Chapter 7 of The Cruise of the Training Ship is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Cruise of the Training Ship is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A HAIL IN THE NIGHT. For several days nothing of importance happened. Then came a storm and Clif was placed on the lookout. “Sail O! Ship dead ahead!
Chapter 7 of The Cruise of the Training Ship is here in full — 175 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.
at or in the front
From this reading “Ship dead ahead!”
praise vociferously
From this reading “A HAIL IN THE NIGHT.”
the quality of being important and worthy of note
From this reading “For several days nothing of importance happened.”
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “Then came a storm and Clif was placed on the lookout.”
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading “Then came a storm and Clif was placed on the lookout.”
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading ““Sail O!”
transport commercially
From this reading “Ship dead ahead!”
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading “Then came a storm and Clif was placed on the lookout.”
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In this reading “For several days nothing of importance happened.”
In this reading “Then came a storm and Clif was placed on the lookout.”
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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 HAIL IN THE NIGHT.
at or in the front
From this reading Ship dead ahead!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then came a storm and Clif was placed on the lookout.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then came a storm and Clif was placed on the lookout.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then came a storm and Clif was placed on the lookout.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading For several days nothing of importance happened.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Ship dead ahead!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For several days nothing of importance happened.
praise vociferously
From this reading A HAIL IN THE NIGHT.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading For several days nothing of importance happened.
the quality of being important and worthy of note
From this reading For several days nothing of importance happened.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A HAIL IN THE NIGHT.
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading Then came a storm and Clif was placed on the lookout.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading A HAIL IN THE NIGHT.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading For several days nothing of importance happened.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “Sail O!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For several days nothing of importance happened.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then came a storm and Clif was placed on the lookout.
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading Then came a storm and Clif was placed on the lookout.
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading “Sail O!
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading For several days nothing of importance happened.
transport commercially
From this reading Ship dead ahead!
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading Then came a storm and Clif was placed on the lookout.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A HAIL IN THE NIGHT.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then came a storm and Clif was placed on the lookout.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then came a storm and Clif was placed on the lookout.
Chapter 7 of The Cruise of the Training Ship by Upton Sinclair holds 175 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.
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