Chapter 3 of Shifting Winds: A Tough Yarn is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Shifting Winds: A Tough Yarn is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Sartinly. An' double allowance o' milk an' sugar," replied the skipper. "S'pose you han't got cream?" "No sir." "Never mind.
Chapter 3 of Shifting Winds: A Tough Yarn is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
From this reading “An' double allowance o' milk an' sugar," replied the skipper.”
the best people or things in a group
From this reading “"S'pose you han't got cream?"”
increase twofold
From this reading “An' double allowance o' milk an' sugar," replied the skipper.”
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading “An' double allowance o' milk an' sugar," replied the skipper.”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “"Never mind.”
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “An' double allowance o' milk an' sugar," replied the skipper.”
a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading “An' double allowance o' milk an' sugar," replied the skipper.”
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
From this reading “An' double allowance o' milk an' sugar," replied the skipper.”
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an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
From this reading An' double allowance o' milk an' sugar," replied the skipper.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An' double allowance o' milk an' sugar," replied the skipper.
the best people or things in a group
From this reading "S'pose you han't got cream?"
increase twofold
From this reading An' double allowance o' milk an' sugar," replied the skipper.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "S'pose you han't got cream?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "S'pose you han't got cream?"
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading An' double allowance o' milk an' sugar," replied the skipper.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading "Never mind.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Never mind.
not any; not one
From this reading "No sir."
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading An' double allowance o' milk an' sugar," replied the skipper.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading An' double allowance o' milk an' sugar," replied the skipper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "S'pose you han't got cream?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Sartinly.
term of address for a man
From this reading "No sir."
a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading An' double allowance o' milk an' sugar," replied the skipper.
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
From this reading An' double allowance o' milk an' sugar," replied the skipper.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading An' double allowance o' milk an' sugar," replied the skipper.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "S'pose you han't got cream?"
Chapter 3 of Shifting Winds: A Tough Yarn by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne holds 446 sentences, grouped into 90 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 3 holds 446 sentences of Shifting Winds: A Tough Yarn, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
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