Chapter 1 of Ocean Tramps is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Ocean Tramps is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Give us the yarn,” said the other. “There’s nothing to it; simple as shop-lifting. The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_. She’s lying over there, and I’ll point her out to you when we go up. Then, when the stuff is aboard, she’ll put out, but not till sun up.
Chapter 1 of Ocean Tramps is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 50/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 246–250
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.
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading “Then, when the stuff is aboard, she’ll put out, but not till sun up.”
third-person singular of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.”
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading “The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.”
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading “She’s lying over there, and I’ll point her out to you when we go up.”
inflected form of “ship” — transport commercially
From this reading “The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.”
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
From this reading ““There’s nothing to it; simple as shop-lifting.”
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
From this reading “The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.”
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading ““Give us the yarn,” said the other.”
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.
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
In this reading “The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.”
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
In this reading “Then, when the stuff is aboard, she’ll put out, but not till sun up.”
move upward
In this reading “She’s lying over there, and I’ll point her out to you when we go up.”
In this reading “She’s lying over there, and I’ll point her out to you when we go up.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading Then, when the stuff is aboard, she’ll put out, but not till sun up.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
third-person singular of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “There’s nothing to it; simple as shop-lifting.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Then, when the stuff is aboard, she’ll put out, but not till sun up.
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Give us the yarn,” said the other.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She’s lying over there, and I’ll point her out to you when we go up.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She’s lying over there, and I’ll point her out to you when we go up.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She’s lying over there, and I’ll point her out to you when we go up.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then, when the stuff is aboard, she’ll put out, but not till sun up.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “There’s nothing to it; simple as shop-lifting.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading She’s lying over there, and I’ll point her out to you when we go up.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Then, when the stuff is aboard, she’ll put out, but not till sun up.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “There’s nothing to it; simple as shop-lifting.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading “Give us the yarn,” said the other.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She’s lying over there, and I’ll point her out to you when we go up.
above and across; more than
From this reading She’s lying over there, and I’ll point her out to you when we go up.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading She’s lying over there, and I’ll point her out to you when we go up.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Then, when the stuff is aboard, she’ll put out, but not till sun up.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Give us the yarn,” said the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then, when the stuff is aboard, she’ll put out, but not till sun up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She’s lying over there, and I’ll point her out to you when we go up.
inflected form of “ship” — transport commercially
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s nothing to it; simple as shop-lifting.
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
From this reading “There’s nothing to it; simple as shop-lifting.
in the near future
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading Then, when the stuff is aboard, she’ll put out, but not till sun up.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Give us the yarn,” said the other.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then, when the stuff is aboard, she’ll put out, but not till sun up.
in or at that place or location
From this reading She’s lying over there, and I’ll point her out to you when we go up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s nothing to it; simple as shop-lifting.
up to a particular time
From this reading Then, when the stuff is aboard, she’ll put out, but not till sun up.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “There’s nothing to it; simple as shop-lifting.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She’s lying over there, and I’ll point her out to you when we go up.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Give us the yarn,” said the other.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading She’s lying over there, and I’ll point her out to you when we go up.
at the time that
From this reading She’s lying over there, and I’ll point her out to you when we go up.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The stuff will be down at the coast here about dark; it will be taken off soon as it arrives and shipped on board the _Douro_.
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading “Give us the yarn,” said the other.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She’s lying over there, and I’ll point her out to you when we go up.
Chapter 1 of Ocean Tramps by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole holds 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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 1 holds 431 sentences of Ocean Tramps, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Ocean Tramps by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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.
Work through the 87 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 87 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Ocean Tramps by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 3824 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #63269 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #63269, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 318 minutes of reading across 765 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Ocean Tramps section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 9 chapters of Ocean Tramps to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Ocean Tramps, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
