der _Tolphin_, I bed you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Sure; but there's no such happenchance in this case.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Sixty's boat was a brig, and that was her name.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Dere iss more as vone poat named der _Tolphin_, I bed you."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Sure; but there's no such happenchance in this case.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Dere iss more as vone poat named der _Tolphin_, I bed you."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Vat aboudt it, Tick?" queried Carl.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Dere iss more as vone poat named der _Tolphin_, I bed you."
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Sixty's boat was a brig, and that was her name.
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Dere iss more as vone poat named der _Tolphin_, I bed you."
not any; not one
From this reading "Sure; but there's no such happenchance in this case.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Dere iss more as vone poat named der _Tolphin_, I bed you."
inflected form of “query” — pose a question
From this reading "Vat aboudt it, Tick?" queried Carl.
a large beer glass
From this reading THE SCHOONER.
possessive form of “sixty” — the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six
From this reading Sixty's boat was a brig, and that was her name.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "Sure; but there's no such happenchance in this case.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading "Sure; but there's no such happenchance in this case.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Sixty's boat was a brig, and that was her name.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SCHOONER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Sure; but there's no such happenchance in this case.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Sure; but there's no such happenchance in this case.
a metallic tapping sound
From this reading "Vat aboudt it, Tick?" queried Carl.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Dere iss more as vone poat named der _Tolphin_, I bed you."
a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
From this reading "Vat aboudt it, Tick?" queried Carl.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Dere iss more as vone poat named der _Tolphin_, I bed you."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sixty's boat was a brig, and that was her name.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Dere iss more as vone poat named der _Tolphin_, I bed you."
Chapter 12 of Motor Matt's Submarine by Stanley R. Matthews holds 116 sentences, grouped into 24 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 12 holds 116 sentences of Motor Matt's Submarine, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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