Chapter 2 of Tales of the Fish Patrol is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Tales of the Fish Patrol is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Fifteen minutes passed, the _Reindeer_ sinking deeper and deeper, her mainsail flapping in the calm. But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us. It was the steady breeze I had been expecting so long. I called to the Chinese and pointed it out. They hailed it with exclamations.
Chapter 2 of Tales of the Fish Patrol is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading “It was the steady breeze I had been expecting so long.”
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
From this reading “I called to the Chinese and pointed it out.”
plural of “exclamation” — an abrupt excited utterance
From this reading “They hailed it with exclamations.”
-ing form of “expect” — regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “It was the steady breeze I had been expecting so long.”
the motion made by flapping up and down
From this reading “Fifteen minutes passed, the _Reindeer_ sinking deeper and deeper, her mainsail flapping in the calm.”
past form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading “They hailed it with exclamations.”
Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called “reindeer” in Eurasia and “caribou” in North America
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
From this reading “Fifteen minutes passed, the _Reindeer_ sinking deeper and deeper, her mainsail flapping in the calm.”
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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 But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Fifteen minutes passed, the _Reindeer_ sinking deeper and deeper, her mainsail flapping in the calm.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was the steady breeze I had been expecting so long.
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading It was the steady breeze I had been expecting so long.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I called to the Chinese and pointed it out.
make calm or still
From this reading Fifteen minutes passed, the _Reindeer_ sinking deeper and deeper, her mainsail flapping in the calm.
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
From this reading I called to the Chinese and pointed it out.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us.
comparative of “deeply” — to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
From this reading Fifteen minutes passed, the _Reindeer_ sinking deeper and deeper, her mainsail flapping in the calm.
plural of “exclamation” — an abrupt excited utterance
From this reading They hailed it with exclamations.
-ing form of “expect” — regard something as probable or likely
From this reading It was the steady breeze I had been expecting so long.
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading Fifteen minutes passed, the _Reindeer_ sinking deeper and deeper, her mainsail flapping in the calm.
the motion made by flapping up and down
From this reading Fifteen minutes passed, the _Reindeer_ sinking deeper and deeper, her mainsail flapping in the calm.
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was the steady breeze I had been expecting so long.
past form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading They hailed it with exclamations.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Fifteen minutes passed, the _Reindeer_ sinking deeper and deeper, her mainsail flapping in the calm.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Fifteen minutes passed, the _Reindeer_ sinking deeper and deeper, her mainsail flapping in the calm.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the steady breeze I had been expecting so long.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading It was the steady breeze I had been expecting so long.
the lowermost sail on the mainmast
From this reading Fifteen minutes passed, the _Reindeer_ sinking deeper and deeper, her mainsail flapping in the calm.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading Fifteen minutes passed, the _Reindeer_ sinking deeper and deeper, her mainsail flapping in the calm.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I called to the Chinese and pointed it out.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Fifteen minutes passed, the _Reindeer_ sinking deeper and deeper, her mainsail flapping in the calm.
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From this reading But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us.
having a point
From this reading I called to the Chinese and pointed it out.
Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called “reindeer” in Eurasia and “caribou” in North America
From this reading Fifteen minutes passed, the _Reindeer_ sinking deeper and deeper, her mainsail flapping in the calm.
cut with a saw
From this reading But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us.
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
From this reading Fifteen minutes passed, the _Reindeer_ sinking deeper and deeper, her mainsail flapping in the calm.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was the steady breeze I had been expecting so long.
make steady
From this reading It was the steady breeze I had been expecting so long.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fifteen minutes passed, the _Reindeer_ sinking deeper and deeper, her mainsail flapping in the calm.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They hailed it with exclamations.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I called to the Chinese and pointed it out.
in the direction of
From this reading But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the steady breeze I had been expecting so long.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading But from off the Point Pedro shore I saw a dark line form on the water and travel toward us.
in the company of; together with
From this reading They hailed it with exclamations.
Chapter 2 of Tales of the Fish Patrol by Jack London holds 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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 2 holds 184 sentences of Tales of the Fish Patrol, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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