Chapter 17 of Smugglers' Reef is here in full — 241 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVII
Chapter 17 of Smugglers' Reef is here in full — 241 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub. "I can see the headlines now," he greeted them with a grin. "Young Birdmen Fly by Night. Subhead: Get Up Early to Catch Worms Who Break Law." "Speaking of getting up early," Rick retorted.
Chapter 17 of Smugglers' Reef is here in full — 241 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/48 · 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.
plural of “barrow” — the quantity that a barrow will hold
From this reading “Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.”
an awkward and inexperienced youth
From this reading “Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.”
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading “"I can see the headlines now," he greeted them with a grin.”
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading “"I can see the headlines now," he greeted them with a grin.”
a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained
From this reading “Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.”
plural of “headline” — the heading or caption of a newspaper article
From this reading “"I can see the headlines now," he greeted them with a grin.”
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading “Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.”
plural of “worm” — any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
From this reading “Subhead: Get Up Early to Catch Worms Who Break Law."”
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 "I can see the headlines now," he greeted them with a grin.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.
plural of “barrow” — the quantity that a barrow will hold
From this reading Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Young Birdmen Fly by Night.
terminate
From this reading Subhead: Get Up Early to Catch Worms Who Break Law."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Young Birdmen Fly by Night.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "I can see the headlines now," he greeted them with a grin.
discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Subhead: Get Up Early to Catch Worms Who Break Law."
an awkward and inexperienced youth
From this reading Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Subhead: Get Up Early to Catch Worms Who Break Law."
to come or go into
From this reading Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading "Young Birdmen Fly by Night.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Subhead: Get Up Early to Catch Worms Who Break Law."
the act of acquiring something
From this reading "Speaking of getting up early," Rick retorted.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading "I can see the headlines now," he greeted them with a grin.
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading "I can see the headlines now," he greeted them with a grin.
a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained
From this reading Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I can see the headlines now," he greeted them with a grin.
plural of “headline” — the heading or caption of a newspaper article
From this reading "I can see the headlines now," he greeted them with a grin.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I can see the headlines now," he greeted them with a grin.
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading Subhead: Get Up Early to Catch Worms Who Break Law."
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading "Young Birdmen Fly by Night.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "I can see the headlines now," he greeted them with a grin.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.
past form of “retort” — answer back
From this reading "Speaking of getting up early," Rick retorted.
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "I can see the headlines now," he greeted them with a grin.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading "Speaking of getting up early," Rick retorted.
a heading of a subdivision of a text
From this reading Subhead: Get Up Early to Catch Worms Who Break Law."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "I can see the headlines now," he greeted them with a grin.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Subhead: Get Up Early to Catch Worms Who Break Law."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Subhead: Get Up Early to Catch Worms Who Break Law."
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.
at the time that
From this reading Enter the Police Duke Barrows was waiting at the hangar when Rick and Scotty got out of the Cub.
which person or people
From this reading Subhead: Get Up Early to Catch Worms Who Break Law."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "I can see the headlines now," he greeted them with a grin.
plural of “worm” — any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
From this reading Subhead: Get Up Early to Catch Worms Who Break Law."
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "Young Birdmen Fly by Night.
Chapter 17 of Smugglers' Reef by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin holds 241 sentences, grouped into 49 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 17 holds 241 sentences of Smugglers' Reef, unabridged, divided into 49 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of Smugglers' Reef by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 241 sentences, grouped into 49 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 49 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 49 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 17 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 Smugglers' Reef by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 5292 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #28849 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #28849, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 441 minutes of reading across 1059 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Smugglers' Reef section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 20 chapters of Smugglers' Reef 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 Smugglers' Reef, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
