Chapter 13 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 13 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Well, I catched my breath and most fainted. Shut up on a wreck with such a gang as that! But it warn’t no time to be sentimentering. We’d _got_ to find that boat now—had to have it for ourselves. So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
Chapter 13 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “faint” — pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading “Well, I catched my breath and most fainted.”
an association of criminals
From this reading “Shut up on a wreck with such a gang as that!”
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “We’d _got_ to find that boat now—had to have it for ourselves.”
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading “So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.”
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading “Shut up on a wreck with such a gang as that!”
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading “So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.”
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
From this reading “So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.”
something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
From this reading “Shut up on a wreck with such a gang as that!”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
In this reading “Shut up on a wreck with such a gang as that!”
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 Shut up on a wreck with such a gang as that!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, I catched my breath and most fainted.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Shut up on a wreck with such a gang as that!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But it warn’t no time to be sentimentering.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading We’d _got_ to find that boat now—had to have it for ourselves.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Well, I catched my breath and most fainted.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it warn’t no time to be sentimentering.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, I catched my breath and most fainted.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
past form of “faint” — pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading Well, I catched my breath and most fainted.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading We’d _got_ to find that boat now—had to have it for ourselves.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We’d _got_ to find that boat now—had to have it for ourselves.
an association of criminals
From this reading Shut up on a wreck with such a gang as that!
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We’d _got_ to find that boat now—had to have it for ourselves.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We’d _got_ to find that boat now—had to have it for ourselves.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We’d _got_ to find that boat now—had to have it for ourselves.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, I catched my breath and most fainted.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it warn’t no time to be sentimentering.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Well, I catched my breath and most fainted.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Well, I catched my breath and most fainted.
not any; not one
From this reading But it warn’t no time to be sentimentering.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading We’d _got_ to find that boat now—had to have it for ourselves.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Shut up on a wreck with such a gang as that!
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading We’d _got_ to find that boat now—had to have it for ourselves.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But it warn’t no time to be sentimentering.
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading Shut up on a wreck with such a gang as that!
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
From this reading So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Shut up on a wreck with such a gang as that!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Shut up on a wreck with such a gang as that!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading But it warn’t no time to be sentimentering.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But it warn’t no time to be sentimentering.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Shut up on a wreck with such a gang as that!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But it warn’t no time to be sentimentering.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’d _got_ to find that boat now—had to have it for ourselves.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
(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, I catched my breath and most fainted.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Shut up on a wreck with such a gang as that!
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading So we went a-quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow work it was, too—seemed a week before we got to the stern.
something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
From this reading Shut up on a wreck with such a gang as that!
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