Chapter 11 of The Cruise of the Kawa is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of The Cruise of the Kawa is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 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.
Chapter 11 of The Cruise of the Kawa is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 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.
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.”
(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.”
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.
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 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.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The opening in the atoll.
of or relating to the state of marriage
From this reading Marital memories.
Recollections of past events.
From this reading Marital memories.
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.
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.
Chapter 11 of The Cruise of the Kawa by George S. (George Shepard) Chappell holds 130 sentences, grouped into 26 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 11 holds 130 sentences of The Cruise of the Kawa, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Cruise of the Kawa by George S. (George Shepard) Chappell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 130 sentences, grouped into 26 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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About 118 minutes of reading across 284 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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