Chapter 6 of Nautilus is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Nautilus is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CAPTIVE. "Franci!" the Skipper called up the companion-way, when his visitor had taken his departure. "Senor!" said Franci, putting his beautiful head over the rail. "Bring me here the child, hear thou!" "Si, Senor," said Franci.
Chapter 6 of Nautilus is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “"Bring me here the child, hear thou!"”
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “THE CAPTIVE.”
the act of departing
From this reading “"Franci!" the Skipper called up the companion-way, when his visitor had taken his departure.”
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading “"Senor!" said Franci, putting his beautiful head over the rail.”
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading “"Senor!" said Franci, putting his beautiful head over the rail.”
a Spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the English “Mr” or “sir”
From this reading “"Senor!" said Franci, putting his beautiful head over the rail.”
a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading “"Franci!" the Skipper called up the companion-way, when his visitor had taken his departure.”
someone who visits
From this reading “"Franci!" the Skipper called up the companion-way, when his visitor had taken his departure.”
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delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading "Senor!" said Franci, putting his beautiful head over the rail.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "Bring me here the child, hear thou!"
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Franci!" the Skipper called up the companion-way, when his visitor had taken his departure.
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading THE CAPTIVE.
a young person of either sex
From this reading "Bring me here the child, hear thou!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Franci!" the Skipper called up the companion-way, when his visitor had taken his departure.
the act of departing
From this reading "Franci!" the Skipper called up the companion-way, when his visitor had taken his departure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Franci!" the Skipper called up the companion-way, when his visitor had taken his departure.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Franci!" the Skipper called up the companion-way, when his visitor had taken his departure.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading "Senor!" said Franci, putting his beautiful head over the rail.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "Bring me here the child, hear thou!"
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Bring me here the child, hear thou!"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Franci!" the Skipper called up the companion-way, when his visitor had taken his departure.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Bring me here the child, hear thou!"
above and across; more than
From this reading "Senor!" said Franci, putting his beautiful head over the rail.
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading "Senor!" said Franci, putting his beautiful head over the rail.
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading "Senor!" said Franci, putting his beautiful head over the rail.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Senor!" said Franci, putting his beautiful head over the rail.
a Spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the English “Mr” or “sir”
From this reading "Senor!" said Franci, putting his beautiful head over the rail.
a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
From this reading "Si, Senor," said Franci.
a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading "Franci!" the Skipper called up the companion-way, when his visitor had taken his departure.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading "Franci!" the Skipper called up the companion-way, when his visitor had taken his departure.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CAPTIVE.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading "Bring me here the child, hear thou!"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Franci!" the Skipper called up the companion-way, when his visitor had taken his departure.
someone who visits
From this reading "Franci!" the Skipper called up the companion-way, when his visitor had taken his departure.
at the time that
From this reading "Franci!" the Skipper called up the companion-way, when his visitor had taken his departure.
Chapter 6 of Nautilus by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards holds 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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 6 holds 180 sentences of Nautilus, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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