Chapter 2 of Sea Scouts Abroad is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Sea Scouts Abroad is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Stolen "Well, I'm blest! How did that happen? Quick with the dinghy, lads. No, Bruin, you stop there. It's much too late for little dogs to go afloat."
Chapter 2 of Sea Scouts Abroad is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
aimlessly drifting
From this reading “It's much too late for little dogs to go afloat."”
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading “Stolen "Well, I'm blest!”
a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic “Reynard the Fox”
From this reading “No, Bruin, you stop there.”
a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
From this reading “Quick with the dinghy, lads.”
plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading “It's much too late for little dogs to go afloat."”
come to pass
From this reading “How did that happen?”
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading “Quick with the dinghy, lads.”
inflected form of “steal” — take without the owner's consent
From this reading “Stolen "Well, I'm blest!”
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 “It's much too late for little dogs to go afloat."”
a constellation to the east of Orion; contains Procyon
In this reading “It's much too late for little dogs to go afloat."”
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.
aimlessly drifting
From this reading It's much too late for little dogs to go afloat."
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading Stolen "Well, I'm blest!
a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic “Reynard the Fox”
From this reading No, Bruin, you stop there.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading How did that happen?
a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
From this reading Quick with the dinghy, lads.
plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading It's much too late for little dogs to go afloat."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It's much too late for little dogs to go afloat."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading It's much too late for little dogs to go afloat."
come to pass
From this reading How did that happen?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How did that happen?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stolen "Well, I'm blest!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's much too late for little dogs to go afloat."
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading Quick with the dinghy, lads.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading It's much too late for little dogs to go afloat."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It's much too late for little dogs to go afloat."
to a great degree or extent
From this reading It's much too late for little dogs to go afloat."
not any; not one
From this reading No, Bruin, you stop there.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading Quick with the dinghy, lads.
inflected form of “steal” — take without the owner's consent
From this reading Stolen "Well, I'm blest!
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading No, Bruin, you stop there.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading How did that happen?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Quick with the dinghy, lads.
in or at that place or location
From this reading No, Bruin, you stop there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It's much too late for little dogs to go afloat."
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading It's much too late for little dogs to go afloat."
(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 Stolen "Well, I'm blest!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Quick with the dinghy, lads.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading No, Bruin, you stop there.
Chapter 2 of Sea Scouts Abroad by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman holds 182 sentences, grouped into 37 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 2 holds 182 sentences of Sea Scouts Abroad, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Sea Scouts Abroad by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 182 sentences, grouped into 37 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 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 37 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 2 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 Sea Scouts Abroad by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 2713 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #56325 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #56325, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 226 minutes of reading across 543 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Sea Scouts Abroad section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 20 chapters of Sea Scouts Abroad 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 Sea Scouts Abroad, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
