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Chapter 10 of The Cruise of the Dry Dock is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners. They leaped to their feet and rushed headlong from the messroom. "Get th' buckets!" "Man th' boat!" "We'll niver get there in toime!"
Chapter 10 of The Cruise of the Dry Dock is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a formal public statement
From this reading “THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.”
a state of extreme confusion and disorder
From this reading “THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.”
plural of “bucket” — a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading “"Get th' buckets!"”
plural of “diner” — a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)
From this reading “THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.”
with the head foremost
From this reading “They leaped to their feet and rushed headlong from the messroom.”
past form of “leap” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “They leaped to their feet and rushed headlong from the messroom.”
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading “THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.”
done under pressure
From this reading “They leaped to their feet and rushed headlong from the messroom.”
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surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They leaped to their feet and rushed headlong from the messroom.
a formal public statement
From this reading THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.
a state of extreme confusion and disorder
From this reading THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading "Man th' boat!"
lacking funds
From this reading THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.
plural of “bucket” — a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading "Get th' buckets!"
plural of “diner” — a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)
From this reading THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading They leaped to their feet and rushed headlong from the messroom.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They leaped to their feet and rushed headlong from the messroom.
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From this reading THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Get th' buckets!"
with the head foremost
From this reading They leaped to their feet and rushed headlong from the messroom.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "We'll niver get there in toime!"
past form of “leap” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading They leaped to their feet and rushed headlong from the messroom.
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "Man th' boat!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They leaped to their feet and rushed headlong from the messroom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We'll niver get there in toime!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.
done under pressure
From this reading They leaped to their feet and rushed headlong from the messroom.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.
the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
From this reading "Get th' buckets!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STRANGE END OF THE _MINNIE B_ At Gaskin's announcement, bedlam broke loose among the diners.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They leaped to their feet and rushed headlong from the messroom.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "We'll niver get there in toime!"
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They leaped to their feet and rushed headlong from the messroom.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They leaped to their feet and rushed headlong from the messroom.
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From this reading "We'll niver get there in toime!"
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From this reading "We'll niver get there in toime!"
Chapter 10 of The Cruise of the Dry Dock by T. S. (Thomas Sigismund) Stribling holds 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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 10 holds 134 sentences of The Cruise of the Dry Dock, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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