Chapter 5 of The Belted Seas is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Belted Seas is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TORRE ANANIAS. WHY CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM DID NOT GO BACK TO GREENOUGH. When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us. He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero. I heard the mate say: “Here's the King of Castile come to Craney's funeral.
Chapter 5 of The Belted Seas is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479
From this reading “I heard the mate say: “Here's the King of Castile come to Craney's funeral.”
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading “I heard the mate say: “Here's the King of Castile come to Craney's funeral.”
someone in charge of other people
From this reading “When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.”
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading “When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.”
a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
From this reading “When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.”
an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip
From this reading “He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero.”
one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis
From this reading “He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero.”
a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
From this reading “When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.”
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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 He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero.
a habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying)
From this reading TORRE ANANIAS.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading WHY CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM DID NOT GO BACK TO GREENOUGH.
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero.
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From this reading WHY CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM DID NOT GO BACK TO GREENOUGH.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading WHY CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM DID NOT GO BACK TO GREENOUGH.
a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479
From this reading I heard the mate say: “Here's the King of Castile come to Craney's funeral.
an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
From this reading He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I heard the mate say: “Here's the King of Castile come to Craney's funeral.
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From this reading I heard the mate say: “Here's the King of Castile come to Craney's funeral.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading WHY CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM DID NOT GO BACK TO GREENOUGH.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading I heard the mate say: “Here's the King of Castile come to Craney's funeral.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading WHY CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM DID NOT GO BACK TO GREENOUGH.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.
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From this reading WHY CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM DID NOT GO BACK TO GREENOUGH.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I heard the mate say: “Here's the King of Castile come to Craney's funeral.
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From this reading I heard the mate say: “Here's the King of Castile come to Craney's funeral.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I heard the mate say: “Here's the King of Castile come to Craney's funeral.
someone in charge of other people
From this reading When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading I heard the mate say: “Here's the King of Castile come to Craney's funeral.
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.
a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
From this reading When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet 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 He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero.
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading I heard the mate say: “Here's the King of Castile come to Craney's funeral.
come together
From this reading When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.
an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip
From this reading He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero.
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading WHY CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM DID NOT GO BACK TO GREENOUGH.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.
express in words
From this reading I heard the mate say: “Here's the King of Castile come to Craney's funeral.
one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis
From this reading He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero.
a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
From this reading When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WHY CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM DID NOT GO BACK TO GREENOUGH.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TORRE ANANIAS.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.
at the time that
From this reading When we got under the lee of the lighthouse, the keeper came stalking down the rocks to meet us.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading WHY CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM DID NOT GO BACK TO GREENOUGH.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was a tall man with a long moustache, and a narrow grey beard, and a black coat and sombrero.
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