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Chapter 5 of The cruise of the Snark is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_. “The sea is filled with life. It is so populous that every day something new is happening. Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish. We’ll be having them fried for breakfast.
Chapter 5 of The cruise of the Snark is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading “Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.”
moving swiftly
From this reading “Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.”
cooked by frying in fat
From this reading “We’ll be having them fried for breakfast.”
an event that happens
From this reading “It is so populous that every day something new is happening.”
the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
From this reading “THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.”
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
From this reading “THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.”
select carefully from a group
From this reading “Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.”
densely populated
From this reading “It is so populous that every day something new is happening.”
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(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading We’ll be having them fried for breakfast.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading It is so populous that every day something new is happening.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It is so populous that every day something new is happening.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading “The sea is filled with life.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
moving swiftly
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We’ll be having them fried for breakfast.
cooked by frying in fat
From this reading We’ll be having them fried for breakfast.
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
an event that happens
From this reading It is so populous that every day something new is happening.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading We’ll be having them fried for breakfast.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The sea is filled with life.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)
From this reading THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “The sea is filled with life.
tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
From this reading THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading It is so populous that every day something new is happening.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
go across or through
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
select carefully from a group
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
densely populated
From this reading It is so populous that every day something new is happening.
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading It is so populous that every day something new is happening.
in the near future
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is so populous that every day something new is happening.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We’ll be having them fried for breakfast.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading THE FIRST LANDFALL “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “The sea is filled with life.
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