Chapter 13 of The Cruise of the O Moo is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Cruise of the O Moo is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LAND AT LAST Florence stood upon the deck. The storm had swept it clean. She was clinging to a hand rail at the side of the cabin. The water was still rolling about in great sweeping swells. Fog hung low over all.
Chapter 13 of The Cruise of the O Moo is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
-ing form of “cling” — come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading “She was clinging to a hand rail at the side of the cabin.”
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading “LAND AT LAST Florence stood upon the deck.”
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading “Fog hung low over all.”
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading “She was clinging to a hand rail at the side of the cabin.”
uttered with a trill
From this reading “The water was still rolling about in great sweeping swells.”
taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination
From this reading “The water was still rolling about in great sweeping swells.”
plural of “swell” — the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
From this reading “The water was still rolling about in great sweeping swells.”
possessing sweep
From this reading “The storm had swept it clean.”
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.
In this reading “Fog hung low over all.”
In this reading “LAND AT LAST Florence stood upon the deck.”
In this reading “LAND AT LAST Florence stood upon the deck.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She was clinging to a hand rail at the side of the cabin.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The water was still rolling about in great sweeping swells.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Fog hung low over all.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading LAND AT LAST Florence stood upon the deck.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading She was clinging to a hand rail at the side of the cabin.
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading The storm had swept it clean.
-ing form of “cling” — come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading She was clinging to a hand rail at the side of the cabin.
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading LAND AT LAST Florence stood upon the deck.
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading LAND AT LAST Florence stood upon the deck.
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading Fog hung low over all.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The water was still rolling about in great sweeping swells.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The storm had swept it clean.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading She was clinging to a hand rail at the side of the cabin.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading Fog hung low over all.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The water was still rolling about in great sweeping swells.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The storm had swept it clean.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading LAND AT LAST Florence stood upon the deck.
immediately past
From this reading LAND AT LAST Florence stood upon the deck.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Fog hung low over all.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was clinging to a hand rail at the side of the cabin.
above and across; more than
From this reading Fog hung low over all.
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading She was clinging to a hand rail at the side of the cabin.
uttered with a trill
From this reading The water was still rolling about in great sweeping swells.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was clinging to a hand rail at the side of the cabin.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading She was clinging to a hand rail at the side of the cabin.
not in physical motion
From this reading The water was still rolling about in great sweeping swells.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading LAND AT LAST Florence stood upon the deck.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading The storm had swept it clean.
taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination
From this reading The water was still rolling about in great sweeping swells.
plural of “swell” — the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
From this reading The water was still rolling about in great sweeping swells.
possessing sweep
From this reading The storm had swept it clean.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LAND AT LAST Florence stood upon the deck.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was clinging to a hand rail at the side of the cabin.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading LAND AT LAST Florence stood upon the deck.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was clinging to a hand rail at the side of the cabin.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading The water was still rolling about in great sweeping swells.
Chapter 13 of The Cruise of the O Moo by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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 13 holds 189 sentences of The Cruise of the O Moo, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of The Cruise of the O Moo by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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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