Chapter 6 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Rouse out here, now! Get up and man that windlass!” They straggled to the deck. But Jukes lay sleeping still, his face to the bulkhead. The mate stepped in and shook him.
Chapter 6 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments
From this reading “But Jukes lay sleeping still, his face to the bulkhead.”
plural of “juke” — a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
From this reading “But Jukes lay sleeping still, his face to the bulkhead.”
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading “The mate stepped in and shook him.”
become active
From this reading ““Rouse out here, now!”
the state of being asleep
From this reading “But Jukes lay sleeping still, his face to the bulkhead.”
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading “The mate stepped in and shook him.”
past form of “straggle” — wander from a direct or straight course
From this reading “They straggled to the deck.”
lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
From this reading “Get up and man that windlass!””
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.
In this reading “But Jukes lay sleeping still, his face to the bulkhead.”
rise to one's feet
In this reading “Get up and man that windlass!””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Get up and man that windlass!”
a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments
From this reading But Jukes lay sleeping still, his face to the bulkhead.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Jukes lay sleeping still, his face to the bulkhead.
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading They straggled to the deck.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading But Jukes lay sleeping still, his face to the bulkhead.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Get up and man that windlass!”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Rouse out here, now!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The mate stepped in and shook him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But Jukes lay sleeping still, his face to the bulkhead.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The mate stepped in and shook him.
plural of “juke” — a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
From this reading But Jukes lay sleeping still, his face to the bulkhead.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading But Jukes lay sleeping still, his face to the bulkhead.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Get up and man that windlass!”
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading The mate stepped in and shook him.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Rouse out here, now!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “Rouse out here, now!
become active
From this reading “Rouse out here, now!
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading The mate stepped in and shook him.
the state of being asleep
From this reading But Jukes lay sleeping still, his face to the bulkhead.
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading The mate stepped in and shook him.
not in physical motion
From this reading But Jukes lay sleeping still, his face to the bulkhead.
past form of “straggle” — wander from a direct or straight course
From this reading They straggled to the deck.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Get up and man that windlass!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They straggled to the deck.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They straggled to the deck.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They straggled to the deck.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Get up and man that windlass!”
lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
From this reading Get up and man that windlass!”
Chapter 6 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 by Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [Editor] holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 417 sentences of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927 by Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) [Editor] exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 417 sentences, grouped into 84 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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