Chapter 4 of The Cruise of the Training Ship is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of The Cruise of the Training Ship is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MORE HAZING. “That isn’t a clew line, you lubber.” “I--I thought----” “What’s that? Thought? How dare you think?
Chapter 4 of The Cruise of the Training Ship is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 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 upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “How dare you think?”
-ing form of “haze” — become hazy, dull, or cloudy
From this reading “MORE HAZING.”
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading ““That isn’t a clew line, you lubber.””
an awkward stupid person
From this reading ““That isn’t a clew line, you lubber.””
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “How dare you think?”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading ““I--I thought----” “What’s that?”
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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 “That isn’t a clew line, you lubber.”
a ball of yarn or cord or thread
From this reading “That isn’t a clew line, you lubber.”
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading How dare you think?
-ing form of “haze” — become hazy, dull, or cloudy
From this reading MORE HAZING.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How dare you think?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I--I thought----” “What’s that?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That isn’t a clew line, you lubber.”
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading “That isn’t a clew line, you lubber.”
an awkward stupid person
From this reading “That isn’t a clew line, you lubber.”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading MORE HAZING.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That isn’t a clew line, you lubber.”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading How dare you think?
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I--I thought----” “What’s that?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I--I thought----” “What’s that?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “That isn’t a clew line, you lubber.”
Chapter 4 of The Cruise of the Training Ship by Upton Sinclair holds 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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 4 holds 171 sentences of The Cruise of the Training Ship, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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