Chapter 1 of The Cruise of the Kawa is here in full — 8 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Cruise of the Kawa is here in full — 8 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Marital memories. A pillow-fight on the beach. A deep-sea devil. The opening in the atoll. Swank paints a portrait. The _fatu-liva_ bird and its curious gift. My adventure with the _wak-wak_. Saved!
Chapter 1 of The Cruise of the Kawa is here in full — 8 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading “My adventure with the _wak-wak_.”
an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
From this reading “The opening in the atoll.”
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading “A pillow-fight on the beach.”
of or relating to the state of marriage
From this reading “Marital memories.”
Recollections of past events.
From this reading “Marital memories.”
plural of “paint” — a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
From this reading “Swank paints a portrait.”
a word picture of a person's appearance and character
From this reading “Swank paints a portrait.”
elegance by virtue of being fashionable
From this reading “Swank paints a portrait.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 A pillow-fight on the beach.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading My adventure with the _wak-wak_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The _fatu-liva_ bird and its curious gift.
an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
From this reading The opening in the atoll.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading A pillow-fight on the beach.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading The _fatu-liva_ bird and its curious gift.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading The _fatu-liva_ bird and its curious gift.
of or taking place in the deeper parts of the sea
From this reading A deep-sea devil.
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading A deep-sea devil.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The _fatu-liva_ bird and its curious gift.
something acquired without compensation
From this reading The _fatu-liva_ bird and its curious gift.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The opening in the atoll.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The _fatu-liva_ bird and its curious gift.
of or relating to the state of marriage
From this reading Marital memories.
Recollections of past events.
From this reading Marital memories.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My adventure with the _wak-wak_.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A pillow-fight on the beach.
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading The opening in the atoll.
plural of “paint” — a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
From this reading Swank paints a portrait.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A pillow-fight on the beach.
a word picture of a person's appearance and character
From this reading Swank paints a portrait.
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading Saved!
elegance by virtue of being fashionable
From this reading Swank paints a portrait.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A pillow-fight on the beach.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My adventure with the _wak-wak_.
in the company of; together with
From this reading My adventure with the _wak-wak_.
Chapter 1 of The Cruise of the Kawa by George S. (George Shepard) Chappell holds 8 sentences, grouped into 2 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 1 holds 8 sentences of The Cruise of the Kawa, unabridged, divided into 2 reading sections.
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About 118 minutes of reading across 284 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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