Chapter 3 of Stories by English Authors: The Sea is here in full — 479 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Stories by English Authors: The Sea is here in full — 479 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Contraband! Who told you that?" "Oh, we should have known without the wire. That gentleman on the quay there came overland, and he put us up to you." Hindhaugh looked ashore, and saw a dark face that he knew well.
Chapter 3 of Stories by English Authors: The Sea is here in full — 479 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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towards the shore from the water
From this reading “Hindhaugh looked ashore, and saw a dark face that he knew well.”
distributed or sold illicitly
From this reading “"Contraband!”
absence of light or illumination
From this reading “Hindhaugh looked ashore, and saw a dark face that he knew well.”
a man of refinement
From this reading “That gentleman on the quay there came overland, and he put us up to you."”
apprehended with certainty
From this reading “"Oh, we should have known without the wire.”
traveling or passing over land
From this reading “That gentleman on the quay there came overland, and he put us up to you."”
wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
From this reading “That gentleman on the quay there came overland, and he put us up to you."”
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading “"Oh, we should have known without the wire.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Hindhaugh looked ashore, and saw a dark face that he knew well.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That gentleman on the quay there came overland, and he put us up to you."
towards the shore from the water
From this reading Hindhaugh looked ashore, and saw a dark face that he knew well.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading That gentleman on the quay there came overland, and he put us up to you."
distributed or sold illicitly
From this reading "Contraband!
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Hindhaugh looked ashore, and saw a dark face that he knew well.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Hindhaugh looked ashore, and saw a dark face that he knew well.
a man of refinement
From this reading That gentleman on the quay there came overland, and he put us up to you."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Oh, we should have known without the wire.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That gentleman on the quay there came overland, and he put us up to you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hindhaugh looked ashore, and saw a dark face that he knew well.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Hindhaugh looked ashore, and saw a dark face that he knew well.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading "Oh, we should have known without the wire.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Hindhaugh looked ashore, and saw a dark face that he knew well.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, we should have known without the wire.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading That gentleman on the quay there came overland, and he put us up to you."
traveling or passing over land
From this reading That gentleman on the quay there came overland, and he put us up to you."
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading That gentleman on the quay there came overland, and he put us up to you."
wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
From this reading That gentleman on the quay there came overland, and he put us up to you."
cut with a saw
From this reading Hindhaugh looked ashore, and saw a dark face that he knew well.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "Oh, we should have known without the wire.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Who told you that?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Oh, we should have known without the wire.
in or at that place or location
From this reading That gentleman on the quay there came overland, and he put us up to you."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That gentleman on the quay there came overland, and he put us up to you."
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Who told you that?"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading That gentleman on the quay there came overland, and he put us up to you."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That gentleman on the quay there came overland, and he put us up to you."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Oh, we should have known without the wire.
(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 Hindhaugh looked ashore, and saw a dark face that he knew well.
which person or people
From this reading Who told you that?"
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading "Oh, we should have known without the wire.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading "Oh, we should have known without the wire.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Who told you that?"
Chapter 3 of Stories by English Authors: The Sea by William Clark [Contributor] Russell holds 479 sentences, grouped into 96 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 479 sentences of Stories by English Authors: The Sea, unabridged, divided into 96 reading sections.
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