Chapter 19 of Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 19 of Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"But you will not venture to go on board?" I said. "Why not, my lad?" "She may suddenly sink." "She does not look now as if she would; at all events not during this calm.
Chapter 19 of Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading “"But you will not venture to go on board?"”
make calm or still
From this reading “"She does not look now as if she would; at all events not during this calm.”
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading “"She does not look now as if she would; at all events not during this calm.”
plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading “"She does not look now as if she would; at all events not during this calm.”
a boy or man
From this reading “"Why not, my lad?"”
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading “"She may suddenly sink."”
happening unexpectedly
From this reading “"She may suddenly sink."”
any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
From this reading “"But you will not venture to go on board?"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 "She does not look now as if she would; at all events not during this calm.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "She does not look now as if she would; at all events not during this calm.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "She does not look now as if she would; at all events not during this calm.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading "But you will not venture to go on board?"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But you will not venture to go on board?"
make calm or still
From this reading "She does not look now as if she would; at all events not during this calm.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She does not look now as if she would; at all events not during this calm.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading "She does not look now as if she would; at all events not during this calm.
plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading "She does not look now as if she would; at all events not during this calm.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "But you will not venture to go on board?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I said.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "She does not look now as if she would; at all events not during this calm.
a boy or man
From this reading "Why not, my lad?"
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "She does not look now as if she would; at all events not during this calm.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "She may suddenly sink."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Why not, my lad?"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "But you will not venture to go on board?"
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "She does not look now as if she would; at all events not during this calm.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "But you will not venture to go on board?"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She may suddenly sink."
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading "She may suddenly sink."
happening unexpectedly
From this reading "She may suddenly sink."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "She does not look now as if she would; at all events not during this calm.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "But you will not venture to go on board?"
any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
From this reading "But you will not venture to go on board?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why not, my lad?"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "But you will not venture to go on board?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "She does not look now as if she would; at all events not during this calm.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "But you will not venture to go on board?"
Chapter 19 of Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea by George Manville Fenn holds 416 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 19 holds 416 sentences of Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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