Chapter 4 of Old Gold: The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Old Gold: The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Not a bag, sir," cried the mate indignantly. "Oh, come, I like that!" said the American, laughing. "Didn't I come and sit by you and smoke and see it all done?" "No!" cried the second mate angrily. "Well, you Englishmen can tell crackers when you like.
Chapter 4 of Old Gold: The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
with anger
From this reading “"No!" cried the second mate angrily.”
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading “"Not a bag, sir," cried the mate indignantly.”
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
From this reading “"Well, you Englishmen can tell crackers when you like.”
plural of “englishman” — a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
From this reading “"Well, you Englishmen can tell crackers when you like.”
in an indignant manner
From this reading “"Not a bag, sir," cried the mate indignantly.”
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
From this reading “"Oh, come, I like that!" said the American, laughing.”
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading “"Not a bag, sir," cried the mate indignantly.”
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading “"Didn't I come and sit by you and smoke and see it all done?"”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Not a bag, sir," cried the mate indignantly.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "Didn't I come and sit by you and smoke and see it all done?"
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading "Oh, come, I like that!" said the American, laughing.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Didn't I come and sit by you and smoke and see it all done?"
with anger
From this reading "No!" cried the second mate angrily.
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading "Not a bag, sir," cried the mate indignantly.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Didn't I come and sit by you and smoke and see it all done?"
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Well, you Englishmen can tell crackers when you like.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Oh, come, I like that!" said the American, laughing.
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
From this reading "Well, you Englishmen can tell crackers when you like.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Not a bag, sir," cried the mate indignantly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Didn't I come and sit by you and smoke and see it all done?"
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "Didn't I come and sit by you and smoke and see it all done?"
plural of “englishman” — a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
From this reading "Well, you Englishmen can tell crackers when you like.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, come, I like that!" said the American, laughing.
in an indignant manner
From this reading "Not a bag, sir," cried the mate indignantly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Didn't I come and sit by you and smoke and see it all done?"
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
From this reading "Oh, come, I like that!" said the American, laughing.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Oh, come, I like that!" said the American, laughing.
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading "Not a bag, sir," cried the mate indignantly.
not any; not one
From this reading "No!" cried the second mate angrily.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not a bag, sir," cried the mate indignantly.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, come, I like that!" said the American, laughing.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Oh, come, I like that!" said the American, laughing.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading "No!" cried the second mate angrily.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Didn't I come and sit by you and smoke and see it all done?"
term of address for a man
From this reading "Not a bag, sir," cried the mate indignantly.
be seated
From this reading "Didn't I come and sit by you and smoke and see it all done?"
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading "Didn't I come and sit by you and smoke and see it all done?"
express in words
From this reading "Well, you Englishmen can tell crackers when you like.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Oh, come, I like that!" said the American, laughing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Not a bag, sir," cried the mate indignantly.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, you Englishmen can tell crackers when you like.
at the time that
From this reading "Well, you Englishmen can tell crackers when you like.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Didn't I come and sit by you and smoke and see it all done?"
Chapter 4 of Old Gold: The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig by George Manville Fenn 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 4 holds 417 sentences of Old Gold: The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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