Chapter 6 of Stormy Voyage: Sandy Steele Adventures #3 is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Stormy Voyage: Sandy Steele Adventures #3 is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Why not?” Cookie asked innocently. “A man’s got a right to a proper drink after a storm.” “Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.” “Of course,” Cookie agreed, raising the bottle again.
Chapter 6 of Stormy Voyage: Sandy Steele Adventures #3 is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading ““Of course,” Cookie agreed, raising the bottle again.”
any of various small flat sweet cakes (“biscuit” is the British term)
From this reading “Cookie asked innocently.”
in a not unlawful manner
From this reading “Cookie asked innocently.”
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading ““Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.””
marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
From this reading ““A man’s got a right to a proper drink after a storm.””
the event of something being raised upward
From this reading ““Of course,” Cookie agreed, raising the bottle again.”
a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading ““Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.””
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading ““A man’s got a right to a proper drink after a storm.””
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In this reading “Cookie asked innocently.”
as might be expected
In this reading ““Of course,” Cookie agreed, raising the bottle again.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 “A man’s got a right to a proper drink after a storm.”
later than; following
From this reading “A man’s got a right to a proper drink after a storm.”
anew
From this reading “Of course,” Cookie agreed, raising the bottle again.
united by being of the same opinion
From this reading “Of course,” Cookie agreed, raising the bottle again.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Cookie asked innocently.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading “Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.”
a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading “Of course,” Cookie agreed, raising the bottle again.
any of various small flat sweet cakes (“biscuit” is the British term)
From this reading Cookie asked innocently.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “Of course,” Cookie agreed, raising the bottle again.
take in liquids
From this reading “A man’s got a right to a proper drink after a storm.”
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
From this reading “Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.”
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading “Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “A man’s got a right to a proper drink after a storm.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.”
in a not unlawful manner
From this reading Cookie asked innocently.
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “A man’s got a right to a proper drink after a storm.”
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading “Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Why not?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.”
marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
From this reading “A man’s got a right to a proper drink after a storm.”
the event of something being raised upward
From this reading “Of course,” Cookie agreed, raising the bottle again.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “A man’s got a right to a proper drink after a storm.”
a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading “Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.”
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading “A man’s got a right to a proper drink after a storm.”
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “A man’s got a right to a proper drink after a storm.”
(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 “Well, er,” the mate stammered, “as a matter of fact, the skipper, er, suggested to me that I’d better not.”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why not?”
Chapter 6 of Stormy Voyage: Sandy Steele Adventures #3 by Robert Leckie holds 454 sentences, grouped into 91 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 6 holds 454 sentences of Stormy Voyage: Sandy Steele Adventures #3, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
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