Chapter 6 of The Clammer and the Submarine is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Clammer and the Submarine is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I was not sorry. It would help to keep the seas off. But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up. "Oh, see!" he cried. I turned and looked where he was pointing.
Chapter 6 of The Clammer and the Submarine is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.”
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.”
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading “But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.”
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “It would help to keep the seas off.”
-ing form of “point” — indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
From this reading “I turned and looked where he was pointing.”
a shaky motion
From this reading “But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.”
plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading “It would help to keep the seas off.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “I was not sorry.”
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.
look about oneself
In this reading “But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.”
bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading “But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Oh, see!" he cried.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, see!" he cried.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading It would help to keep the seas off.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was not sorry.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would help to keep the seas off.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading It would help to keep the seas off.
immediately past
From this reading But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.
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 But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading I turned and looked where he was pointing.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I was not sorry.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading It would help to keep the seas off.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, see!" he cried.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.
-ing form of “point” — indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
From this reading I turned and looked where he was pointing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.
a shaky motion
From this reading But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.
plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading It would help to keep the seas off.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Oh, see!" he cried.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading I was not sorry.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It would help to keep the seas off.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It would help to keep the seas off.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading I turned and looked where he was pointing.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading But Pukkie took one last look around, drew one long, quivering breath, and came up.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was not sorry.
in or at the place that
From this reading I turned and looked where he was pointing.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would help to keep the seas off.
Chapter 6 of The Clammer and the Submarine by William John Hopkins holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 407 sentences of The Clammer and the Submarine, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Clammer and the Submarine by William John Hopkins exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 407 sentences, grouped into 82 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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